Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F review: A : Pleasing nostalgia trip, writes BRIAN VINER By Brian Viner Published: 20:39 EDT, 4 July 2024 | Updated: 20:42 EDT, 4 July 2024 e-mail View comments Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (15, 115 mins) Verdict: Pleasing nostalgia trip Rating: Ever since the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the measure of a seismic world event is whether we can remember where we were when we heard the news. For my generation, Diana's death and 9/11 were the ultimate 'JFK' moments.
Less dramatically, but just as vividly, I have the same recall with films. I can remember, in just about every case, which cinema I was in and who I was with when I first saw a significant movie. For example, I went with my mum to the Palace, Southport, to see the 1969 double-bill of Ring Of Bright Water and The Plank that made me understand, in my childlike way, the masterstroke of following a near-hysterical weepie with uproarious slapstick comedy.
And some 15 years later, with my girlfriend at the New Picture House in St Andrews, I saw Beverly Hills Cop. The latest Beverly Hills Cop outing, starring Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley is the fourth in the series, but the first for 30 years The film is an ideal platform for Murphy, an evergreen 63, to show that as cocksure Foley he still commands the screen with that matchless ability to play for laughs and thrills at the same time Murphy stars alongside Taylour Paige as Jane Saunders, Foley's estranged daughter From the outset I loved it.
