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- Bish I had that soundtrack blastin' TODAY. Speaking of, that synthesizer song you were wondering about, is called "Axle F.", so I'd say yes, it WAS commissioned for this movie 😄
I'm gonna say this right now. I love all 3 Beverly Hills Cop movies! Yes, even the third one. I don't care, and I have no regrets saying it. Can't wait for the new movie!
@@NyageeAbout seven years. The second film takes place in September 1986, and was released in May 1987. I don’t think we know exactly when the third one takes place, but filming started in September 1993, and was released in May 1994.
@Nyagee my biggest issue was tagert wasn't in it (do to scheduling conflicts) and rosewood was barely in it. So it lost something, but I still think it was sold and a good movie
I love the third. Slight nostalgic favoritism since the theme park they used for Wonderworld was where I would go as a child (Great America is San Jose, Ca). But I loved the inclusion of a little more slapstick.
Alot of younger people who watch this say "What is the Crazy Frog song doing in here!" It's so funny. So many don't know Axel F is the original theme song that came before crazy frog. It's so well known even before Crazy Frog was a thing. I even learned to play it on a keyboard in the 80s and 90s as I watched each movie.
So the guy who played Inspector Todd was actually a cop named Gil Hill, whose only acting credits were the Beverly Hills cops films. He eventually became a city council member in the city Detroit.
The first film really does the fish out of water thing well, the second finds it’s groove with the action and comedy, the 3rd one is a little too wacky for its own good, but some people defend it, and the 4th one looks amazing:)
Premiered on December 5th, 1984 Beverly Hills Cop was not only no 1 for nearly 2 months straight. It beat Ghostbusters for the highest grossing movie of 1984. That car chase scene was filmed near my neighborhood in Detroit. We met Jerry Bruckheimer, Martin Brest, & Eddie Murphy, who bought me and the kids in my hood ice cream off the ice cream truck. Good times.
Thank man! You just reminded me what I was doing Dec/5/84. I loved SNL from day one in 1975. Eddie Single handedly shaved the SNL after the OG cast left! I will never forget going to see 48Hrs. on opening night. I was excited to see Eddie and hoping he would be funny. Well I didn't see Eddie. I saw Reggie Hammond and the birth of a movie star. You many people in movies and think they were good. I can only remember twice in my life were My jaw dropped and all I thought was MOVIE STAR! Eddie in 48Hrs. and Harrison Ford in Star Wars. Which is funny because it was Witness with Harrison Ford that knock BHC out of the number one spot.
At this point, I'd say he's best known for playing Serge. Beverly Hills Cop is still known by younger generations, and there's even a new one coming out with him in it, while Perfect Strangers is a show forgotten by almost everybody, including those who watched it.
@@paulonius42 I mean being the star of a hit sitcom for several years or a small role in a hit movie? If he's not most known for that role, then it's definitely his biggest role. I do remember him in "the Langoleirs" the Stephen King book turned TV movie lol. The CGI of the Langoleirs was so bad. They filmed the airport scenes 10 minutes from my house at the Bangor, Maine Airport. Whenever it's a Stephen King movie he has to involve Bangor somehow lol. Another Stephen King movie Creep Show 2, when a lady picks up a hitchhiker(turns out to be a zombie), and says the famous line "Thanks for the ride lady, thanks for the ride!" they drove around this interstate exit which is where I went off the road in a snow storm driving home from my dorm that I had locked myself out of at 3 am. I went to UMO so it was only a 20 minute drive home. Anyways, the highway sign says "Brewer" which is my hometown.
"I know this song" Thats because "Axel F" (as in Axel Foley's theme) is as iconic as "I am your father". Because Beverly Hills Cop is an iconic movie. "Was this music commissioned for this movie?" Yep. Hence the name of it. 😂
Great movie, great cast all around. And a killer soundtrack. Wonderful balance between comedy and action, the 80s were great at that. To think: John Ashton (Taggart) was only 36 when this movie was made! He is also great in the totally (still) underrated "Midnight Run" with DeNiro and Grodin. That one's worth a watch.
Great to see you guys react to such a classic. Supposedly during the 'supercop' story Eddie Murphy comes up with in the police station, John Ashton (Taggart) had a hard time not laughing so he ended up pinching his nose
YES!! One of the funniest action comedy movies ever made! Originally Sylvester was going to play the role of Axel Foley, named in the script was Axel Cobretti, and that the script was a lot darker and more violent and action packed than the final cut of the movie. When the producers read his draft, they immediately rejected it and turned Stallone away. Stallone would turn his original script into the 1986 action thriller COBRA.
The instrumental they kept playing is called Axl F. It was written for the movie. I remember learning it on keys when it came out. Great music throughout the whole movie.
Fun Fact @ Inspector Todd: this was his first acting role but he was NOT an actor! He had already been a homicide detective for 10+ years with the Detroit police department 😮 he also was part of a huge task force to find the Atlanta child murderer in '79. He was encouraged to further pursue acting after his debut but only appeared in the sequels. He stuck to law retiring from the DPD in '89 as a inspector & eventually entered politics. He would lose to Kwame Kirpatrick in the '01 Detroit mayoral race 😊
This part of his career was at it's peak..If i remember correctly,it took place right before the "basketball game" with his brother Charlie and Prince!🤣
This was supposed to be a Sylvester Stallone vehicle originally and then he went on to make Cobra and cast his wife as the Damsel in Distress. Also the second film kind of does an inside joke with Cobra poster at Rosewoods house which Foley looks at in some sort of amazement. Also the 40th anniversary and getting the 4th installment close to 4th of July. Whats even crazy is Brigette Neilsen Stallones wife during the 80s appeared in the second Beverly Hills cop this time playing a villain instead of the damsel in distress. Talk about the irony.
Eddie Murphy's 4th film, first leading role and debut as producer. The late Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer's 3rd production. Movies about Cops prior to BHC were either dramas, thrillers or had very little humor. Afterwards more comedies about cop characters came to be. Eddie has got this one on his back and he was holding gold for real. To be this young and the star of something this big is a miracle. Grammy Award winner for Best Score Soundtrack in Visual Media, Oscar-nominated for Best Original Screenplay and the No.1 film of 1984 (dethroning Ghostbusters). The score is by Harold Faltermeyer and the 'Axel F' theme is truly legendary. As well, this film's soundtrack is one of the greatest of the era. Part 2 (directed by Tony Scott) is a major winner of an sequel. Part 3 (directed by John Landis) is the worse and you will be disappointed. Part 4 aka Axel F hitting Netflix before BHC's 40th anniversary is going to be epic.
The movie was originally written for Sylvester Stallone. However, did a re-write and changed the nature of the script to suit him. The studio passed and that script that he wrote turned into the movie Cobra.
The one henchman that was with Mike from BREAKING BAD during the scene where they murdered Axel's best friend was a henchman that was with Michael Ironside's character in TOTAL RECALL. And it's cool the Captain (Ronnie Cox) was in that, too.
14:04 the two who walk by Eddie Murphy in leather suit are his friends wearing his clothes they needed extras and Eddie brought some friends and let them borrow some of his leather suits for that scene. 17:58 the song is named Axel F so yes it was made to be Axels theme.
If you know Urkel, then thank Balki....played by Bronson Pinchot aka Serge. Perfect Strangers was wildly popular, so was one of the characters on the show Harriet. In 1989 her character got a show about her family which lasted from 1989-1998. Family Matters....their neighbor was a nerdy genius named Steve Urkel.
I was a projectionist when this movie came out and we had it at our cinema for 4 1/2 months. I have probably seen this movie upwards of 200 times and can recite it Word for Word. I absolutely love it, I never want to see it again.😂
They shouldn’t have bothered. 3rd one was shit and a flop so don’t know why they think doing a fourth this far down the road will be good. They’re making a fourth based off the love for the first one which is moronic
RIP gil hill who played insp. douglas todd(1931-2016) and Frank Pesce who played the Cigarette Buyer(1946-2022)😢 and i love beverly hills cop👮🏿🔫🚓🚔❤😊❤ it's a hilarious and a classic movie🎬🎥and fun fact: sylvester stalone and some other actors was originally to be cast to play axel foley in the beverly hills franchise but with weird things going on with the budget and stuff but eddie murphy replaced sylvester stalone to play axel foley in the beverly hills franchise and reject family I have some movie recommendations that you need to check out rat race ready player one zoolander zoolander 2 bridesmaids the goonies click towerheist daddy day care the nutty professor the Nutty Professor 2: the klumps the dr.dolittle movies(eddie murphy version) the jumanji movies and the night at the museum movies❤😊❤
Serge (The art gallery receptionist) is played by actor Bronson Pinchot. Bronson was big in the late-80's thru the early-90's, landing his own television sitcom "Perfect Strangers." In that show, he played a similar character named Balki Bartokomous. He also played a mentally tortured and deranged passenger in the Stephen King movie "The Langoliers" (1995).
One of the best comedies of all time. Funny film with great writing, storytelling and nice mix of cop mystery. Axel Foley Is one of the best characters ever and Eddie should've been nominated for the Oscar. They don't make classics like this anymore. Please React To The Sequels.
Fyi...John Ashton (Taggart) and Judge Reinhold (Billy Rosewood) were told by the director to talk to each other like they were a bickering married couple. Most of their private banter was improvised. This type of buddy cop relationship set up others in later films like with Riggs and Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon series.
Paul Reiser wasn't very well known at this point in his career -- he'd only been in a few things before this film. He didn't start his show Mad About You until 1992, so Beverly Hills Cop was a small role for him... but I think you can see that he had great timing even in that little part. He was very funny (and was terrific with Eddie, lol).
He was a stand-up comedian just the manager of the warehouse who's name us Rick Overton. Reiser also starred on a sitcom with Greg Evigan called "My Two Dads" before "Mad About You."
This is one of those movies that get better everytime you watch it... Rest in peace Denise Matthews bka Vanity, singer of the song Nasty Girl (song in strip club) 1959-2016.
This movie was in our local theatre for over a year when it first came out. I must have watched it like 10 times or more over that year. Wish movies would stay around longer in theatres like they used to.
Happy Birthday, John. I am really liking the new format for the channel, you guys. I think it is working really well. You should watch all 3 BHC movies, but the one you really need to watch is 48 Hours. It was Eddie's intro into major action movies. It is very...80's, though, so wear your big boy pants for it, lol.
For me it is one of the coolest soundtracks of all time. Have a lot of the songs still in playlists I listen to. Axel F is one of my favorite songs ever. The soundtrack was one of the first CDs I bought when I got my first CD player in the early 90s.
Bronson Pinchot invented that accent that he used for Serj; it got him the job on "Perfect Strangers" for those of you who are old like me. You young kids can look him up.
It’s crazy to me that you guys discuss movies for your channel and there are so many classics that you guys have never seen before. It’s just fkn insane!
Paul Hardcastle is the artist responsible for the theme, "Axel F", and the rest of most of the soundtrack (The Pointer Sisters too). Hardcastle is a jazz/pop synth guy who's name was put on the mainstrean map with this movie. Still making music to this day, he is one of my favorite artists. Great background ambience tunes!
Eddie Murphy decided to do this instead of ghostbusters. Could you imagine him on the team with a proton pack 😊 The waiter that delivered the food to the policeman - was freddy from the karate kid 1. The young man that carried the suitcase up to the apartment the first day
Great reaction Aaron and John! 😊 So glad that you two are reacting to this movie. It's great preparation for the upcoming Netflix movie "Axel F" which is the 4th movie in the series. This is easily one of my favorite Eddie Murphy films. And it's got a great soundtrack. You two definitely need to continue on with this movie series, and continue on with the "Police Academy" movies as well. Looking forward to the next reaction. 😊
The guy who played the one at the art gallery is Bronson Pinchot he played a character on a show called perfect strangers in his character was called Balki Bartokomous in his character came from island of Mypos and in the show he went to join his cousin Larry Appleton in the United States to get to know his cousin better
One of the many great aspects of this movie is that the BHPD is an obstacle until he has some evidence, then they're willing to play ball. the lieutenant is willing to hear him out about the warehouse, Taggart and Rosewood help him storm the mansion, and even the other two detectives (that won't be fooled by a banana in the tailpipe) follow Taggart's lead to check out the warehouse without giving him shit. They were obstacles, but not antagonists and helps keep the lighter feel of the movie.
"Axel F" is an electronic instrumental track by German musician Harold Faltermeyer. It served as the theme for the 1984 film Beverly Hills Cop, starring Eddie Murphy, and became an international number one hit in 1985. The track reached number one in Ireland as well as on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. Additionally, it was a number two hit in Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the UK, and West Germany. From the Wikipedia page...
The banana trick is hilarious (btw.: what I'd guess happens is that the exhaust gases back up into the pistons, and you won't get a combustible air/gasoline mixture in their anymore, so the engine just stalls). We used to fix balloons to exhausts with a bit of tape. When they started the cars, the balloon would inflate quick enough that the engien didn't stall, then pop, making the drivers think they popped a tire or the engine backfired. 😄
I love the Beverly Hills Cop movies, but my most favorite Eddie Murphy movie is “The Golden Child “. I saw it as a kid, and watched it again over and over throughout the years and it still is my favorite!
It's probably been said already, but the name of the recurring song is Axel F. It was written for the film. I also appreciate the random Dropkick Murphy reference. ;)
Minor musical detail: The Zoolander song you're thinking of is actually "Rockit" by Herbie Hancock. It uses some synth sounds very similar to "Axel F," but it's a great song in its own right and well worth checking out.
The song that repeatedly features is called Axel F. by Harrold Faltermeyer and was indeed written for the movie. It was remixed after an advert that went viral during the mobile phone ringtone craze and thanks to being broadcast upto 83 times per hour throughout May 2005 ended up top of the most irritating advert list of 2005. It even spawned an entire series of albums for Crazy Frog (The character in the advert) including Axel F...
Happy Birthday John!!! All the very best!! We get the best from you every time. You both together FABULOUS ❤ and yes we played this sound track allllll summer.
Steven Berkoff (Victor Maitland) As a screen actor, he is known for his performances in villainous roles, including the portrayals of General Orlov in the James Bond film Octopussy (1983), Victor Maitland in Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Lt. Col. Podovsky in Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) and Adolf Hitler in War and Remembrance (1988-89).[5][6] From his Wikipedia page...
😊 by the way, just to let you know because that was my era. Yes, the soundtrack to Beverly Hills cop was cranking everywhere. This movie was so popular all practically the entire soundtrack was on the radio every where almost every single song.
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Happy Birthday John! 🥳 May the force be with you 🙏
- Bish I had that soundtrack blastin' TODAY. Speaking of, that synthesizer song you were wondering about, is called "Axle F.", so I'd say yes, it WAS commissioned for this movie 😄
You should definitely watch 48hrs, metro, distinguished gentleman, and boomerang
I'm gonna say this right now. I love all 3 Beverly Hills Cop movies! Yes, even the third one. I don't care, and I have no regrets saying it. Can't wait for the new movie!
Same here, the third was the weakest, but I still really enjoyed it and I can't wait till the 4th comes out next month
I loved 3! I think more so than 2. I get it, folks didn't like the more mature Axel. But it had been how many years since the events of 2? 🤔
@@NyageeAbout seven years. The second film takes place in September 1986, and was released in May 1987. I don’t think we know exactly when the third one takes place, but filming started in September 1993, and was released in May 1994.
@Nyagee my biggest issue was tagert wasn't in it (do to scheduling conflicts) and rosewood was barely in it. So it lost something, but I still think it was sold and a good movie
I love the third. Slight nostalgic favoritism since the theme park they used for Wonderworld was where I would go as a child (Great America is San Jose, Ca). But I loved the inclusion of a little more slapstick.
It's John's Bday today!
Happy Birthday, John! Hope you had a great day! Very fun react to Beverly hills cop! Hope you guys do the sequels as well.
Happy birthday John! ❤️
HB John!!!! 💕💕💕
Happy birthday, John!
Happy birthday John!
Alot of younger people who watch this say "What is the Crazy Frog song doing in here!" It's so funny. So many don't know Axel F is the original theme song that came before crazy frog. It's so well known even before Crazy Frog was a thing. I even learned to play it on a keyboard in the 80s and 90s as I watched each movie.
Just another example how younger people somehow think things they know of happening in recent times somehow inspired past occurrences.
I only know this song from Monsters versus Aliens 😅😂
@@bjgandalf69 Did you get a stroke, grandpa? Wtf does that even mean? lol
@@Jonathan-fw6ty Do the letters F O mean anything to you!?!
@@bjgandalf69 I understood what you meant. 😅
So the guy who played Inspector Todd was actually a cop named Gil Hill, whose only acting credits were the Beverly Hills cops films. He eventually became a city council member in the city Detroit.
He was offered other acting work after, but alsways turned it down. Also he was corrupt
Not going to air my city dirty laundry on UA-cam.😂
He almost ran for mayor. Whoever said that corrupt joke. DO NOT DISRESPECT THE DEAD. Gil Hill was a good man.
The first film really does the fish out of water thing well, the second finds it’s groove with the action and comedy, the 3rd one is a little too wacky for its own good, but some people defend it, and the 4th one looks amazing:)
I remember thinking at the time this came out that he belonged on The Wire.
Premiered on December 5th, 1984
Beverly Hills Cop was not only no 1 for nearly 2 months straight. It beat Ghostbusters for the highest grossing movie of 1984. That car chase scene was filmed near my neighborhood in Detroit. We met Jerry Bruckheimer, Martin Brest, & Eddie Murphy, who bought me and the kids in my hood ice cream off the ice cream truck. Good times.
Thank man! You just reminded me what I was doing Dec/5/84. I loved SNL from day one in 1975. Eddie Single handedly shaved the SNL after the OG cast left! I will never forget going to see 48Hrs. on opening night. I was excited to see Eddie and hoping he would be funny. Well I didn't see Eddie. I saw Reggie Hammond and the birth of a movie star. You many people in movies and think they were good. I can only remember twice in my life were My jaw dropped and all I thought was MOVIE STAR! Eddie in 48Hrs. and Harrison Ford in Star Wars. Which is funny because it was Witness with Harrison Ford that knock BHC out of the number one spot.
Serge was played by Bronson Alcott Pinchot. He is best known for playing Balki Bartokomous on the ABC sitcom Perfect Strangers in the 80's & 90's
At this point, I'd say he's best known for playing Serge. Beverly Hills Cop is still known by younger generations, and there's even a new one coming out with him in it, while Perfect Strangers is a show forgotten by almost everybody, including those who watched it.
Don't be ridiculous!
@@paulonius42 I mean being the star of a hit sitcom for several years or a small role in a hit movie? If he's not most known for that role, then it's definitely his biggest role. I do remember him in "the Langoleirs" the Stephen King book turned TV movie lol. The CGI of the Langoleirs was so bad. They filmed the airport scenes 10 minutes from my house at the Bangor, Maine Airport. Whenever it's a Stephen King movie he has to involve Bangor somehow lol.
Another Stephen King movie Creep Show 2, when a lady picks up a hitchhiker(turns out to be a zombie), and says the famous line "Thanks for the ride lady, thanks for the ride!" they drove around this interstate exit which is where I went off the road in a snow storm driving home from my dorm that I had locked myself out of at 3 am. I went to UMO so it was only a 20 minute drive home. Anyways, the highway sign says "Brewer" which is my hometown.
I also think of him from True Romance
Risky Business baby.
"I know this song"
Thats because "Axel F" (as in Axel Foley's theme) is as iconic as "I am your father".
Because Beverly Hills Cop is an iconic movie.
"Was this music commissioned for this movie?"
Yep. Hence the name of it. 😂
one of the greatest movie soundtracks of all times
That score is so iconic, it definitely transport you to that time vibe
This movie is perfection. One of the greatest 80's soundtracks. And the classic freeze frame ending. So, so good.
this is after 48hrs (82) and trading places (83) but before the golden child (86). also, you need to do trading places.
Yes!!Trading Places is another Eddie Murphy classic!
Golden Child is how I got introduced to Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister).
Hotel room @ $235 a night back in 1984 equates to $695 a night today.
Wrong. $987
Great movie, great cast all around. And a killer soundtrack. Wonderful balance between comedy and action, the 80s were great at that. To think: John Ashton (Taggart) was only 36 when this movie was made! He is also great in the totally (still) underrated "Midnight Run" with DeNiro and Grodin. That one's worth a watch.
Directed also by Martin Brest.
Ok boomer
I always thought he was in his 50/60’s
John Ashton also starred in another 80's classic called "Some Kind Of Wonderful" with Eric Stoltz and Lea Thompson. Great film and soundtrack as well.
@@seanswinton6242 Howard Deutch Lea Thompson's Future Husband & Zoe Deutch's Father.
Great to see you guys react to such a classic. Supposedly during the 'supercop' story Eddie Murphy comes up with in the police station, John Ashton (Taggart) had a hard time not laughing so he ended up pinching his nose
You see that move on SNL a lot. It allows you to hide behind your hand. I remember it on Golden Girls too.
Is that why he did that??? Lol! I had no idea! 😂
YES!!
One of the funniest action comedy movies ever made!
Originally Sylvester was going to play the role of Axel Foley, named in the script was Axel Cobretti, and that the script was a lot darker and more violent and action packed than the final cut of the movie. When the producers read his draft, they immediately rejected it and turned Stallone away. Stallone would turn his original script into the 1986 action thriller COBRA.
I have never seen this 😮
Ha that's a nice bit of trivia I never knew
Cobra is one of my dad’s favourite Stallone movies.
The instrumental they kept playing is called Axl F. It was written for the movie. I remember learning it on keys when it came out. Great music throughout the whole movie.
I don’t even play piano/keyboard, but I made sure to learn that tune. Lol. The only song I can play other than chopsticks and heart/soul. Lol!!
@@Ivy94F those are the standards.😁
By composer Harold Faltermeyer.
The guy who plays Serge is Bronson Pinchot, he famously played a character named Balki in a super popular 80's sitcom called "Perfect Strangers".
Very few people mention that do I got to assume moody people don't know it. Lol
Fun Fact @ Inspector Todd: this was his first acting role but he was NOT an actor! He had already been a homicide detective for 10+ years with the Detroit police department 😮 he also was part of a huge task force to find the Atlanta child murderer in '79. He was encouraged to further pursue acting after his debut but only appeared in the sequels. He stuck to law retiring from the DPD in '89 as a inspector & eventually entered politics. He would lose to Kwame Kirpatrick in the '01 Detroit mayoral race 😊
Actually it was his ONLY acting role.
@@BrotherDerrick3Xthey said that his only roles were in the Beverly Hills cop movies basically. What don’t you understand?
From 8 mile to Beverly Hills Cop which of course begins in Detroit 😊 I love them both ❤
Loved the 8 mile reaction too
This part of his career was at it's peak..If i remember correctly,it took place right before the "basketball game" with his brother Charlie and Prince!🤣
One of the most underrated opening chases in film
How is it underrated? It is one of the most loved opening chases in film history, every reaction video shows people going crazy about it...
This was supposed to be a Sylvester Stallone vehicle originally and then he went on to make Cobra and cast his wife as the Damsel in Distress. Also the second film kind of does an inside joke with Cobra poster at Rosewoods house which Foley looks at in some sort of amazement. Also the 40th anniversary and getting the 4th installment close to 4th of July. Whats even crazy is Brigette Neilsen Stallones wife during the 80s appeared in the second Beverly Hills cop this time playing a villain instead of the damsel in distress. Talk about the irony.
😂 Bronson was class in this movie. It was not any specific accent. He was just making it up, but it was just hilarious the way he did it.
I read that it was this movie that changed his life. Not two days after the release, he was getting mobbed in the streets. Lol!!
Fun fact, The Beverly Hotel is actually the biltmore Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles.
The person in the red leather was an Easter egg, same outfit Eddie Murphy wore on Delirious stand up show
Different outfit. This was a copy of the MJ’s thriller outfit. The V accent is the tell. Eddie’s delirious outfit was all red leather, no V.
And to think that Eddie was only 23 years old when he made this movie...
and he already had a decent 'stache
Songs literally called Axel F. So yes, it was made for the movie. 😅😅
Having never seen this movie, this cast is star studded
Herpes Simplex is real it is the H and S in HSV but it comes in types 1 and 2 not 10
Yes the other variation was Herpes Duplex.
We need the whole series
Definitely!!!
Not 3
Eddie Murphy's 4th film, first leading role and debut as producer.
The late Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer's 3rd production.
Movies about Cops prior to BHC were either dramas, thrillers or had very little humor.
Afterwards more comedies about cop characters came to be.
Eddie has got this one on his back and he was holding gold for real.
To be this young and the star of something this big is a miracle.
Grammy Award winner for Best Score Soundtrack in Visual Media, Oscar-nominated for Best Original Screenplay and the No.1 film of 1984 (dethroning Ghostbusters).
The score is by Harold Faltermeyer and the 'Axel F' theme is truly legendary.
As well, this film's soundtrack is one of the greatest of the era.
Part 2 (directed by Tony Scott) is a major winner of an sequel.
Part 3 (directed by John Landis) is the worse and you will be disappointed.
Part 4 aka Axel F hitting Netflix before BHC's 40th anniversary is going to be epic.
When you two (also Andrew) do the classic/wacky 80’s/90’s movies, it’s always awesome.
Some other good Eddie Murphy movies are 48 Hours with Nick Nolthy, and Trading Places.
The movie was originally written for Sylvester Stallone. However, did a re-write and changed the nature of the script to suit him. The studio passed and that script that he wrote turned into the movie Cobra.
Guys, when this movie opened, the character, Serge became a huge huge hit… audiences loved him. So be kind😊
The one henchman that was with Mike from BREAKING BAD during the scene where they murdered Axel's best friend was a henchman that was with Michael Ironside's character in TOTAL RECALL. And it's cool the Captain (Ronnie Cox) was in that, too.
14:04 the two who walk by Eddie Murphy in leather suit are his friends wearing his clothes they needed extras and Eddie brought some friends and let them borrow some of his leather suits for that scene. 17:58 the song is named Axel F so yes it was made to be Axels theme.
Eddie Murphy is a natural! Been watching this movie for almost 40 years and it never gets old!!!
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One of my all-time favorites! Y'all have to watch the sequel
If you know Urkel, then thank Balki....played by Bronson Pinchot aka Serge. Perfect Strangers was wildly popular, so was one of the characters on the show Harriet. In 1989 her character got a show about her family which lasted from 1989-1998. Family Matters....their neighbor was a nerdy genius named Steve Urkel.
@36:36 this is why i love rewatching things...A blink and you will miss it moment.
"Everywhere in LA takes 20 min" as a native angelino and a huge clueless fan i say this sooooo much
Forever one of my all-time fave movies growing up.....
I was a projectionist when this movie came out and we had it at our cinema for 4 1/2 months. I have probably seen this movie upwards of 200 times and can recite it Word for Word. I absolutely love it, I never want to see it again.😂
commissioned for the movie? nah! I am sure the song Axel F appearing in a movie where the main character is named Axel Foley is just a coincidence.
I bet you're a riot at parties.
My favorite thing about this movie is the stunt guy at 36:36. Every time I watch this he brightens my day.
Aaron and John killed that intro!🤣 Love this trilogy, hoping the fourth one is done justice.
They shouldn’t have bothered. 3rd one was shit and a flop so don’t know why they think doing a fourth this far down the road will be good. They’re making a fourth based off the love for the first one which is moronic
@@coreyrees840I really liked the 3rd one, but mostly because of Serge
@@coreyrees840Love for the first one is usually why sequels are made.
Serge is from Perfect Strangers the foundation of Family Matters
Perfect Strangers begat Family Matters and thus was birthed Erkel. 🤓👍🏾
RIP gil hill who played insp. douglas todd(1931-2016) and Frank Pesce who played the Cigarette Buyer(1946-2022)😢 and i love beverly hills cop👮🏿🔫🚓🚔❤😊❤ it's a hilarious and a classic movie🎬🎥and fun fact: sylvester stalone and some other actors was originally to be cast to play axel foley in the beverly hills franchise but with weird things going on with the budget and stuff but eddie murphy replaced sylvester stalone to play axel foley in the beverly hills franchise and reject family I have some movie recommendations that you need to check out rat race ready player one zoolander zoolander 2 bridesmaids the goonies click towerheist daddy day care the nutty professor the Nutty Professor 2: the klumps the dr.dolittle movies(eddie murphy version) the jumanji movies and the night at the museum movies❤😊❤
Stallone tried changing the script. His ideas would eventually become the film Cobra.
Serge (The art gallery receptionist) is played by actor Bronson Pinchot. Bronson was big in the late-80's thru the early-90's, landing his own television sitcom "Perfect Strangers." In that show, he played a similar character named Balki Bartokomous. He also played a mentally tortured and deranged passenger in the Stephen King movie "The Langoliers" (1995).
53:18 Jugge's cheesey smile reminded me of his Vice Versa character as a kid ☺️
54:00 is such a bad ass response to me for someone reason 😅
One of the best comedies of all time. Funny film with great writing, storytelling and nice mix of cop mystery. Axel Foley Is one of the best characters ever and Eddie should've been nominated for the Oscar. They don't make classics like this anymore. Please React To The Sequels.
Fyi...John Ashton (Taggart) and Judge Reinhold (Billy Rosewood) were told by the director to talk to each other like they were a bickering married couple. Most of their private banter was improvised. This type of buddy cop relationship set up others in later films like with Riggs and Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon series.
Paul Reiser wasn't very well known at this point in his career -- he'd only been in a few things before this film. He didn't start his show Mad About You until 1992, so Beverly Hills Cop was a small role for him... but I think you can see that he had great timing even in that little part. He was very funny (and was terrific with Eddie, lol).
He was a stand-up comedian just the manager of the warehouse who's name us Rick Overton. Reiser also starred on a sitcom with Greg Evigan called "My Two Dads" before "Mad About You."
**chair dancing all dayyyy**
This is one of those movies that get better everytime you watch it... Rest in peace Denise Matthews bka Vanity, singer of the song Nasty Girl (song in strip club) 1959-2016.
My dad 100 percent had this on vinyl and I played the shit out of it
This movie was in our local theatre for over a year when it first came out. I must have watched it like 10 times or more over that year. Wish movies would stay around longer in theatres like they used to.
I did that with "Excalibur," "Clash Of The Titans" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark". The prior 2, my cousin and I watched 2 times in row.
Happy Birthday, John. I am really liking the new format for the channel, you guys. I think it is working really well. You should watch all 3 BHC movies, but the one you really need to watch is 48 Hours. It was Eddie's intro into major action movies. It is very...80's, though, so wear your big boy pants for it, lol.
Fun movie, accurate Detroit day to day
For me it is one of the coolest soundtracks of all time. Have a lot of the songs still in playlists I listen to. Axel F is one of my favorite songs ever. The soundtrack was one of the first CDs I bought when I got my first CD player in the early 90s.
You should review another Eddie Murphy film called Boomerang.
Bronson Pinchot invented that accent that he used for Serj; it got him the job on "Perfect Strangers" for those of you who are old like me. You young kids can look him up.
It’s crazy to me that you guys discuss movies for your channel and there are so many classics that you guys have never seen before. It’s just fkn insane!
"I'm fine my name is Serg."
My love, I enjoy that you gave me your status but nobody asked. Still a hilarious interaction
Paul Hardcastle is the artist responsible for the theme, "Axel F", and the rest of most of the soundtrack (The Pointer Sisters too). Hardcastle is a jazz/pop synth guy who's name was put on the mainstrean map with this movie. Still making music to this day, he is one of my favorite artists. Great background ambience tunes!
"Axel F" wasn't made by Paul Hardcastle.... It was made by Harold Faltermeyer.
Eddie Murphy decided to do this instead of ghostbusters. Could you imagine him on the team with a proton pack 😊
The waiter that delivered the food to the policeman - was freddy from the karate kid 1. The young man that carried the suitcase up to the apartment the first day
Your intro was AMAZING. And enjoyed your reaction very much! You two together are great 😊
1984 was an insane year for movies
Fun fact: the hotel worker that Axel asks about the robes at the end of the movie is the director of the film, Martin Brest.
Great reaction, you all would love DC Cab too, so many great cameos. I loved Beverly Hills Cop 2 as well, definitly worth your time.
Great reaction Aaron and John! 😊
So glad that you two are reacting to this movie. It's great preparation for the upcoming Netflix movie "Axel F" which is the 4th movie in the series.
This is easily one of my favorite Eddie Murphy films. And it's got a great soundtrack.
You two definitely need to continue on with this movie series, and continue on with the "Police Academy" movies as well.
Looking forward to the next reaction. 😊
Awesome Movie and Work Guys, Thanks!!!! Greetings from Helsinki, Finland🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸
Happy Birthday John! 💜
The guy who played the one at the art gallery is Bronson Pinchot he played a character on a show called perfect strangers in his character was called Balki Bartokomous in his character came from island of Mypos and in the show he went to join his cousin Larry Appleton in the United States to get to know his cousin better
Yesss, I’ve loved these since I was a kid. Eddie and Judge are the best, just wait until 2!!
One of the many great aspects of this movie is that the BHPD is an obstacle until he has some evidence, then they're willing to play ball. the lieutenant is willing to hear him out about the warehouse, Taggart and Rosewood help him storm the mansion, and even the other two detectives (that won't be fooled by a banana in the tailpipe) follow Taggart's lead to check out the warehouse without giving him shit. They were obstacles, but not antagonists and helps keep the lighter feel of the movie.
I’m watching them for the first time for part 4 🔥🔥🙌🏼 I LOVE THE FIRST MOVIE!! Happy Birthday, John!! 😁😆🙌🏼🥹❤️
"Axel F" is an electronic instrumental track by German musician Harold Faltermeyer. It served as the theme for the 1984 film Beverly Hills Cop, starring Eddie Murphy, and became an international number one hit in 1985. The track reached number one in Ireland as well as on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. Additionally, it was a number two hit in Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the UK, and West Germany.
From the Wikipedia page...
The banana trick is hilarious (btw.: what I'd guess happens is that the exhaust gases back up into the pistons, and you won't get a combustible air/gasoline mixture in their anymore, so the engine just stalls). We used to fix balloons to exhausts with a bit of tape. When they started the cars, the balloon would inflate quick enough that the engien didn't stall, then pop, making the drivers think they popped a tire or the engine backfired. 😄
22:01 Happens all the time in France, Italy, Greece, etc. etc. as they often have restaurants' (additional or only) terraces across the street.
Yes! PLEASE watch 48 Hours and Another 48 Hours.... both movies are great!!! 🙏🏽🔥
I love the Beverly Hills Cop movies, but my most favorite Eddie Murphy movie is “The Golden Child “. I saw it as a kid, and watched it again over and over throughout the years and it still is my favorite!
The actor who played Victor Maitland (Steven Berkoff) played King Olaf the Stout in VIKINGS.
It's probably been said already, but the name of the recurring song is Axel F. It was written for the film. I also appreciate the random Dropkick Murphy reference. ;)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE OG REJECT! Happy birthday Jonald. May you have a wonderful time today with your family and your friends?💕 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂
Minor musical detail: The Zoolander song you're thinking of is actually "Rockit" by Herbie Hancock. It uses some synth sounds very similar to "Axel F," but it's a great song in its own right and well worth checking out.
50:34 one of my favorite scenes in the movie just the line delivery is amazing 😂😂
Happy Birthday, Johnald!!
The SuperCops bit was improvised you can see taggart breaking that's why he puts his head down and squeezes the bridge of his nose 😂😂
The guy who plays Victor once played Stilgar, in the 2003 TV miniseries of a Dune sequel. Did pretty well I thought.
Serge is Balki Bartokomous from Perfect Strangers! (He's also in True Romance. The actor is Bronson Pinchot.)
Serge is Balki from Perfect Strangers, and Dick Ritchies coke connection in True Romance, on the Rollercoaster at Six Flags.
Bronson Pinchot(sp)
The song that repeatedly features is called Axel F. by Harrold Faltermeyer and was indeed written for the movie.
It was remixed after an advert that went viral during the mobile phone ringtone craze and thanks to being broadcast upto 83 times per hour throughout May 2005 ended up top of the most irritating advert list of 2005. It even spawned an entire series of albums for Crazy Frog (The character in the advert) including Axel F...
Happy Birthday John!!! All the very best!! We get the best from you every time. You both together FABULOUS ❤ and yes we played this sound track allllll summer.
Great Reaction John and Aaron! Eddie Murphy is so great in this movie!👍
Steven Berkoff (Victor Maitland)
As a screen actor, he is known for his performances in villainous roles, including the portrayals of General Orlov in the James Bond film Octopussy (1983), Victor Maitland in Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Lt. Col. Podovsky in Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) and Adolf Hitler in War and Remembrance (1988-89).[5][6]
From his Wikipedia page...
27:00 Rosewood might've saved Taggart's life....cuz man still breathing in 2024 lol
The leather outfits were for delirious it’s a reference to it
😊 by the way, just to let you know because that was my era. Yes, the soundtrack to Beverly Hills cop was cranking everywhere. This movie was so popular all practically the entire soundtrack was on the radio every where almost every single song.