**IS IT EVEN COMEDY?!** Beverly Hills Cop (1984) Reaction/ commentary: FIRST TIME WATCHING
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One of the best comedies ever. The sequel is worth watching as well. Another one is 48 hours(1982) with Eddie and Nick Nolte.
I know you meant Axel F...but it's gonna be The Heat is On for me...oh ooh whoa oh
Beverly Hills cop is the best mix of action and comedy possibly ever. It is as good as it gets
Don’t forget 48 Hours also has a sequel called Another 48 Hours.
13:56 "Is this the same actor from Total Recall and RoboCop? If it is, he's legendary." Yes, that's Ronny Cox. He built his career out of portraying unlikeable or corrupt authority figures.
I love that everyone's competent (for the most part, lol). Eddie's hilarious and a total wiseass but his character is a really good cop. Rosewood is kind of naive but he's a really good shot. Taggart is pretty sullen but he listened when Axel noticed the bad guy in the strip club and he knew when to stand up and tell the truth to his boss and when to help Axel, and even their boss seemed amused by Axel and listened more seriously when he heard the evidence found at the warehouse. Even Axel's friend from the gallery was pretty brave to drive him around and go with him to the warehouse (and bail him out of jail, lol); I liked her friendship with Axel as well. So even with the hilarity of the comedy, there's some really good stuff throughout the film. Good character stuff and as you note, some surprisingly serious stuff. Which is why I think it's such an excellent film. It's like Die Hard in that regard, I think. There's a good villain and marvelous comedy moments, but also really great buddy cop camaraderie and story seriousness that grounds everything. And like they did with John (Bruce Willis) in Die Hard, they show some occasional vulnerability in Axel's character, which adds to the depth of the film, rather than making him Super Cop with no faults or mistakes or "oh shit how will I get out of this" moments.
It's one of those few R rated action comedy type movies where you don't see the hero hook up with the hot woman. It's a rare movie where Eddie Murphy of all people has a really good friendship and works well with a woman. They don't completely ignore that aspect of things, but she's not entirely a damsel in distress and just a prize for the lead actor to save. That why I love Romancing the Stone. We're under no illusion that Kathleen Turner is unrealistically tough, but she's competent, intelligent and can handle herself under normal circumstances. The fact that she gets a little in over her head isn't became she's female. It's because she like most people, isn't accustomed to that kind of situation. She isn't constantly screaming for someone to save her the entire movie. As a guy, I appreciate that. You can still be vulnerable and feminine and fallible without being an annoying stereotype.
Another thing about Lt. Bogomil is that he could have SO easily been cast as a dirty cop who was on the take from the beginning or a by-the-book cop who never acts on instinct or deviates from procedure. I mean the guy was played by Ronny Cox, the same guy responsible for Dick Jones in Robocop! So many reactors think he's a bad guy for that very reason.
It's nice to have a precinct full of stuck up or non battle-hardened cops who rally together anyway when the chips are really down. I mean the entire precinct rolled into Victor's mansion, broke out the shotguns and bodied Victor like he was Scarface at the end of his reign. I think even Foster and McCabe were there and they never warmed up to Foley.
Sometimes a straightforward story is just the story worth telling.
The film was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 1985 Academy Awards.
@ 18:12 .... Taggart (John Ashton) was rubbing his eyes to hold back laughter from "Super Cops" story
I love how well rounded comedies were back in the 80s. They are rarely just comedies.
Part 2 is just as good, imo. Part 3 is good, but a tiny bit more camp.
24:43 "The way he says that . . . I mean, c'mon. Serge is great." That actor is Bronson Pinchot. Two years later he starred in a sitcom called Perfect Strangers that revolved around a character who sounded very much like this one. It ran for 8 seasons.
Steven Berkhoff, the guy who played Victor Maitland, is known for playing villains. Besides this, his other famous villain role was in the 13th James Bond movie Octopussy.
He was also the villain in Under the Cherry Moon with Prince. He’s great at being despicable.
Unfortunately he can be a very difficult actor to work with. His agent got him a part as a villain on Doctor Who, but he hated the script, and when he turned up on set he refused to do what the director wanted. This ruined the ending of the episode.
Also the Russian villain in Rambo 2
And one of the finest stage actors of his generation, including hugely innovative reinterpretations of classical dramas.
The Supercop story, was an improvisation by Eddie Murphey. Taggart had his fingers on his nose and his head down because he was trying not to crack up.
Eddie is like 22 here and hes playing a veteran cop.. but you believe it becusse hes just got this charisma that makes him seem 10 years older... it was that same charisma that allowed him to singlehandedly save SNL from cancellation in the early 80s..that show was on its death bed and a 19 year old.kid came in and said "I got this". Aside feel that hed already had a huge hit comedy album and special by this point, and had hits with 48 Hours and Trading Places. Eddie was a comedy juggernaut in the 80s.
Boy do I feel old. Saw this in the theater at a mall that has been boarded up and abandoned for years now. (Still have the soundtrack on LP on my shelf). I forgot how likable the characters were! No cheap shots or straw men, everyone had an arc and ended up working together at the end. Very fun watch!
This was the film that vaulted Murphy into superstardom. It was originally pitched to Sylvester Stallone, who originally showed interest but wanted it to be more of an action film. He rewrote it, the studio balked at the rewrite (which at one point had him driving straight towards a train for some reason), and it went to Eddie Murphy instead, causing him to become the top-paid movie star in Hollywood for a while. Stallone's rewrite was adapted into the film Cobra, one of his endless series of boilerplate 80s action films.
1. GOOF: An entire truck loaded with EMPTY cigarette boxes.🙄
2. IMVHO Eddies' best movies are "Trading Places" and "Coming to America"😎😎
3. Serge/Bronson Pinchot was in a short lived series "Perfect Strangers".
4. Jenny/Jill Eikenberry played Segar in "An Officer and a Gentleman" HINT HINT
5. Maitland is one of the best bad guys ever!😁 He also played the Soviet Colonel in Rambo II.
6. "Beverly Hills Cop II" doesn't suck, but it's not as good as this.
Lisa Eilbacher rather than Jill Eikenberry.
Guess what tune will be going through our heads the rest of the day...
Neutron Dance?
Glad to see you took a liking to Serge the art guy (Bronson Pinchot)!
He played Balki in the sitcom Perfect Strangers, and it was one of my favorite shows when I was younger! It'd be awesome to see you react to it☺️
Eddie's first movie, "48 Hours" with Nick Nolte was incredible. It's why Eddie got this movie.
That is Damon Waynas playing the guy that gives Axel the bananas.
"48 Hours" would be a great early Eddie Murphy movie for you also. Very serious, but funny.
They used to call this a comedy/drama. It's funny just because of Eddie Murphy but it's quite serious as well.
Enjoyed the reaction. Thanks for this. I can tell you that Beverly Hills Cop 2 is just as good as the original. So that is one you would definitely want to check out.
Ivan Reitman wanted Eddie Murphy to play one of the four Ghostbusters, but he was already committed to Beverly Hills Cop. As a result, Winston's role in Ghostbusters was reduced significantly, and the part was given to Ernie Hudson instead.
Eddie was in a win-win situation when it came to choosing between the two, aa both films cleaned up at the box office in 1984.
This is an action-comedy more than a straight up comedy.
The 80's had some really good ones, and they are usually cop movies.
I highly recommend all these:
Stakeout
Running Scared
48 Hours
Midnight Run
K - 9
Innerspace (sci-fi/action/comedy)
Best Regards!
IIRC 48 Hours was Murphy's first film role.
This is why 80s comedies are the best. Yes they're funny but they have an actual serious plot and story. It's not just pointless gag after gag thrown together.
The "Harrow Club" is actually the Athenaeum at Caltech in Pasadena, at the corner of California Blvd. and Hill Ave. My mother was the bartender in the downstairs bar when I was between 9 and 15, so I spent a lot of my time there playing pool or watching Doctor Who in the TV room. The movie was filmed around the last year that she was there. There is also a hotel upstairs. The dining room they show in the movie is a gourmet restaurant which has both patio and indoor dining; a lot of weddings take place there. I used to have dinners from there 5 days a week, including prime rib on Wednesdays. The only time I was ever in the dining room was after it was closed because I used to take the dishes from the downstairs bar to the dishwasher and we took all the leftover meat from the restaurant to feed stray cats.
The Beverly Cop series took the formula from the 48 hr movie. A blend of action and comedy.48hrs was Murphy’s movie debut.
That was Damon Wayans that gave him the bananas at the hotel. Eddie and his older brother Keenan are close friends. That was Damon's first appearance in a movie and ironically Chris Rock makes his film debut in Beverly Hills Cop 2
This is prime Eddie Murphy and my favorite Judge Reinhold besides his Brad in Fast Times at Ridgemont High roll. Bronson Pinchot ,Serg, 😊in the art gallery is the best! Enjoy this hilarious adventure!
JR is pretty good as ‘the close talker’ in Seinfeld.
The actor that played Victor is Steven Berkoff. He is very good at playing intense characters. 2 other films he shines in are the 1983 Roger Moore James Bond film Octopussy where he plays one of the antagonists and he has a brief role in the 1981 Sean Connery High Noon in Space vehicle, Outland. And yes, that is Ronny Cox (from both Robocop and Total Recall) playing Billy and Taggart's boss. He quit acting several years ago and now is a full time musician.
2 is just as good as the original....
With the same great cast !
You should watch it ASAP
THOR'S DOG! My heart exploded when I seen that beautiful boy/girl nestled in between his arm. I love a sweet doberman
Don't the boss know it is so much easier to keep an eye on someone if your hanging out with them. It was a good thing they bonded.
This is a fantastic action comedy. Eddie Murphy's best!
20:14 "I feel like I've been here? Where is this?" Both the exterior and interior shown are the Atheneum, the faculty club at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena.
YES!!!
LOVE THIS MOVIE!!
Originally, Sylvester Stallone was cast as Axel Foley and even rewrote parts of the script to give the movie a serious tone, by getting rid of the comedy to make it a dark action thriller. However the producers didn't like the script and Stallone was let go from the project and his unproduced script was turned into COBRA 1986.
Cobra was also hilarious, but not intentionally.
For another great cop/action/comedy/drama movie, you should check out 1991s "The Last Boy Scout". The reason I bring it up is that it stars Damon Wayans who made his film debut in this movie as the employee who gave Eddie Murphy the bananas for the tailpipe (credited as "Banana Man"). Great movie that also stars Bruce Willis.
And don't forget future Oscar winner Halle Berry! I love it. One of the late Tony Scott's underrated classics.
@@YolandaAnneBrown95726 No doubt. I was so surprised when watching it years later and realized it was her. Nuff said .🤫
Axel Foley giving a masterclass in social engineering.
The movie was not originally planned for Eddie Murphy, nor as a comedy. They were really shopping it around for a Stallone or Arnold. When Eddie got cast it was rewritten with more comedy. That's why you've got the more serious and even darker story than what you expect going in.
Yep, it’s Ronny Cox from, RoboCop & Total Recall.
Yep, interesting fact, he was known for rolls like Bogomil, in fact he was typecast into those roles until Verhoven hired him to be a bad guy in Robocop and Total Recall, which made a big difference in his career which is still going strong, in fact if you're a Star Trek fan, you prolly did. Really, he reprised a roll from a two part TNG episode where he played Captain Jellico.
It was a blast watching this along with you Thor! I love pretty much everything Eddie Murphy does, but this has gone up as one of my favourites. Eddie has always been funny in an obnoxious way, but this is the first time I saw him a “cool.” Axel was so smart and a really nice guy actually. And I totally agree that his friendship with the other cops was so much fun. Also, I looked it up and there is a sequel. If you decide react to part 2, I’ll probably wait, but it’s definitely on my list now. PS: it was funny when you realised what the coffee grounds was used for. My mind went straight to the dogs because when I see family back home, every time my aunts go to the casino, there are always police dogs sniffing around the car to check for drugs 😅 - Anyway, great reaction as always! :)
Cant believe you study know about the sequel(s). There are 2. Also, I'm not sure if you have seen 48 hours that is similar.
It's unfortunate that the younger generation aren't really familiar with Eddie Murphy they way they should be. I never see anyone just go back and do all of his movies from the beginning. It's worth it. He is comedy Royalty for a reason.
Serge is one of my favourite characters in film
Classic as it comes 😎
In the seventies I lived in Hollywood, California which is right next to Beverly Hills. I did see all of the houses there. If you drove down Sunset Blvd., you could go from Hollywood, through Beverly Hills, all the way to the beach.
Interesting fact. Foley's boss Inspector Todd is played by Gilbert Hill, who actually was a Detroit police detective in real life.
48 Hours is another classic Eddie Murphy action/comedy, and was his film debut.
Love this movie, Murphy killed this roll. Great reaction, hope you will do 2 and 3 as well 🤞
He can skip 3. It's pretty weak. Even Eddie Murphy says so.
Beverly Hills Cop 2 is just as good as this movie. However Beverly Hills Cop 3 isn’t that good. Even Eddie Murphy admits the third movie is not good and wants to do a 4th movie to end the franchise on a high note.
While it is not the best, I enjoyed the 3rd one as well.
In my opinion BHC2 is not as good as the first movie but is still a good movie. The jokes and routines Axel pulls are kicked up a notch which is the best thing in the movie! Worth watching for all that alone. But the actual plot of the movie kind of sucks and for me, drags down the film.
That's why I think the first movie is better, the plot isn't anything special but it's not boring and with Axel running his hilarious routines all through the film and the plot doing its job moving the movie along without bogging it down, that makes the movie special.
BHC3 is, unfortunately, pure garbage.
@@Drawkcabi the second one is awesome. It has the late great Dean Stockwell before he was on Quantum Leap. it has a cameo from Chris Rock. Brigitte Nielsen from Rocky 4 is in the movie. The late Gilbert Gottfried is in the movie. The movie is great.
Agreed 2nd also very good. 3rd kinda meh
The guy from Aliens is Paul Reiser, a commedian who has been in a lot of projects. In the 90s, he and Helen Hunt had a GREAT show called Mad About You.
I haven't got a clue what hes doing now.
The supercops story was improvised by eddie and you can see Taggert holding his face because he was trying not to laugh. LOL
It's a comedic crime/buddy cop movie
People have forgotten that a movie can have more than one theme. Though I understand why movie studios have focused their movies to one theme. It makes them easier to market.
BTW, the synthesizer part of the music score was the first translated into a computer file and sounded like the original. They did it with the legendary Commodore C64. It's a bit of computer history.
This is hands down one of my all time favorite movies! A true classic that is just a lot of fun from start to finish. While a lot of people argue that 48 hours is the origin of the "buddy cop" genre, I still think this deserves the credit despite it coming later.
The 2nd one is pretty damn good too!
The man who gave Axel Foley the bananas is Damon Wayans in his first film appearance. He would later appear in the likes of _The Last Boy Scout, Bulletproof, Last Action Hero_ and recently on the TV adaptation of _Lethal Weapon_ as Roger Murtaugh (the role played by Danny Glover in the existing four films).
FYi DId you know that the actor who played Inspector Todd was a actual cop (Detective no less) then became the police chief in Detroit ?! After the trio of movies he became a Councilman. He died in 2016, his name was Gilbert R Hill
The man behind the hotel counter at the end was none other than Martin Brest, the director of the film.
Thanks! As someone who spent their teenage years in the 80s Eddie Murphy was huge, between SNL, his stand up HBO specials and his movies he was everywhere. I still can't think of Buckwheat, Gumby or the ICE CREAM MAN routine without Eddie making me laugh👍
Now you have to watch 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid', Robert Redford and Paul Newman are the greatest duo ever put on film.
The '80s was a great time. Notice how there was no racism, but rather, the movie was about friendships. Everybody got along great. We've lost that in the last generation.
The cops literally racial profile Axel after being thrown out of a fucking window
Fun Fact: The reason Beverly Hills is full of wealthy people is because that’s where a majority of the water was located when they settled Los Angeles. Their post-office also has valet parking lol.
Ah Also Victor (the villain in this film) was also the main baddie in Rambo 2 as the Russian commander.
That is the actor that played the bad guy in "Robocop" here as a good guy. "Beverly Hills Cop 2" is also pretty good especially the development of Serge and Rosewood. Speaking of Billy, he is in the iconic 80's movie "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (doesn't anybody effing knock). If you want to see Eddie Murphy in an even more serious role you should also check out "48 Hours". It's a good buddy cop movie, and I believe his first venture into film from SNL. He and Nick Nolte work really well together, but they are not quite the same as the three musketeers from this movie or for instance Mel Gibson and Danny Glover from "Lethal Weapon".
Both this movie in the sequel really good also the theme music is catchy
Damn copyright! That music is like a character in the film.
@@flarrfan absolutely
Trivia for you: the bad guy in this movie played a mine worker who loses it in the sci-fi movie "Outland" with Sean Connery.
This is kinda the buddy-cop genre, in the same ballpark as Lethal Weapon. Comedy, yes, but I was waiting for the surprise when you mentioned Naked Gun.
This is my 5th favourite movie ever made. Great reaction.
Victor is played by the great Steven Berkoff... English stage tour de force with noteworthy works as an actor, director, author and playwright. Sadly... most people only know him for his 80s movie villain roles in Beverly Hills Cop, Rambo II, and the Bond film Octopussy.
The next one should be 48 Hours with Eddie and Nick Nolte. Another classic cop comedy type of film. You will really enjoy it.
That's Paul Reiser as Eddie Murphy's cop buddy. He was in Aliens, yes, but if you grew up in the 90s, you remember him as Helen Hunt's very lucky husband in Mad About You. He's been in a few other things, mostly in supporting roles. What I love about this is that it's an 80 R rated action comedy where they don't get bogged down with some romance. Sure, sometimes that can work, but here, they go off script and Lisa Eilbacher's character, Jenny Summers, isn't just some prize for Axel Foley to save and hook up with in the end. There is no love interest in this movie. That is almost unprecedented in a movie like this and really daring, quite frankly. There's usually a romantic dynamic in these kinds of movies, but it's refreshing to not have that. And Axel is hardly a chaste guy. He's pretty randy at times. But they don't veer off for some gratuitous hook up scene. They stay on track with the plot. It's different and I don't want that in every movie, but here it works like crazy. And as we're just getting into the era of classic erotic thrillers, that's pretty surprising to me.
Loving these reactions thanks so much keep them coming!
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a great movie starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. The movie is based on a true story and is worth watching to find out what happened at the end.
R.I.P. Anita Pointer from The Pointer Sisters, "Neutron Dance"
who does she play?
@@RandyReviews1990 "Neutron Dance" is on the Beverly Hills Cop Soundtrack.
5:30 "Yeah that IS MIKE from breaking bad..."
5:35 "oh right...the whole no half measure thing..."
We need #2 asap
The movie was written for Stallone, but he wanted his own way of doing things so they got Eddie Murphy into the role and changed the script.
10:00 "This really the Beverly Hills Police Station?" No, that's actually Beverly Hills City Hall that they've relabeled as the police station -- but the police station is only about one building over behind City Hall and part of the same complex, so it's still not too shabby.
48 HRS is another Murphy comedy/drama and a really good film.
I'd like to see your reaction to one or both of Eddie's comedy specials Raw or Delirious. Epic!
You should also watch the Golden Child with Eddie Murphy
Fun fact: dogs can smell drugs through coffee grounds. Also the 2nd movie is a fun watch too, even though the ratings aren't amazing.
you really need to see EDDIE in the movies he did before BEVERLY HILLS COP. Eddie as a convict on a 48 hour manhunt with a rogue cop played by NICK NOLTE in 48 HRS part 1 and 2. EDDIE'S character "REGGIE HAMMOND " is hilarious !!!
First, yes, that is the guy from Aliens. Paul Reiser. A really funny guy. He's probably best known from the sitcom Mad About You. You, the show where Phoebe from Friends' twin sister Ursula is a recurring character. He is also a good dramatic actor as seen in the pretty good TV movie called My Beautiful Son aka Strange Relations.
And second, yes, that is the guy from RoboCop and Total Recall. His name is Ronny Cox. I believe RoboCop was actually his first role as a bad guy.
And Victor Maitland is portrayed by English actor Steven Berkoff. He is also known from two more antagonistic roles, Col. Podovsky from Rambo: First Blood Part II and he was a Bond villain aswell. Though from what I remember, this role is probably his best of the three. I really love how he's soft spoken throughout the entire movie but that the one time he does raise his voice, it almost acts as a jump scare.
So yes, this movie is pretty solid when it comes to the cast. :)
Calm down soy fan. Nobody cares about Reiser or your two dads!
Forget the houses in Beverly Hills. Check out the mansions in Newport RI.
$235 in 1984 is like $672 today.
Great classic!! I definitely recommend 48hrs & Boomerang as well.
The 2nd one is a lot of fun too!!!
I'm sure a million people have said to watch the second one, so I'm going to add to it. BHC 2 is an excellent movie.
One thing that always freaks me out a little bit is the way the cars crumple mostly in the passenger compartment in the beginning chase scene, as a driver of a car from 1967 I know I'm likely driving a death trap if I ever crash.
Was not created to be a comedy but became one when Eddie was cast and most of it is improv
I'm glad you enjoyed this one as much as I'd hoped. The sequel is great, too
Watch 48hrs ... amazing film - Eddie is funny, but the film is very series. Eddie has done it all... Comedy, action, drama, romantic comedy, musical, kid film both live action and animation (he had 8 kids, so he felt he should kid movies) he even recently did a Bio-pic of 70s exploitation star Rudy Ray Moore - Eddie is a amazing actor.
PS, I absolutely adore the music in this movie. Pointer Sisters forever.
Yes, killer soundtrack! RIP Anita Pointer 💗
@@nancytoothaker3224 Yeah I cried a little for her. They were stunning.
"That's Mike from Breaking Bad!"
No! That's Frank McPike from "Wise Guy". (look it up; was a good tv series)
Awesome reaction Thor. Please watch the second one
Amazing film very classic Beverly Hills Cop starring by Eddie Murphy. Thank you Thor great reaction next time reacts Beverly Hills Cop II and III
It always surprises me that so many movie buffs, and especially American ones, don't know the difference between protagonist, antagonist, main character and villain.
Yay 😊 I think I recommended this movie a month ago it's great! love your reactions Nick 💖
Eddie Murphy plays Axel Foley a Detroit detective who travels to Beverly hills to find his friend's killers
You should also watch the second one, and 48 Hours, and Another 48 Hours with Eddie and Nick Nolte.
I love this movie! You should definitely watch the second once as well, I think it's just as good
the 80s action comedies tended to have serious moments mixed in with the humor. Lethal Weapon is another movie like that.
48 Hours and The Golden Child are great Murphy movies as well. I hope you check them out too💕💕
In my opinion, Eddie Murphy's best movie is Bowfinger. He is his usually hilarious self, opposite and written by Steve Martin. Peak comedy.