Eddie Murphy is SO charismatic in this. Hard to believe he was only 22-23 when this was filmed. He's incredibly comfortable in front of the camera. A natural. I also love how quickly this movie goes from insanely funny to suddenly really dark and dramatic. It's a brilliant film.
Such a well balanced movie as well as the character Axel Foley himself. It’s got a nice blend of comedy and action. I could not see Sly pull off this character at all. Eddie Murphy is an absolute natural!
I think they're also too young to remember Bronson Pinchot in Perfect Strangers. But everytime I see him on screen, I hear him telling Cousin Larry, "Don't be ridiculous!"
I was a freshman in high school when this movie came out and I remember how big of a hit this movie was. Eddie Murphy was a fast-rising star at this time. Lots of great movies, soundtracks, and shows during the 80's.
I'm 61 and I agree! One good thing that has happened since the pandemic is the increase in reaction videos like this. Most of the reactions I watch are to shows and trailers not movies. It's so cool seeing younger audiences dig what I dig. It is especially cool when important books from my youth like Dune and Shogun finally get the treatment they deserve and the results are masterpieces I get to share with reactors and their community.
Serge was played by Bronson Pinchot, who later went on to play the popular character, Balki Bartokamus on the the show, "Perfect Strangers" on ABC from 1986 to 1993. He played a sweet and naive foreigner from the fictional island of "Mypos", a supposed Greek island. He literally got the part because of this movie. Another fun fact is that his performance made Eddie Murphy crack up and break character just as much as Murphy himself made every other actor crack up and break character!
Eddie Murphy turned down being in Ghostbusters for Beverly Hills Cop. But it turned out well for everyone, since both movies were the two biggest hits of 1984.
Except for Ernie Hudson or at least that what he says. I agree with Ernie Hudson that Eddie being a big star at that time he most certainly been paid more than Hudson for starring in Ghostbusters.
Great reaction Achara and Kristen like always, love this movie. For a period of time in the 80's. Eddie Murphy was the biggest star in the world. He was the world's number one stand up comic and had the world's number one movie at the same time. He also had a hit song! 84 was a monster year for movies. Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Gremlins, The Karate Kid, Police Academy, Footloose and Beverly Hills Cop among others. This was originally written with Sylvester Stallone in mind. Disagreements over the script led to him converting the movie into the film, Cobra. Eddie Murphy was also planned to play Winston in Ghostbusters but he took this movie instead. Yes. The instrumental, “Axel F. Foley Theme”, was written for this film and it became a international hit in the 80's. Keep up the good work.
Wow! Did not know Cobra was derived from Beverly Hills Cop. But many people don’t know he was on top of the world in the 80’s going into the 90’s. Absolute legend 💯💯💯
I’m excited for you guys to watch the series they are fun time if you guys haven’t seen another great action comedy is lethal weapon but i think you guys may have seen those already not sure
@@mrantdagreatStallone wanted to change the character's name. He wanted a nickname "Motor City Cobra." Naturally they got rid of him and the love interest was changed into an old friend of Axel's when Eddie was cast. The changes just escalated the quality of the movie and gave Eddie more material to work with.
Eddie Murphy never had problems reading. A comedian named Charlie Barnett was almost chosen over Eddie's SNL audition but Charlie Barnett had issues with reading, which secured Eddie for the show.
@@joeschmo8862 eddie murphy did an interview with people magazine where he talked about having trouble reading earlier in his life. you could have verified this yourself with 5 seconds of typing, but then you couldn't have complained about unfounded claims of racism, and really, that's the important thing, isn't it?
20:51 As Axel is telling his story of SUPERCOPS you can see Taggart pinch his sinus with head down trying not to laugh,but you can see him trying to hold it in 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I think the director said Eddie was flagging a bit while filming so he had some coffee for the first time (apparently he didn't drink coffee) and he got such a caffeine rush he went nuts with the improv-ing and SUPERCOPS was the result 😂.
@@juanita-darkThere were hundreds of takes in this movie left on the cutting floor because of the cast breaking up in laughter over Eddie's improvising. And yet here you come along with ' Murphy was flagging & some coffee' being the reason for this scene ? An actor who's legendary for improvising lines in all of his films- including his first 2 before this one ? I'm calling absolute BS on your whole comment.
13:08....-"He doesn't get to enjoy his meal, and he has bananas up his tailpipe"........just about spewed my drink onto my computer!!!!!! LOL....... Hilarious!!!!
It's almost unfair how talented and versatile Eddie Murphy is. His contributions to comedy and film are almost too numerous to take a full count of. I can't think of too many other actors that could do green screen to play up to 8 characters in the same movie. The Oscars should have a category just for that!
I believe Eddie Murphy ad-libbed some of his lines, which just proves his comedic genius. His timing and delivery are impeccable, and he made the character of Axel Foley such an icon. I can't wait to see the sequel coming out on Netflix soon. The second one was fantastic follow-up to this one. Great reaction!
Apparently most of the interactions between Judge Reinhold and John Ashton (Rosewood and Taggart) were also improvised. Their character brief was basically that they’re an old, bickering married couple-hence we get scenes like Rosewood nagging Taggart about having too much red meat in his diet. I think some of that stuff came straight from their audition, actually. It’s also interesting to me that Ashton was only in his mid-30s at the time, as he looks older.
0:20 - "Beverly Hills doesn't look like that...that's awful....oh that's Detroit...I'm sure it's lovely" 17:24 - "Titties and Ass!!!" Achara keeping it classy as always. 😂😂😂 You definitely need to react to the sequel, Beverly Hills Cop II (1987). It was made by the Simpson/Bruckheimer clan (they made Top Gun) so the action, comedy, and shenanigans are dialed up to 11!
Starting high school when this came out... and honestly, between this and Ghostbusters coming out in '84(!) you couldn't go a day without dropping a few quotes from either flick... "back off man, I'm a scientist... talk to me I'm a business man... this isn't my locker... don't be ridiculous... the super's going to be pissed... bite yer head off..." 😂😂😂
"Only a man whose heart is pure can wield the knife, and only a man whose ass is narrow can get down these steps. And if mine is such an ass, then i shall have it!" LMAO, golden child is such a gem.
Eddie Murphy has an insane amount of talent and charisma. It's a matter of time until he gets an Oscar. I love the character of Lt. Bogomill. Ronny Cox did a great job of selling Bogomill as a by-the-numbers police officer. As the movie rolls along and the evidence mounts against Maitland, Bogomill warms up to Foley and, in the end, he has his officers' backs. When he hears there are shots fired and his people are in the area, Bogomill sends all the police in half of Beverly Hills to back them up, no questions asked. That's a really good commanding officer. I'd recommend _BHC2,_ but _BHC3_ is too over the top.
Agree. And in BHC2, not only is it immediately established that Axel and the Beverly Hills boys have become close personally, but Bogomil tells Chief Lutz (who is The Worst 😂) that he encourages his officers to use their instincts and follow their hunches, showing how much Axel’s influence has rubbed off on him professionally. (And credit to Ronny Cox for being just as convincing as the utterly evil Dick Jones in _Robocop_ that same year.)
Ironically, the actor who played Axel's boss, Inspector Todd (Gilbert R. Hill), was a real life gangster who was not to be trifled with. He was connected to crooked politicians in Detroit, and he was a real police chief of the Detroit Police Department. He used his power and influence in that city to do crime. He even put out hits on people. Crazy.
This was the movie that put Eddie over the top. The director, Martin Breast, was the hotel employee at the desk at the end of the film. Beverly Hills Cop 2 was just as great, Beverly Hills Cop 3 was not quite as good, but still a lot of fun. This summer a fourth, Beverly Hills Cop:Axel F, will premiere on Netflix. Eddie, John Ashton (Taggart), Judge Reinhold (Billy), Bronsot Pinchot (Serge), and Paul Reiser (Jeffrey) will appear, as will new characters played by Kevin Bacon and Joseph Gordon Levitt.
That tough Detroit police inspector was played by a tough Detroit police inspector, Gilbert Hill. The casting director spotted him. He was on Detroit's city council and later ran for mayor (he lost). Japanese school? Are you from Japan? There's a UA-cam channel which belongs to Oriental Pearl. She's an American (from Detroit, as a matter of fact) who spent several years in mainland China learning the language, then moved to Japan and married a Japanese guy. They live in Tokyo. She's now fluent in Japanese. She took her husband to Detroit and he loved being in the United States. Seeing him transformed from a shy Japanese to a swaggering American is hilarious. Loved this video. You two know great acting when you see it.
19:10 friend of mine DJs at an 80s themed bar - whenever he plays this tune we start up with "Phillip? Heeeeey man! TheysaidyoudontcomeroundherenomorebutIsaidnawthatsPhil!"
Eddie Murphy is a legend. During the scene about "The Super Cops" lie watch Taggert pinch his eyes tryna get thru the scene without smiling & he could not. He tried his best but Eddie is hilarious. My favorite Eddie Murphy movie, another is his 1st movie 48 Hrs. He & Nick Nolte were good. He did a good job.
@30:35 A lot of people don’t realize how important it was that Billy waited to help Axel. If he’d have gone too soon, he’d have been outnumbered and likely killled. If he’d waited too long, Axel would’ve likely been killled.
The actor who played Victor Maitland, Steven Berkhoff, also played the main villain, Col. Podovsky, in "Rambo: First Blood Part II" & one of the 2 main villains, Gen. Orlov, in the Bond film "Octopussy".
Steven Berkoff is mainly a theatre director, one who created a very unusual style called Berkovian theatre, and he has said that he does Hollywood movies to fund his stage projects.
You probably don't recognize the other actors in this but Paul Reiser, Jeffrey, was in Aliens, Ronny Cox, Chief of police, was in Robocop, Lisa Eilbacher, Jeannette was in Officer and a Gentlemen, Johnathan Banks, Zack, was in Breaking Bad, Steven Berkoff, Victor Maitland, was in Rambo 2, Judge Reinhold, Det Billy, was in Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Home Alone, all classic movies and shows.
1. Movie magic: 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 funny series "Perfect Strangers". 4. Jenny/Lisa Eilbacher played Segar in "An Officer and a Gentleman" HINT HINT 5. Maitland/Steven Koff is one of the best bad guys ever!😁 He also played the Soviet Colonel in Rambo II. 6. Billy/Judge Reinhold played Brad Hamilton in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High".
You forgot about Zack(the right hand of Maitland)/Jonathan Banks is one of the most badass character in Breaking Bad and Better Call Soul... Mike!!! 😁😁
Achara's unintentional dig at Detroit at the start was hilarious. I saw this film in the cinema when it was first released, it was great with an audience.
Sylvester Stallone was originally intended to play the lead role. Stallone took the script and revised it to a more brooding story that became COBRA (1986)
Between Beverly Hills Cop, 48 hours, Coming to America, and Trading Places, Eddie Murphy ruled the 80s. I never saw the third movie, but the second one is good and worth a watch, Another great, underrated comedy cop movie is Hollywood Homicide (2003), with Josh Hartnett and Harrison Ford.
This movie has a special place in my heart. It was the first rated R movie that my parents let me watch. when I was five years old. I watched it so much I wore out the VHS. I called it the Big Truck movie bcuz of the beginning, and any time I heard the Axol Folley song it was the big truck song 🎵
He was also corrupt and tried to hire a hit man to kill an FBI informant that wanted reveal information about Hill who got payed a bribe by a major drug dealer in order to quash the investigation into a 13- year-old boy's murder.
Lt. Bogomil was played by Ronny Cox. Cox was later known for his part in Robocop in 1987, and BHC II which also came out in '87 (2 months apart). However, he was also in a classic old film called "Deliverance" (1972) with Burt Reynolds. He played a guitar duet with a local southern banjo player (the famous "Dueling Banjo's" song). Deliverance was a thriller/drama/survival story of a some friendly guys vacation canoe trip gone very, very bad. It also starred Jon Voight (Angelina Jolie's father). This was 3 years before Jolie was born.
I can tell you right now, Beverly Hills Cop 2 is also worth a watch, it's hilarious and just awesome. Boomerang and The Nutty Professor are worth watching too, their great movies
Judge Reinhold(Billy), John Ashton(Taggart) and Eddie Murphy(Axel) improvised most of their lines. 12:55 the banana in the tailpipe was supposed to be potatoes but due to scheduling and budget issues they couldn’t film the scene of Axel getting the potatoes from the kitchen so they had bananas on set and grabbed them. 20:39 this scene is what happens when Eddie Murphy has caffeine. He was feeling sluggish while filming this scene and they kept offering Eddie coffee to help stay awake but didn’t like any kind of artificial stimulation. He gave in and had a cup of coffee. Ashton had his hand on his face pinching his nose to keep from laughing cause Eddie’s whole supercop bit wasn’t in the script and he and Reinhold was trying not to ruin the scene. Reinhold was pinching his own thigh while listening to the supercop routine. 26:22 the paper in his hand is the script to the movie. He was given the changes before he came on scene. The sequels are just as good. The way Billy grows during the next two movies I can’t wait to see what they do with him in the fourth one that comes out soon.
Hey U2 Ladys, I REALLY admire your sweet, honest abd authentic reaction, and I love that you ve fun with it, and you nailed it in your ex post summary, that what its about according to cast, plot and the sweet charme of this movie, wish you all the best, big hug!
@33:01 Billy’s bravery is generally under-appreciated here. He stood in the line of fire and carefully aimed before shooting. Some may say he was dumb, but to me, that’s a badas- moment.
7:26 Bronson Pinchot stole every scene with that character and next to Eddie, that wasn't easy. He took that character all the way to the hit TV show Perfect Strangers.
Wow, wasn't expecting to read in the comments that people aren't fans of part 3. As i kid i loved 3, it was a lot of fun. Even watching it more recently i still found it very entertaining. For some reason i always thought 3 was the more popular one since its always the one that was shown on tv
EDDIE WAS PRETTYYYY MUCH THE INTRO TO THE ACTION / COMEDY R FILMS ACHARA & KRISTEN 😊THIS WAS IN 84 AND HIS 1ST FILM WAS IN 82 ( 48 HRS ) 👍AND THEN MANY FOLLOWED : ARNOLD IN COMMANDO, BRUCE WILLIS WITH DIE HARD, ROBERT DENIRO WITH MIDNIGHT RUN, ANYWAY TAKE CARE GIRLS! 💯
This was one of my very first VHS movie purchases way back in the 80's. 👍 Eddie Murphy is a great comedic actor. I wasn't a fan of his standup comedy, but I think his performances on Saturday Night Live and in his films are great.
Eddie Murphy is SO charismatic in this. Hard to believe he was only 22-23 when this was filmed. He's incredibly comfortable in front of the camera. A natural.
I also love how quickly this movie goes from insanely funny to suddenly really dark and dramatic. It's a brilliant film.
And almost everybody with a speaking role in this is such a character themselves, too. It's so well rounded.
An element in recent filmmaking, thats extremely hard to comeby unfortunately 😢
Well duh he did stand up before. Extremely funny
Such a well balanced movie as well as the character Axel Foley himself. It’s got a nice blend of comedy and action. I could not see Sly pull off this character at all. Eddie Murphy is an absolute natural!
As a 50 year old it makes me happy to see younger people give classics a chance. This movie holds up.
I think they're also too young to remember Bronson Pinchot in Perfect Strangers. But everytime I see him on screen, I hear him telling Cousin Larry, "Don't be ridiculous!"
@byronabrahams871 I just yelled "Balki!" at my phone when I saw him. Oh, the nostalgia ❤
@@byronabrahams871 I remember the dance of joy, and the bibi bapka song.
I was a freshman in high school when this movie came out and I remember how big of a hit this movie was. Eddie Murphy was a fast-rising star at this time. Lots of great movies, soundtracks, and shows during the 80's.
I'm 61 and I agree! One good thing that has happened since the pandemic is the increase in reaction videos like this. Most of the reactions I watch are to shows and trailers not movies. It's so cool seeing younger audiences dig what I dig. It is especially cool when important books from my youth like Dune and Shogun finally get the treatment they deserve and the results are masterpieces I get to share with reactors and their community.
Eddie Murphy had a lot of hits in the 80s and 90s.....Trading Places, Coming to America, Boomerang, 48 Hours, Harlem Knights
48 Hrs is AWESOME!
Now those are some great Eddie Murphy movies!
"Oh its Detroit" killed me lol
Serge was played by Bronson Pinchot, who later went on to play the popular character, Balki Bartokamus on the the show, "Perfect Strangers" on ABC from 1986 to 1993. He played a sweet and naive foreigner from the fictional island of "Mypos", a supposed Greek island. He literally got the part because of this movie. Another fun fact is that his performance made Eddie Murphy crack up and break character just as much as Murphy himself made every other actor crack up and break character!
I remember seeing the out-takes between Eddie and Bronson after the movie. They were hilarious
Loved Perfect Strangers.
You're awesome. We probably watched a lot of the same movies and TV shows. The 80s and 90s rocked. 👍🏾👍😂
He also took over the role of "wacky cast member" after the guy who played Cousin Cody on Step by Step got busted for domestic abuse.
@@Owl_Space loved the show Step By Step.
Eddie Murphy turned down being in Ghostbusters for Beverly Hills Cop. But it turned out well for everyone, since both movies were the two biggest hits of 1984.
Except for Ernie Hudson or at least that what he says. I agree with Ernie Hudson that Eddie being a big star at that time he most certainly been paid more than Hudson for starring in Ghostbusters.
He would have made ghostbusters all about him by being there.
@@theperfectbalance5482You think Eddie Murphy was going to be able to steal the movie from Bill Murry.🥲😂🤣😂🤣
@@kennethsmith6367 are u kidding ? Eddys standup special was a whole movie lined around blocks. And hes black. Which already makes him, just better.
Great reaction Achara and Kristen like always, love this movie. For a period of time in the 80's. Eddie Murphy was the biggest star in the world. He was the world's number one stand up comic and had the world's number one movie at the same time. He also had a hit song! 84 was a monster year for movies. Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Gremlins, The Karate Kid, Police Academy, Footloose and Beverly Hills Cop among others. This was originally written with Sylvester Stallone in mind. Disagreements over the script led to him converting the movie into the film, Cobra. Eddie Murphy was also planned to play Winston in Ghostbusters but he took this movie instead. Yes. The instrumental, “Axel F. Foley Theme”, was written for this film and it became a international hit in the 80's. Keep up the good work.
‘84 truly was a great year for movies!
Wow! Did not know Cobra was derived from Beverly Hills Cop. But many people don’t know he was on top of the world in the 80’s going into the 90’s. Absolute legend 💯💯💯
I’m excited for you guys to watch the series they are fun time if you guys haven’t seen another great action comedy is lethal weapon but i think you guys may have seen those already not sure
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He wasn't. Those are asinine remarks. Particularly in the 90s with actors such as Johnny Deep and Brad Pitt.
@@mrantdagreatStallone wanted to change the character's name. He wanted a nickname "Motor City Cobra." Naturally they got rid of him and the love interest was changed into an old friend of Axel's when Eddie was cast. The changes just escalated the quality of the movie and gave Eddie more material to work with.
As a Detroiter it made me so happy that everybody in the movie said Detroit and not Deetroit 😂.
Eddie Murphy never had problems reading. A comedian named Charlie Barnett was almost chosen over Eddie's SNL audition but Charlie Barnett had issues with reading, which secured Eddie for the show.
PLEASE 📌 this comment 🙏
Came for the movie reaction. Leaving for the subtle unfounded racism.
@@joeschmo8862 How is getting their information crossed or wrong info racism? I hate to tell it to you man but everything doesn't involve racism.
@@joeschmo8862 eddie murphy did an interview with people magazine where he talked about having trouble reading earlier in his life. you could have verified this yourself with 5 seconds of typing, but then you couldn't have complained about unfounded claims of racism, and really, that's the important thing, isn't it?
@@joeschmo8862I was really irritated by that as well.
Achara saying "...and he's got bananas up his tailpipe." is the funniest thing ever!
Archer: "PHRASING!"
23:18 Oh my...
That comment also works for Chris Evans in Not Another Teen Movie. 😂🍌🍑
I believe she said she 'needed' one. I was dieing.
@Dmilewis she said "she would love another banana in the tailpipe" and Detroit Rock City baby!
20:51 As Axel is telling his story of SUPERCOPS you can see Taggart pinch his sinus with head down trying not to laugh,but you can see him trying to hold it in 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Judge had his hands in his pockets pinching his leg as hard as he could. You can see how red and in pain he was in trying to keep from breaking.
I think the director said Eddie was flagging a bit while filming so he had some coffee for the first time (apparently he didn't drink coffee) and he got such a caffeine rush he went nuts with the improv-ing and SUPERCOPS was the result 😂.
@@juanita-darkThere were hundreds of takes in this movie left on the cutting floor because of the cast breaking up in laughter over Eddie's improvising. And yet here you come
along with ' Murphy was flagging & some coffee' being the reason for this scene ? An actor who's legendary for improvising lines in all of his films- including his first 2 before this one ? I'm calling absolute BS on your whole comment.
13:08....-"He doesn't get to enjoy his meal, and he has bananas up his tailpipe"........just about spewed my drink onto my computer!!!!!! LOL....... Hilarious!!!!
It's almost unfair how talented and versatile Eddie Murphy is. His contributions to comedy and film are almost too numerous to take a full count of. I can't think of too many other actors that could do green screen to play up to 8 characters in the same movie. The Oscars should have a category just for that!
Not to mention he's also a musician. They don't make'm like Eddie Murphy anymore
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He was never a prominent musician.
Versatile at what?
Yes that was Damon Wayans who gave Eddie the bananas , Eddie Murphy and keenen Ivory Wayans Damon's oldest brother our best friends
I believe Eddie Murphy ad-libbed some of his lines, which just proves his comedic genius. His timing and delivery are impeccable, and he made the character of Axel Foley such an icon. I can't wait to see the sequel coming out on Netflix soon. The second one was fantastic follow-up to this one. Great reaction!
Ad libbed MOST of his lines from what I hear. He wasn't a full actor back then. He was a lot more of a comedian by trade, which means improv.
48 HOURS IS ANOTHER GREAT EDDIE MOVIE.
👆What he said.
@@RobFMDetroit So is Another 48 Hours.
Trading Places as well!
Apparently most of the interactions between Judge Reinhold and John Ashton (Rosewood and Taggart) were also improvised. Their character brief was basically that they’re an old, bickering married couple-hence we get scenes like Rosewood nagging Taggart about having too much red meat in his diet. I think some of that stuff came straight from their audition, actually. It’s also interesting to me that Ashton was only in his mid-30s at the time, as he looks older.
Eddie Murphy’s boss was the actual chief of police in Detroit.
I didn’t know that!
And was corrupt as hell too !
He was a mayor to I think
0:20 - "Beverly Hills doesn't look like that...that's awful....oh that's Detroit...I'm sure it's lovely"
17:24 - "Titties and Ass!!!"
Achara keeping it classy as always. 😂😂😂
You definitely need to react to the sequel, Beverly Hills Cop II (1987). It was made by the Simpson/Bruckheimer clan (they made Top Gun) so the action, comedy, and shenanigans are dialed up to 11!
Starting high school when this came out... and honestly, between this and Ghostbusters coming out in '84(!) you couldn't go a day without dropping a few quotes from either flick... "back off man, I'm a scientist... talk to me I'm a business man... this isn't my locker... don't be ridiculous... the super's going to be pissed... bite yer head off..."
😂😂😂
The song "nasty girl" was by vanity 6 & produced by Prince in 1982.
I’m 42. When I was 12 I used to watch this movie every weekend on VHS. Brings back memories.
This was peak Eddie. The Golden Child is an under appreciated gem as well.
So underrated
"Only a man whose heart is pure can wield the knife, and only a man whose ass is narrow can get down these steps. And if mine is such an ass, then i shall have it!" LMAO, golden child is such a gem.
“I-I-I, want the kniiiiife…pleeeeeease.”
@@IdliAmin_TheLastKingofSambar My sister and I still to this day quote this LOL
@@mamajenkins1981 My FAVORITE line from the movie!!!
Also, first time I ever saw Charles Dance. Loved him ever since!
As someone who was a kid in the 80s, it was Eddie and Arnold. They were the two coolest.
we were spoilt for choice, cruise stallone travolta eddie prince denzel snipes willis van damn kurt russel etc ..... golden age
This was so great to see in the theater. The place was just rolling at times. The 2nd one is a lot of fun as well.
Eddie Murphy has an insane amount of talent and charisma. It's a matter of time until he gets an Oscar.
I love the character of Lt. Bogomill. Ronny Cox did a great job of selling Bogomill as a by-the-numbers police officer. As the movie rolls along and the evidence mounts against Maitland, Bogomill warms up to Foley and, in the end, he has his officers' backs. When he hears there are shots fired and his people are in the area, Bogomill sends all the police in half of Beverly Hills to back them up, no questions asked. That's a really good commanding officer.
I'd recommend _BHC2,_ but _BHC3_ is too over the top.
Agree. And in BHC2, not only is it immediately established that Axel and the Beverly Hills boys have become close personally, but Bogomil tells Chief Lutz (who is The Worst 😂) that he encourages his officers to use their instincts and follow their hunches, showing how much Axel’s influence has rubbed off on him professionally. (And credit to Ronny Cox for being just as convincing as the utterly evil Dick Jones in _Robocop_ that same year.)
This film is nothing but spectacular.
Ironically, the actor who played Axel's boss, Inspector Todd (Gilbert R. Hill), was a real life gangster who was not to be trifled with. He was connected to crooked politicians in Detroit, and he was a real police chief of the Detroit Police Department. He used his power and influence in that city to do crime. He even put out hits on people. Crazy.
I absolutely love this film! I got it on VCR back in the day, and watched it soooo many times. Eddie Murphy is just phenomenal!
This was the movie that put Eddie over the top.
The director, Martin Breast, was the hotel employee at the desk at the end of the film.
Beverly Hills Cop 2 was just as great, Beverly Hills Cop 3 was not quite as good, but still a lot of fun. This summer a fourth, Beverly Hills Cop:Axel F, will premiere on Netflix. Eddie, John Ashton (Taggart), Judge Reinhold (Billy), Bronsot Pinchot (Serge), and Paul Reiser (Jeffrey) will appear, as will new characters played by Kevin Bacon and Joseph Gordon Levitt.
Beverly Hills Cop 2 was nowhere as great. It's alright.
That tough Detroit police inspector was played by a tough Detroit police inspector, Gilbert Hill. The casting director spotted him. He was on Detroit's city council and later ran for mayor (he lost).
Japanese school? Are you from Japan? There's a UA-cam channel which belongs to Oriental Pearl. She's an American (from Detroit, as a matter of fact) who spent several years in mainland China learning the language, then moved to Japan and married a Japanese guy. They live in Tokyo. She's now fluent in Japanese. She took her husband to Detroit and he loved being in the United States. Seeing him transformed from a shy Japanese to a swaggering American is hilarious.
Loved this video. You two know great acting when you see it.
19:10 friend of mine DJs at an 80s themed bar - whenever he plays this tune we start up with "Phillip? Heeeeey man! TheysaidyoudontcomeroundherenomorebutIsaidnawthatsPhil!"
Every time Achara says "banana in the tailpipe" loooool
Achara and Kristen yes Beverly Hills cop II is for sure a great follow up. I would stop 🛑 there and pick it up Axel F when it drops on Netflix.
23:19 alright Achara!! theres a time and a place!
Don't be so thirsty man. I can literally hear you drooling.
as a 45 yo who grew up on Eddie Murphy,i love that you both appreciate this
13:35 when she emulated Eddie's laugh that was the cutest!!
"Oh that's Detroit! I'm sooo sorry!!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Eddie Murphy is a legend. During the scene about "The Super Cops" lie watch Taggert pinch his eyes tryna get thru the scene without smiling & he could not. He tried his best but Eddie is hilarious. My favorite Eddie Murphy movie, another is his 1st movie 48 Hrs. He & Nick Nolte were good. He did a good job.
This is Eddie Murphy at his best. Now you need to watch part 2.
YESSSS!!! So glad y'all are starting this Trilogy. Ok. Let's Watch!
@30:35 A lot of people don’t realize how important it was that Billy waited to help Axel. If he’d have gone too soon, he’d have been outnumbered and likely killled. If he’d waited too long, Axel would’ve likely been killled.
For Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul fans, that dude that killed Axel's friend is Johnathan Banks who played Mike Ehrmantraut.
He was also in Gremlins with Judge Reinhold.
Also Paul Reiser who played Axel's Chicago cop buddy was the corporate stooge in Aliens.
He was also in Community.
@@Cheepchipsable Don't forget Mad About You, Stranger Things and Reboot.
oh my god i didn't even recognize him
13:44 Absolutely hilarious analysis for the coffee grounds. “Forging coffee stained art” looooool
The actor who played Victor Maitland, Steven Berkhoff, also played the main villain, Col. Podovsky, in "Rambo: First Blood Part II" & one of the 2 main villains, Gen. Orlov, in the Bond film "Octopussy".
"We are a peace loving republic." While torturing Rambo.
He was also Hagath an arms dealer in DS9, Quark's cousin Gaila's business partner.
Steven Berkoff is mainly a theatre director, one who created a very unusual style called Berkovian theatre, and he has said that he does Hollywood movies to fund his stage projects.
You get to see "Donkey" in his Prime at his PEAK!!!!
Can't believe they didn't ever watched this movie ..! They're reaction was awesome ...
20:37 "....and the only things missing from these guys are capes."
"NO CAPES!!" -- Edna Mode
hilarious, when you said he's got bananas up his tailpipe.
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Your faces are adorable , practically smiling through the whole thing. Just a good movie, good writing and comedy
The chemistry between Achara and Kristen is fantastic -- hope to see more of these two in the future :)
You probably don't recognize the other actors in this but Paul Reiser, Jeffrey, was in Aliens, Ronny Cox, Chief of police, was in Robocop, Lisa Eilbacher, Jeannette was in Officer and a Gentlemen, Johnathan Banks, Zack, was in Breaking Bad, Steven Berkoff, Victor Maitland, was in Rambo 2, Judge Reinhold, Det Billy, was in Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Home Alone, all classic movies and shows.
Ronny Cox - Cohagen in Total Recall too 😎
Judge Reinhold was in Gremlins, Fast Times, the Beethoven movies and The Santa Clause. He was *not* in Home Alone.
@@wartyrant8627Not to mention _Deliverance._
"Oh...it's Detroit. I'm sure it's lovely." Said no one who has ever been there. 🤣
Both Alex Foley and Robocop patrol the streets, how bad can it be?
@Eommedia would agree with you @gamechronicles. 😂😂😂❤
To be fair, the makers of this movie scoured the city for the absolute worst-looking places.
1. Movie magic: 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 funny series "Perfect Strangers".
4. Jenny/Lisa Eilbacher played Segar in "An Officer and a Gentleman" HINT HINT
5. Maitland/Steven Koff is one of the best bad guys ever!😁 He also played the Soviet Colonel in Rambo II.
6. Billy/Judge Reinhold played Brad Hamilton in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High".
You forgot about Zack(the right hand of Maitland)/Jonathan Banks is one of the most badass character in Breaking Bad and Better Call Soul... Mike!!! 😁😁
You also forgot about Ronny Cox, who played Lt. Bogomill. He also played Dick Jones in _Robocop_ and Cohaagen in _Total Recall._
Achara's unintentional dig at Detroit at the start was hilarious. I saw this film in the cinema when it was first released, it was great with an audience.
42:28 Exactly, you can see that switch in his brain get tripped when he goes into being 'Ramon'. 😂
Great spot Achara..Yes that was Damon Wayans giving him the bananas 🙂
Achara: "I would love another banana in the tailpipe."
Kristen: 🙄🤫
😂
I'm almost ashamed of how much I giggled when she said that 😂
Sylvester Stallone was originally intended to play the lead role. Stallone took the script and revised it to a more brooding story that became COBRA (1986)
They should react to that too, it’s a classic, “your the disease, and I’m the cure”.
@@RomanMercado-ms1mw yes! Followed by a back to back of Beverly Hills Cop 2. I just realized both films have Brigitte Nielsen!
That's why all of Axels' old Detroit friends (Michael Tandino, Jennie Summers) are Italian, they were cast when Stallone was going to be the lead
@@charlize1253 Oh that explains it
You are mixing Eddie up with Chris Tucker, regarding reading difficulties. Eddie was a genius. He was already a megastar at ~23 years old here.
Everybody loves Eddie Murphy ❤ and these films are amazing, staples of my childhood 😂😂 make sure you watch them all.
Loved revisiting this '80s classic!
I love that ya got this movie. It’s one of my favorite Eddie Murphy films of all time. Ya got exactly who Axel Foley was/is as a character.
Between Beverly Hills Cop, 48 hours, Coming to America, and Trading Places, Eddie Murphy ruled the 80s.
I never saw the third movie, but the second one is good and worth a watch,
Another great, underrated comedy cop movie is Hollywood Homicide (2003), with Josh Hartnett and Harrison Ford.
I was born in 1984 ... I'm painfully aware that this movie is now 40 years old now. lol
Was 10 In 1984.Miss Those Years.
I was 16. Yeah I miss it
the theme was my ringtone for a few years, so i guess i like this movie!
Serge had his own TV show.
Well Serge didn't have his own show but Bronson Pinchot did; he was in a show in the 80/90s with Mark Linn Baker called Perfect Strangers
Eddie Murphy. Pure charisma. And you are the best two reactors I'd ever ask for with this movie.
One of the cutest and wise movie watching reaction out there. And movie is hyperlegendary. A perfect movie.
This movie has a special place in my heart. It was the first rated R movie that my parents let me watch. when I was five years old. I watched it so much I wore out the VHS. I called it the Big Truck movie bcuz of the beginning, and any time I heard the Axol Folley song it was the big truck song 🎵
I saw it in theaters with my Mom when i was around 10. Still love it.
I love Kristen’s scream. lol. 😂😊
Eddie Murphy is part of my childhood!
Required watching includes 48 Hours and Trading Places.
"How many times can you say 'banana in the tailpipe'? " .... "Yes!"
Gilbert R. Hill, who played Inspector Todd, was a real life Homicide detective.
No he was a captain
I always thought his character was so good. That's amazing. I wish he had more screen time.
@@wiseoldman53 it was his first acting job and he said he never yelled at the people that worked under him like he does in this movie
He was also corrupt and tried to hire a hit man to kill an FBI informant that wanted reveal information about Hill who got payed a bribe by a major drug dealer in order to quash the investigation into a 13- year-old boy's murder.
You both need to watch The Golden Child that is also a movie during Eddie Murphy hay day
The Golden Child. What an awesome movie
Classic
@0:20 ...and THEN, ur Detroit audience goes "bye, bye". 😂😂😂😂
1984... great year for movies.
Lt. Bogomil was played by Ronny Cox. Cox was later known for his part in Robocop in 1987, and BHC II which also came out in '87 (2 months apart). However, he was also in a classic old film called "Deliverance" (1972) with Burt Reynolds. He played a guitar duet with a local southern banjo player (the famous "Dueling Banjo's" song). Deliverance was a thriller/drama/survival story of a some friendly guys vacation canoe trip gone very, very bad. It also starred Jon Voight (Angelina Jolie's father). This was 3 years before Jolie was born.
I luv how in the sequel they still remain close. Beverly Hills Cop 2 is a must-see/watch..along.
"Alphabet Bandit".
I can tell you right now, Beverly Hills Cop 2 is also worth a watch, it's hilarious and just awesome. Boomerang and The Nutty Professor are worth watching too, their great movies
Eddie improvised that whole super cops story at 20:20. You can see John Ashton totally losing it. 😀
Judge Reinhold(Billy), John Ashton(Taggart) and Eddie Murphy(Axel) improvised most of their lines. 12:55 the banana in the tailpipe was supposed to be potatoes but due to scheduling and budget issues they couldn’t film the scene of Axel getting the potatoes from the kitchen so they had bananas on set and grabbed them. 20:39 this scene is what happens when Eddie Murphy has caffeine. He was feeling sluggish while filming this scene and they kept offering Eddie coffee to help stay awake but didn’t like any kind of artificial stimulation. He gave in and had a cup of coffee. Ashton had his hand on his face pinching his nose to keep from laughing cause Eddie’s whole supercop bit wasn’t in the script and he and Reinhold was trying not to ruin the scene. Reinhold was pinching his own thigh while listening to the supercop routine. 26:22 the paper in his hand is the script to the movie. He was given the changes before he came on scene. The sequels are just as good. The way Billy grows during the next two movies I can’t wait to see what they do with him in the fourth one that comes out soon.
Loves how u guys highlight everyone who is in the 4th one
Please continue the franchise
Yes, the guy at the buffet that handed over the bananas is a very young Damon Wayans.
Hey U2 Ladys, I REALLY admire your sweet, honest abd authentic reaction, and I love that you ve fun with it, and you nailed it in your ex post summary, that what its about according to cast, plot and the sweet charme of this movie, wish you all the best, big hug!
😂 You want another banana in the tailpipe? And it cut to commercial. 😂 Good pause. I was laughing.
Beverly Hills Cop 2 is definitely worth watching and reacting to.
I just started watching you guys idk your names but the girl on the right I love your laugh so much 😂💯
@33:01 Billy’s bravery is generally under-appreciated here. He stood in the line of fire and carefully aimed before shooting. Some may say he was dumb, but to me, that’s a badas- moment.
7:26 Bronson Pinchot stole every scene with that character and next to Eddie, that wasn't easy.
He took that character all the way to the hit TV show Perfect Strangers.
Wow, wasn't expecting to read in the comments that people aren't fans of part 3. As i kid i loved 3, it was a lot of fun. Even watching it more recently i still found it very entertaining. For some reason i always thought 3 was the more popular one since its always the one that was shown on tv
It was more kid friendly, I loved it as a kid too. As an adult a can see why part one is a better movie but I wouldn't call part 3 bad.
Still can't believe this film is 40 freaking years old wow
Bless the algorithm for this popping up on my feed only three minutes after upload.
EDDIE WAS PRETTYYYY MUCH THE INTRO TO THE ACTION / COMEDY R FILMS ACHARA & KRISTEN 😊THIS WAS IN 84 AND HIS 1ST FILM WAS IN 82 ( 48 HRS ) 👍AND THEN MANY FOLLOWED : ARNOLD IN COMMANDO, BRUCE WILLIS WITH DIE HARD, ROBERT DENIRO WITH MIDNIGHT RUN, ANYWAY TAKE CARE GIRLS! 💯
Other Eddie Murphy movies to watch are 48 Hrs, Trading Places, The Golden Child, Coming to America, Harlem Nights, Life and The Nutty Professor
everytime i hear the "neutron dance" i think of the Bill Mcclintock version, "- of destruction" ;D
This was one of my very first VHS movie purchases way back in the 80's. 👍
Eddie Murphy is a great comedic actor. I wasn't a fan of his standup comedy, but I think his performances on Saturday Night Live and in his films are great.