Beverly Hills Cop Movie Review - Starring Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, and John Aston

"Beverly Hills Cop" is a very funny murder mystery / comedy starring Eddie Murphy as Inspector Axel Foley, a former car thief turned cop. This is my favorite film starring Eddie Murphy. He does a terrific acting job in this film and his comdey routines are among his best.

The movie begins in Detroit, where Axel Foley is working as an undercover cop. He tries to bust a couple of drug dealers on his own and ends up getting mistakenly pulled over and stopped by his own department, following a huge chase involving a great deal of property damage. His boss is on the verge of firing him.

Shortly thereafter, Axel gets a visit from his old friend Mikey, who's still involved in crime. Mikey shows Axel some untraceable German bonds he's stolen from his new workplace in Beverly Hills, but Axel ignores him and the two go out to the bar. When they return, Axel is knocked unconscious and Mikey ends up getting killed by a hit man. Once he recovers, Axel wants to investigate the crime, but his boss won't let him. He tells his boss he needs a vacation, which he gets, but is told that if he investigates Mikey's murder, he can forget about coming back.

Axel drives his dilapidated 1969 Chevy Nova to Beverly Hills. He manages to get into a fancy hotel by fooling the clientelle. From the start, he suspects Mikey's boss Victor Maitland of the murder, so he goes to his office to interrogate him, but Victor's guards pick him up and throw him out the window. The police then come and arrest Axel, having been told that he jumped out the window. Shortly thereafter, the police learn that Axel is a cop, so they release him into their custody. Axel's friend Jeanette comes to bail him out.

During the next few days, Axel gathers up evidence of a drug scam organized by Maitland. Inspectors Taggert and Rosewood, two Beverly Hills detectives, try to follow him, but he manages to get away from them twice, first by secretly placing a banana in their tail pipe. The second time he sneaks up on them and persuades them to join him at a strip bar, where Axel stops an armed robber.

Axel manages to meet Victor at his private club, where he threatens him and ends up getting taken away once again. Axel nearly convinces the police to investigate Victor, but the chief of police insists they escort him out of town. While Rosewood is driving him out, Axel finally convinces him to investigate Victor. They go to his warehouse along with Jeanette, where they discover a crate full of cocaine. Rosewood is waiting outside in his car when Victor and his guard Mike enter the warehouse and discover Axel and Jenny. Victor kidnaps Jeanette while Mike tortures Axel.

After several minutes, Rosewood finally enters the warehouse and saves Axel. The two then follow Victor to his mansion. Taggert soon joins up with them there. He tries to stop them, but finally agrees to help them out. Taggert and Rosewood end up hiding behind a barrier and battling it out with a group of armed guards outside the compound, while Axel looks for Victor and Mike inside. Axel finds and kills Mike. Later he finds Victor with a gun pointed at Jeanette's head, but Axel manages to shoot him with help from Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil, who shows up at the last minute.

All ends well for Axel and Jenny. Lt. Bogomil cooks up a convincing story of how the arrest took place and writes a good report for him to send to Axel's boss in Detroit, so he can keep his job.

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All About Eddie Murphy Movies

Eddie Murphy has already had a very long career that many people have diligently followed. He has many beloved fans and he has worked on a variety of different projects. Most of the Eddie Murphy movies are comedies and this is what people have learned to expect from this original comedian.

Eddie Murphy started his career as a stand up comedian with Raw and Delirious. This gave him the start he needed and made people take a closer look at his comedic skills and this put Eddie on the map.

Eddie then went on to make 48 Hours and this was his major breakout. Nick Nolte plays the cop and Murphy plays the criminal and the two become an unlikely duo to capture a crazy cop killer. He played the unforgettable Billy Ray Valentine in Trading Places and this was his first starring role. Beverly Hills Cop is one movie that Eddie Murphy was in that was wildly successful and a sequel was made for this film.

Coming to America was released in 1988 and was a major hit at the box office. This is the firs of the Eddie Murphy movies where Murphy not only played himself, but also several other characters and over the years he has been notorious for playing numerous roles in the films he is involved in. The Nutty Professor is another movie where he played both leading roles and also many other characters in the movie. In the Nutty Professor Murphy was 7 of the characters and he would go through full makeup to achieve this.

His most noted role lately is the voice of Donkey in the Shrek series. This is a highly successful series and there are four in the series so far, but it is very plausible that the series will continue and to find success. This movie with Eddie has humor for both children and adults adding to the success and it has been extremely popular making it a success all over.

There are many other Eddie Murphy movies that are not mentioned and it is prospected that his career will not fizzle out any time soon. Eddie has become a legend in the comedic business and many people will continue laughing in his honor long after his career is over. It is exciting to see what Eddie Murphy will do next and which way his career will turn.

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Eddie Murphy: Funny Guy of a Million Faces

If you have been to any movie since the year 1982, you have seen Eddie Murphy at least once. At the very least, you have heard of the man who can list himself as a comedian, actor, writer, producer, singer and director on any resume that he writes. His career started before he made his first movie appearance, creating some of his most popular and heartwarming characters on Saturday Night Live from the 1980 season and continuing until 1984. His first major movie role came in 1982 when he costarred with Nick Nolte in 48 Hours. He would become the first SNL cast member to ever host the show while still part of the cast when he filled in for Nolte.

Eddie Murphy is not only funny but incredibly gifted at adapting the persona of other people. In one skit for SNL, he endured hours of makeup to take on the role of a white man to see how many places he could walk into and be accepted as such. He is so adept at taking on other characters that people are often shocked by how many roles he has taken on in a single film. For his role in the Nutty Professor, for instance, Eddie played the title character, his alter ego Buddy Love and the professor's entire family.

In addition to memorable roles on screen, this talented actor has provided voice work for animated classics, including the voice of Donkey in the Shrek series. Prior to that series, Murphy provided the voice for a dragon in Mulan, a Disney animated film. He is one of the highest grossing actors to date and although he has been nominated for several awards through the years, he did not manage a win until 2007, when he won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in the movie Dream Girls. He received an Oscar nomination for that role as well.

The movies and other projects that Eddie Murphy has worked on have either been commercial and critical successes or total failures. There have been some that have straddled the line, either making money but being loudly panned, but for the most part, his roles have been love them or hate them. Some of his roles have been loosely based on people he knew or people that he admired.

In addition to movies and stand up specials, Murphy is also a singer and has released albums. He had one song that became a hit and was often played on popular radio stations during the height of his popularity. Indeed, Eddie Murphy is a truly a gifted artist.

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