Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Country: US
Technical: col 105m
Director: Martin Brest
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Lisa Eilbacher, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Steven Berkoff
Synopsis:
A Detroit cop traces the killing of his L.A. friend to an art dealer's smuggling operations, and upsets the local law enforcement by pursuing his own investigation.
Review:
An action thriller that got the balance just right, was well cast, and featured a fresh and funny take on the black detective character fully in tune with Murphy's persona. The combination of laughs, violence and profanity distracted audiences from the fact that the story was paper thin. By the time of the first and second sequels the strain was beginning to tell. (The movie's progressive racial front was precisely that: despite having an attractive blonde friend Detective Foley never so much as flirts with her, and the gay stereotyping is wince inducing.)
Country: US
Technical: col 105m
Director: Martin Brest
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Lisa Eilbacher, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Steven Berkoff
Synopsis:
A Detroit cop traces the killing of his L.A. friend to an art dealer's smuggling operations, and upsets the local law enforcement by pursuing his own investigation.
Review:
An action thriller that got the balance just right, was well cast, and featured a fresh and funny take on the black detective character fully in tune with Murphy's persona. The combination of laughs, violence and profanity distracted audiences from the fact that the story was paper thin. By the time of the first and second sequels the strain was beginning to tell. (The movie's progressive racial front was precisely that: despite having an attractive blonde friend Detective Foley never so much as flirts with her, and the gay stereotyping is wince inducing.)
Country: US
Technical: col 105m
Director: Martin Brest
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Lisa Eilbacher, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Steven Berkoff
Synopsis:
A Detroit cop traces the killing of his L.A. friend to an art dealer's smuggling operations, and upsets the local law enforcement by pursuing his own investigation.
Review:
An action thriller that got the balance just right, was well cast, and featured a fresh and funny take on the black detective character fully in tune with Murphy's persona. The combination of laughs, violence and profanity distracted audiences from the fact that the story was paper thin. By the time of the first and second sequels the strain was beginning to tell. (The movie's progressive racial front was precisely that: despite having an attractive blonde friend Detective Foley never so much as flirts with her, and the gay stereotyping is wince inducing.)