His charm and sarcastic comedic style bring life into the movie. A lot of the charm of the movie is seeing Eddie Murphy work his magic as a master improvisationist. Eddie Murphy carries the entire movie by himself. Regardless, the movie isn’t about the plot. It’s not revolutionary but for the movie, it works. He doesn’t have much motivation other than money and greed. There aren’t any crooked cop twists or surprises.Īlso, the antagonist is your standard 80s rich drug dealer stereotype. At the same time, there are also very little surprises in the movie as well.
The movie tries to make it personal with the death of Axel’s friend but it doesn’t hit. It’s a very cut-and-dry kind of storyline. Unfortunately, the plot isn’t as engrossing as it should be. It’s a huge reason why tons of people love this movie. Stereotypes like the hardass captain, the “insubordinate” maverick lead character, and more. All of the stereotypes that you’ve seen in parodies are started with this movie. Thanks to Beverly Hills Cop, we wouldn’t have the cop action-comedies that we know and love today. Before Beverly Hills Cop, a majority of cop movies were gritty and violent.
