Netflix’s ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’ Review Roundup

Where To Watch: Netflix ($6.99 per month)

Starring: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Taylour Paige

Synopsis: Detective Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) is back on the beat in Beverly Hills. After his daughter’s life is threatened, she (Taylour Paige) and Foley team up with a new partner (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and old pals Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and John Taggart (John Ashton) to turn up the heat and uncover a conspiracy.

Description: Axel Foley is back on July 3, only on Netflix. Detective Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) is back on the beat in Beverly Hills. After his daughter’s life is threatened, she (Taylour Paige) and Foley team up with a new partner (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and old pals Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and John Taggart (John Ashton) to turn up the heat and uncover a conspiracy. From Producers Jerry Bruckheimer, Eddie Murphy, Chad Oman, and Director Mark Molloy. Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F premieres July 3, only on Netflix.

“All involved have done a solid job in executing what most fans likely want from a very belated Beverly Hills Cop sequel. This is not an action movie with the slickness or invention to take on any current blockbuster franchise. It’s cheerfully old-fashioned and easy. It feels like you should be popping open a VHS case to watch it.” –Olly Richards, EMPIRE Magazine

“In perhaps the wisest (and easiest) decision, first-time feature director Mark Molloy relies heavily on music associated with the original movies, from Harold Faltermeyer’s electronic score to songs like ‘The Heat is On’ and ‘Neutron Dance,’ augmented by a new one from Lil’ Nas X. In the early going, a younger colleague in Detroit points out that Axel continues to hit the streets at a time when ‘guys your age’ are transitioning to desk jobs, which basically spells out the formulation here, and how Murphy effectively carries off the same mentality as his alter ego. Axel F only turns up the heat to a low simmer, but as breezy escapism goes, those armed with the proper attitude might find themselves doing the neutron dance, or a version of it, all over again.” –Brian Lowry, CNN

“The violence is fairly heavy — it always has been in this franchise — so this is comedy with a body count, a combination that can at times be unsettling. But Murphy’s scenes with Reinhold, John Ashton (as his California boss) and particularly Paul Reiser (as his boss in Detroit) have a warmth to them, suggesting a closeness across the decades. Still, Murphy is the key here. It would be a pleasant surprise to our time-traveling moviegoer from 1984 to find Murphy looking so much like his old self and in possession of his old gifts. His comic timing remains impeccable, and laughing with him here is both fresh and familiar, an ideal combination.” –Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

It brings me great pleasure to report that BEVERLY HILLS COP: AXEL F ain’t no banana in the tailpipe. It’s the real deal and a hilarious nostalgia trip.#BeverlyHillsCoppic.twitter.com/r01cibJ9xU

— Tom Willis (@_TomWillis_) July 3, 2024

Now that’s what the fuck I’m talking about. The key to BEVERLY HILLS COP: AXEL F is that it isn’t some legacy introspective retrospective reconstructed deconstruction…it’s just Another Good Beverly Hills Cop Movie. Straight out of the 80s/90s and it doesn’t miss a beat pic.twitter.com/cDsSrd7BeD

— VyceVictus (@VyceVictus) July 4, 2024

I don’t know who needs to hear this but Eddie Murphy is everything you want him to be and more in the new Beverly Hills Cop ? pic.twitter.com/DTCZ3IRgTv

— Jaime Primak (@JaimePrimak) July 4, 2024