Beverly Hills Cop (1984) First Time Watching! Full Movie Reaction!!
Added 2024-06-05 04:45:27 +0000 UTC
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Like most of the commenters here, I also highly recommend 48hrs. It also happens to have an actor you may recognize from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie.
Lee N.
2024-09-24 20:13:43 +0000 UTCI love this film. It's so well crafted and I love stories like this where there's humour but the story itself is serious. There's a real warmth to this film and its characters. Mikey drunkenly saying that he loves Axel. Jenny's face lighting up when she meets Axel and her visible sadness when she hears about Mikey. Of course the developping relationship between Axel, Rosewood, Taggart and finally Bogomil. You liked them all. I always enjoyed the relationship between Axel and Jenny. When I saw this film as a teen I thought it was novel to have a loving but platonic relationship between a man and a woman in an 80's cop movie. Turns out the original script had them get romantic but when Murphy became the lead that was changed because the producers didn't want to perturb certain audiences with an interracial couple, especially a Black man with a White woman. Turns out that not so long ago a foolproof way to prevent a woman to only be cast as a love interest in a genre movie was racism. Goddamn. There's a lot of previously featured on this channel actors in this movie. Some have been noted in other comments but I'll make a list: Paul Reiser (Jeffrey) - Burke in Aliens Michael Champion (Casey the grey-haired henchman that knocks out Axel and gets shot by Billy) - Helm (Michael Ironside's goon with the glasses) in Total Recall. Ronny Cox (Bogomil) - Dick Jones in Robocop and also in Total Recall as the Big Bad Cohagen (he has to :"Give these people aiiirer!') Steven Berkoff (Maitland) - The evil Russian officer Podovsky in Rambo 2. John Ashton (Taggart) - Rival bounty hunter Marvin in Midnight Run. Finally, Martin Brest directed Midnight Run and Scent of a Woman. People have been recommending 48hrs since it's Murphy's first movie and a very important film. Directed by Walter Hill ( Red Heat) it's very much the father of the buddy cop movies and the probably the clearest example of the form before Lethal Weapon. However, I might need to rewatch it. I wasn't as enamored by it as some. I found it to be a harsh film, and I really disliked some aspect of it. I don't want to go into it so you can have a clear head if you watch it. It's still a cornerstone of Murphy's career. I prefer some other Walter Hill movies like his first film Hard Times, and his more outlandish movies like The Warriors and Streets of Fire really agree with me. Those are really fun and Streets in particular is a really unique genre-bending movie.
ED209
2024-06-12 08:18:54 +0000 UTCMurphy during an opening monologue on SNL a few months after the release of Best Defense : "After I did 48 Hours and Trading Places, all these scripts started coming from everywhere, and I picked up a script called Best Defense. There’s a movie that sucked real bad! At first, I wasn’t going to do it because I read the script, and I felt like I was an actor at first. But the money they gave me to do Best Defense, y’all would have done Best Defense too, OK? ... I was like, 'What?! How dare you give me a script like this! Oh, that much money? Let’s go!' Best Defense turned out to be the worst movie ever done in the history of anything, and all of a sudden, I wasn’t that hot no more. So, I called up the producer of Saturday Night Live, and I go, 'Um, you still got my dressin’ room?'"
ED209
2024-06-12 08:01:13 +0000 UTCSimpson and Bruckheimer were dynamite together but I don't think Don Simpson reigned in anybody. He was a infamous coke fiend and party animal. He died at 52 of heart failure caused by using copious amount and mixes of hard drugs. Even if he had lived beyond 1996, "The Rock" would have been the last Simpson/Bruckheimer collab because the latter ended the partnership during productiondue to Simpson's escalating drug use and erratic work behaviour. From this article https://filmstarfacts.com/2015/03/04/don-simpson-producer-1943-1996/ : "Drugs were not his only obsession, however. Simpson also had a most bizarre sex life, enhanced by testosterone shots administered to his buttocks to increase his already enormous sex drive. Call girl Alexandra Datig wrote, in her ‘tell all’ book about Hollywood and hookers, that he regularly ‘auditioned’ struggling actresses for parts in his movies, and ‘by the end of each interview each actress ended up having sex with him’. I should add that very few established actresses fell for this, but those who did would later learn to their disgust that he had secretly videotaped their encounters as well." From this book cited on wiki (Biskind, Peter (1998). Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood.) "According to director Robert Altman, Simpson opposed the proposed casting of Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl for the project Popeye by standing up at a 1979 meeting of studio executives and saying, "Well, I wouldn't want to fuck her. And if I don't want to fuck her, she shouldn't be in the movie." In short, Don Simpson was quite the character.
ED209
2024-06-12 07:58:48 +0000 UTCHighly recommend Flight of the Navigator
Jon
2024-06-10 22:06:51 +0000 UTCFlight of the Navigator, yes! I think they should go on an 80s kids' movie run sometime: Explorers BNX Bandits The Monster Squad Adventures in Babysitting SpaceCamp Three O'Clock High The Boy Who Could Fly
Future Boy
2024-06-10 19:41:24 +0000 UTCSome 80s movies you'd love: Flight of the Navigator Short Circuit 1 & 2 Labyrinth Masters of the Universe Cocoon & Cocoon: The Return Legend
Odd Thomas
2024-06-09 15:44:10 +0000 UTCI'll echo what a bunch of others say: Check out "48 Hrs." Eddie Murphy's first movie, and despite what people tell you, it is NOT a comedy, though it has funny moments. Murphy was huge bc of SNL and "Delirious," but became a superstar based on one scene in "48 Hrs." You'll know it when you see it.
Dave Sees Movies
2024-06-09 07:44:23 +0000 UTCGOOD JOB SAM! Let us find out u know about smuggling drugs (coffee grounds to threw off the dogs). 😏 j/p 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Tristan Durant
2024-06-09 03:53:19 +0000 UTCA great 80s classic I think Sam would like is Short Circuit 2.
Mike Bridges
2024-06-08 22:09:35 +0000 UTCYes!!! Knew he looked familiar! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-06-08 18:46:20 +0000 UTCHi Joe! I just replied. I'm so sorry! I definitely wrote up a response to your message a few weeks ago and it must not have gone through! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-06-08 18:46:01 +0000 UTCOuch! Omg inflation haha -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-06-08 18:45:29 +0000 UTCYes! We didn't even realize the 4th was coming when we put this on a poll! Good timing! -sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-06-08 18:45:07 +0000 UTCLOL!
TBR Schmitt
2024-06-08 18:44:45 +0000 UTCOmg I forgot he voiced Mushu! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-06-08 18:44:30 +0000 UTCI'm so glad he did, because this was excellent! And also love Ghostbusters as is too! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-06-08 18:43:41 +0000 UTCLOL Bruckheimer was released on his own! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-06-08 18:42:36 +0000 UTCIn case you are wondering the guy playing Axel’s fellow cop is Paul Reiser, he was recently in Stranger Things. The actor playing Serge is Bronson Pinchot, he was in the TV show Perfect Strangers. And lastly Martin Brest played the checkout clerk.
pete
2024-06-08 03:22:05 +0000 UTCHi I sent a message with a couple questions and never received a response
Joe
2024-06-07 00:39:45 +0000 UTCA great reaction to a film I've seen and loved dozens of times! I can't wait for part 2, which is my favourite in the series. It's got everything great from the first one, but with better action and a better story.
Future Boy
2024-06-06 18:03:39 +0000 UTCBeverly Hills Cop 2 is a blast as well. The 3rd one is 'ok', not as good as the first two, but still enjoyable, in my opinion. But might as well watch it since there's going to be a 4th on soon 😄. One Eddie Murphy I really liked, specially cause I'm a parent, is Daddy Day Care. I think it was really funny and adorable, so hopefully you guys could check it out. Great reaction as always! 💜
Javier B
2024-06-06 17:48:34 +0000 UTCSo, on a quick note about the hotel price, $235 is appx. $715 today according to the ole' inflation calculator, and a room at the Beverly Hills Hotel, which this was copying is around $1200-$1800 today, depending on the time of year, so a relative deal. The actual hotel is from the Biltmore, which is in LA proper, not Beverly Hills. Also, the building shown for the Beverly Hills PD isn't the police department, but is is Beverly Hills City Hall.
Jesse Ewiak
2024-06-06 05:42:26 +0000 UTCWould love to see Fast Times at Ridgemont High on the channel.
Tyler Foster
2024-06-06 04:28:34 +0000 UTCLIFE is an absolute gem of a movie👌
Duncan
2024-06-06 03:02:32 +0000 UTCGreat reaction! Don't wait too long to watch the other two so you can catch up to the new one coming out next month on Netflix! By the way, you guys watched Midnight Run directed by Martin Brest, which also starred John Ashton who plays Taggart. Also, the guy who plays Billy is Judge Reinhold. He was really big in the 1980s with these films, as well as the 1982 teen comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and he plays the stepdad in the Tim Allen Santa Clause films.
Mike the Ginger
2024-06-06 03:01:19 +0000 UTCI love Showtime. I saw it in theaters in Spring 2002.
Mike the Ginger
2024-06-06 02:58:03 +0000 UTCI grew up watching Pluto Nash it was favorite movie. It was so bad it was good.
Stefan Daniw
2024-06-06 00:36:35 +0000 UTClots of good Eddie Murphy movies. Never, ever watch Pluto Nash.
Opie Wan
2024-06-06 00:11:48 +0000 UTCoh yes, add Fletch to your watchlist please
Opie Wan
2024-06-06 00:10:35 +0000 UTCYou should obviously watch BHC2 and 48 Hours, but a guilty pleasure favorite of mine is the much maligned bomb "Showtime". It stars Robert DeNiro, Eddie Murphy, and Rene Russo and I love it for some reason. Also, a couple years before his turn as Donkey in Shrek, he voiced the sidekick in Disney's Mulan. Excellent movie if you haven't watched it yet.
Jen Barnes
2024-06-05 23:05:29 +0000 UTCLife is fun too. Also starring Martin Lawrence. Did I mention 48Hrs?
Gary Giaimo
2024-06-05 23:04:51 +0000 UTCYou should definitely check out 48Hrs. Maybe after that one, you should do 48Hrs. Beverly Hills Cop 2, also. And then maybe 48Hrs.
Gary Giaimo
2024-06-05 23:03:41 +0000 UTCEddie Murphy turned down Ghostbusters to star in this film. Both movies were of course massive hits, so it definitely worked out in the end. Edit: And now that I finished watching it I must say that one of the reasons I quite enjoy it among so many reasons is seeing Ronny Cox actually play a good guy.
Kyle
2024-06-05 21:15:39 +0000 UTCOK, everyone has mentioned some of the usual suspects, including 48 Hrs., The Golden Child, and Harlem Nights, among others. However, there are a couple of late-career Murphy gems about filmmaking, both of which I think you'd really love. The first one is his on-screen team-up with Steve Martin, in the 1999 movie Bowfinger, directed by Frank Oz (the voice of Yoda and Ms. Piggy, and the director of other classics like Little Shop of Horrors and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels). Martin also had a bit of a lull during the '90s alongside Murphy, and the movie was a return-to-form for both of them. Even more recently, he starred as underground cult figure Rudy Ray Moore in Dolemite is My Name (2019), a comedian who made a splash when he started making cheap exploitation movies. Frankly, Murphy should've won an Oscar for his performance as Moore, and the film also features a breakout performance by DaVine Joy Randolph, who did actually win an Oscar a few months ago for her role in The Holdovers.
Tyler Foster
2024-06-05 20:36:01 +0000 UTCHe actually gave an interview somewhat recently saying he has developed some stuff since. Another movie he directed that is on the channel that I think is better than Beverly Hills Cop and Scent of a Woman is Midnight Run, which is more in the same vein as BHC.
Tyler Foster
2024-06-05 20:31:08 +0000 UTCThe eighties was great even when it was bad, because even the bad stuff was enjoyable for the cheese and cringe. That theme is actually titled "Axel F", and there is a Chevy Chase movie called "Fletch" that Harold Faltermeyer also did, and was also used when Chevy's character was doing his thing just like in this one with Axel.
Vwlss Nvwls
2024-06-05 19:44:26 +0000 UTCWas it even a film?? lol
Paul Cox
2024-06-05 19:44:17 +0000 UTCOh wow. I completely forgot about Best Defense. I guess technically that was his 3rd film. But was it really?
Lovaire Hawkins
2024-06-05 19:43:18 +0000 UTCNot that anyone *should* remember Best Defense, but BHC is actually the 4th.
Paul Cox
2024-06-05 19:35:49 +0000 UTCThe second one is almost as good as this one. The third is not so great, but might be worth watching in case it ties in with the new one that will be coming out soon.
Vwlss Nvwls
2024-06-05 19:35:37 +0000 UTCIt's also just a tribute to Michael Jackson. Him and Eddie were great friends. Eddie was actually on his music video for "Remember the TIme" in 1992!
EdmanXERO
2024-06-05 18:54:29 +0000 UTCThis was Eddie's 3rd film that he had ever done. Beverly Hills Cop 2 is the best film of the 3, actually. This was the film that made him a movie star!! Great reaction guys.
Lovaire Hawkins
2024-06-05 18:50:01 +0000 UTCMartin Brest later directed Gigli and it bombed so hard he quit the business.
Paul Cox
2024-06-05 18:06:28 +0000 UTCDon Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer were involved with most of the great action movies in the 80s and 90s, but at some point it was just Bruckheimer (I think Simpson died), and it became clear that Simpson was reigning in Bruckheimer because the action was turned up to 11,000 when Bruckheimer was by himself. :D
Vwlss Nvwls
2024-06-05 18:00:19 +0000 UTCI feel like we’re more familiar with his kid-friendly movies so we’re having a blast with these! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-06-05 17:48:07 +0000 UTCOh woah! Big change haha but some of the same humor! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-06-05 17:47:33 +0000 UTCAliens!!!! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-06-05 17:44:10 +0000 UTCDefinitely on our radar now! Looks to be super recommended Eddie! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-06-05 17:43:53 +0000 UTCCan’t wait! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-06-05 17:43:30 +0000 UTCAh, thank you! I was like I feel like this is an inside joke we aren’t a part of haha -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-06-05 17:43:05 +0000 UTCIt’s so good 😂 Definitely will be blasting it in the car haha -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-06-05 17:42:32 +0000 UTCThe timing of the new release is great! I didnt realize a new one was coming out! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-06-05 17:41:46 +0000 UTCNothing set in stone yet but we definitely would love to! Daniel’s seen a few more than me of the newer films and I’ve seen I think 2 bond newer films so lots of material! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-06-05 17:39:54 +0000 UTChahaha sorry! Dropping them so late at night 😂 -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-06-05 17:38:54 +0000 UTCOoh Tony Scott! Looking forward to the sequels! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-06-05 17:38:25 +0000 UTCMy Dad took me to this in 1984, because it was, gasp, R rated!!! What a fun movie!!!
Chris Bruneau
2024-06-05 17:02:30 +0000 UTCBeverly Hills Cop 2 is pretty good, maybe even better than the original from pure action standpoint. Third one was kind of meh, maybe one time watch just to complete the trilogy, but it got a bit stale. PS: Martin Brest also directed "Scent of a Woman", which is kinda crazy change from Beverly Hills Cop style comedy.
Alec S
2024-06-05 16:37:05 +0000 UTC!Fun reaction to a great movie!
Greg & Lilian
2024-06-05 15:32:08 +0000 UTC“I got thrown out of a window” lol Eddie Murphy pretty much ruled the 80s. Definitely watch the sequels. And also you have to see “The Golden Child” and “Harlem Nights”
Richard
2024-06-05 15:16:31 +0000 UTCI picked it in this month Schmitthead suggestion already but the movie Life with Eddie and Martin Lawrence is great.
Brian Anthony
2024-06-05 14:30:13 +0000 UTC2nd movie is amazing as well.. Tony Scott directed it. Also the one Detroit cop is the Weyland Executive from Aliens who betrays Ripley and the team.
24fps_
2024-06-05 13:58:27 +0000 UTCEddie Murphy's filmography is really spotty. Once he started having kids, he only wanted to make more "family-friendly" fare and became more of a PG-rated kind of star. He always planned to return to movies more aimed at adults once the kids were grown. The problem is that he never stopped having kids (most recently in 2018), so making the kind of films he started out making happened less and less often.
Paul Cox
2024-06-05 12:23:47 +0000 UTCAhhhh...when Eddie Murphy was...Eddie Murphy, the bad-ass comedic actor, and not Eddie Murphy the super star.
Steve Mercier
2024-06-05 10:11:15 +0000 UTCOh, and the annoying partner guy you couldn't quite place in the beginning of the movie is Paul Reiser. He was the corporate guy in Aliens.
TGrimace
2024-06-05 08:23:16 +0000 UTCBeverly Hills Cops is a wonderful movie that I could watch over and over. And I loved your reaction to it! But I would argue that 48 Hrs is actually a funnier Eddie Murphy movie. Consider putting it on your list for the future :)
TGrimace
2024-06-05 08:15:49 +0000 UTCIt's not that crazy. Up through the 90s movie soundtracks kind of controlled summer billboard charts. That's why record companies got purchased by movie companies... synergy.
djKENTO
2024-06-05 08:13:08 +0000 UTCThere is a genuinely wholesome friendship in these films between Foley, Rosewood and Taggart and I LOVE the sequel to this. Tony Scott comes in and just REALLY takes a hard swing. It's smokey and lit with neon and sexy... but the core of Foley, Rosewood and Taggart is what makes it work. I can't wait for you to see the sequel. It just rips so fuckin hard. Also find me three dudes in action movies at this time that were more comfortable saying "I love you"... you can't! SUPER WHOLESOME
djKENTO
2024-06-05 08:10:58 +0000 UTCYou part where Axel is walking down the street in Beverly Hills, two guys in red leather suits pass him, and he has to stop and laugh is an homage to the red leather suit he wore for his comedy special Delirious which came out the year before.
Nicotti
2024-06-05 07:35:42 +0000 UTCIt's crazy that the Axel F theme song(which as you note was a joke in Family Guy) reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984. And was a top 5 hit in many countries. There are no words to describe how much of a cultural phenomenon this movie was in 1984.
Birdie Num Num
2024-06-05 07:34:16 +0000 UTCEddie Murphy was already a big name in the 80s for his comedy and of course the early movies he did (Trading Places and 48 Hours), but after this movie came out, he was THE guy. Like, it was him, Michael Jackson (Music) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (Action, with Stallone RIGHT behind him). But, Eddie in particular was just so fuckin' cool. And yes, I do recommend the sequels. BHCII might be my favorite out of the films, because it was PRIME Eddie. BHCIII is considered the weaker of the films, but it's not as BAD as people claim to be. Plus, I think it's vital to watch now considering Beverly Hills Cop IV is coming out THIS JULY. As for other Murphy movies, if we're still going 80s, my personal favorites are "Harlem Nights" and "The Golden Child". So many quotable lines in both. In the meantime, thank you for finally reacting to this one! I can't wait to see if you do Part II next.
EdmanXERO
2024-06-05 07:21:26 +0000 UTCSince you enjoyed this, you will definitely like his first movie role "48 Hours" (1982), which is hardly ever posted by any channel. PLEASE react to that one! 😁👌
Mr. Writhms
2024-06-05 07:09:35 +0000 UTCany plans to start James Bond? Since you talked about tackling different series in the outro.
Birdie Num Num
2024-06-05 07:08:51 +0000 UTCThere are 2 sequels with one more coming out in July. Go watch Beverly Hills Cop 2! Please continue with the series! Great reaction! Glad you loved this one!
Philip Alan
2024-06-05 06:43:26 +0000 UTC48 hours
Ralph Blaser
2024-06-05 06:39:18 +0000 UTCWelll... now I guess I'ma be up til dawn watching 2 movies with you guys. Thanks?
Jay Davis
2024-06-05 05:49:22 +0000 UTCYeah!! One of my All Time Favorite Childhood Movies!!! For Me on of the Greatest Soundtracks Ever ;) Between 83 and 88 Eddie Murphy was the King of Comedy, every Film was a Hit !!! Please watch the Whole Series, you will love it !!! The 2nd one is directed by Tony Scott and Co Starring Brigitte Nielsen ... So Please watch all 4 of them !!!! And after Beverly Hills Cop Series you must watch "48 Hours" from 1982 ... Eddie Murphy's first Role !!! Great Film
Florian Meier
2024-06-05 05:42:33 +0000 UTC
