Beverly Hills Cop [Blu-ray] [1995] [Region Free]

Hadn't seen it for years. Great performance from Eddie Murphy. I 💖

A CLASSIC FILM

Awesome trilogy must watch

Whilst this film is old it is one we return to again and again. A great ‘feel good’ film.

The Genre, the story, the wisecracks, the stunts and best of all, the Music add up to an excellent two hours of entertainment, which makes a change from endless gun battles, bodies and overdose of car chases. The action is as good today as when first released, although improved filming techniques and CGI has demanded we now expect more wow (script writers must be a forgotten breed). My aim for entertainment is at the Film's conclusion to walk out of a cinema or rush for the TV Off button with a smile on my face - this is one of those rare times.

It's often worth checking out Eddie Murphy in Raw and Delirious when he was a young stand up. Quick, fast, excruciatingly funny.John Landis summed it up when he directed Murphy in Trading Places (1983) and then again in Coming to America (1988) and he admitted he felt Murphy was almost a different person. Fame changed him.In Beverley Hills Cop you see Murphy in what was probably only his third leading role. As some of the extras show in interviews, this was a Mickey Rourke vehicle then Sly Stallone came in and it was only when Sly's action fest changes took the script over budget that they bought in Murphy.Today Eddie is synonymous with Axel Foley. I wish the same could be said with the title song - my kids yelled 'Crazy Frog'.In this you see Murphy almost at his best. As shown in the Extras a lot of the key 'gags' and 'Murphy bits' were ad libs. What is just as interesting is how much of the Taggart and Rosewood interaction is also from ad libs at the auditions.So this is a step back into the 80s. How does it fare? Well as a film, surprisingly well. Especially well considering there was a lot of rewriting when Murphy came on board just two weeks before shooting started.As a Blu Ray the picture is good. Better than I expected from a film that will soon be THIRTY YEARS old, but don't expect it to stand up to anything HD released today. Sound - strangely better with the pop music soundtrack than with normal dialogue which seemed a bit quiet. A whack up on the volume sorted that.Let's just say I finished watching and wondered why it had taken me so long to buy it. Hopefully No.2 will appear on Blu Ray in the UK soon. Not sure about No. 3. Never seen it.

Brilliant Funny and very entertaining. Great soundtrack.

LOVE this movie