Beverly Hills Cop [Blu-ray]

Director: Martin Brest Martin Brest

Overview

A young wisecracking black cop from Detroit has been sent on vacation to keep him from avenging his friend's murder. He ends up trailing the murderer to Beverly Hills where, with the help of sympathetic local cops, he attempts to corner the guy in his mansion.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/17/2011
UPC:	0097361297248
Original Release:	1984
Rating:	R
Source:	Paramount
Language:	English
Time:	1:45:00
Sales rank:	5,727

Special Features

Commentary by Director Martin Berst; Beverly Hills Cop - The Phenomenon Begins; A Glimpse Inside the Casting Process; The Music of Beverly Hills Cop; Location Map; Theatrical Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Eddie Murphy	Axel Foley
Judge Reinhold	Det. Billy Rosewood
John Ashton	Sgt. Taggart
Lisa Eilbacher	Jenny Summers
Ronny Cox	Lt. Bogomil
Steven Berkoff	Victor Maitland
James Russo	Mikey Tandino
Jonathan Banks	Zack
Gilbert R. Hill	Inspector Todd
Art Kimbro	Det. Foster
Stephen Elliott	Chief Hubbard
Bronson Pinchot	Serge
Paul Reiser	Jeffrey
Joel Bailey	Det. McCabe
Michael Champion	Casey
Frank Pesce	Cigarette Buyer
Gene Borkan	Truck Driver
Michael Gregory	Hotel Manager
Alice Cadogan	Hotel Clerk
Philip Levien	Donny
Karen Mayo-Chandler	Maitland Receptionist
Gerald Berns	Beverly Hills Cop #1
William Wallace	Beverly Hills Cop #2
Jack Heller	Harrow Club Maitre D'
Lisa Eichhorn	Actor

Technical Credits

Vincent Patrick

Martin Brest	Director
Mike Moder	Executive Producer
Jerry Bruckheimer	Producer
Don Simpson	Producer
Vincent Patrick	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

Following up on the successes of 1982's 48 Hrs. and 1983's Trading Places, Eddie Murphy returned to the screen a year later with Beverly Hills Cop, a rollicking action-comedy that firmly established him as one of the premier stars of the day. Mixing laughs, violence and strip clubs -- a recipe if ever there was one for a guy-movie -- Beverly Hills Cop succeeded to the tune of $316 million worldwide. Though future films would prove him all too fallible, Murphy is unstoppable here as the wise-cracking, fish-out-of-water Detroit cop Axel Foley. Other players add a lot here too, notably Judge Reinhold's dopey tagalong and Bronson Pinchot's cameo as an art gallery host. And talk about hindsight being 20/20: Axel was almost played by Mickey Rourke, then Sylvester Stallone -- both of them only after Clint Eastwood turned down an earlier, more serious conception of the role. It's worth paying attention to Beverly Hills Cop's admirable and strong-selling soundtrack as well -- if "The Heat Is On," "The Neutron Dance" and "Axel F."," the film's synthesizer-heavy theme song, don't bring you back to the mid-eighties, nothing will. The plot is not exactly ground-breaking cinema, and sometimes its violence is a little excessive and conventional. Nevertheless, Beverly Hills Cop is a highly entertaining film that proves there was a darn good reason why Eddie Murphy was once king of the box office.