It has been 30 years since Eddie Murphy last took a trip to Beverly Hills and while Netflix’s $150m sequel Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F is a lot better than what was served up in the previous installment in 1994, it still fails to hold a candle to that lightning-in-a-bottle 1984 original.
Murphy was just 22 years old when the first Beverly Hills Cop movie lit up the international box office. The comedian had made his name on Saturday Night Live and showed off his acting chops in Trading Places and 48 Hours, before Beverly Hills Cop shot him to the stratosphere.
