Bringing back 80's classics for a modern makeover rarely ends well, but Beverly Hills Cop 4 might just be an exception. Was it was worth waiting 30 years for a sequel? Let's find out.
Gotta love Axel's idea of getting police backup by destroying properties and having the police chase you all the way to the real bad guys. That's so Axel. 🤣
Honestly, if he slimmed back down to what he weighed in the original, he'd barely look aged at all. And I enjoyed how the movie had fun pointing out how much better he'd aged than his costars.
@@spectra1977 it wasn't his though. The Ferrari was a part of his undercover persona, on loan from the precinct, which is why he needed that guy driving it around Detroit while he was gone to LA, to keep up the appearance that he was still undercover in Detroit.
The best compliment I can give this movie is that if it had been in theaters I would have been happy spending my money to see it. And in today's world that is saying a lot.
Soundtrack 10 out of 10. Nostalgia 10 out of 10. This movie was a pure nostalgia trip. It's not a great movie, it's not a breakthrough movie, it's just what it fu**ing needs to be. I enjoyed seeing the old gang together.
Soundtrack was not a 10/10. Would have been if they used nothing but tracks from the first two, which is what I thought they were doing, but then they played some absolutely terrible modern rap and it made me sad. Mind you, this is coming from someone who's been listening to rap since I was 10. That rap remade of the theme was just horrible.
The soundtrack was over engineered and over synth-waved. Faltermeyer's original 1984 score used less than 5 instruments beautifully produced and recorded by him . Its power was its understated simplicity. Adding every single 1980s synth sound you can find to an orchestra and choir shows a lack of understanding of the music and movie genre.
The visits to strip clubs absolutely served a purpose in the story for the characters, revealing more of Axel's street smart police skills, and bonding the three cops from different backgrounds.
And also the aftermath of showing how by the book Taggart was, and how he wouldn't go along with the lie Axel told. Which is why at the end it was such a big deal when Bogomil lied about how they ended up in the shootout and Taggart then confirmed the lie when asked by the chief.
yeah...one quick scene after Axel has been treated like shit by his daughter and Taggart through the whole film... this movie is member berry bullshit...it's a crap script and no one cares where Billy is throughthe entire film... yet everyone is giving it a pass cuz they like the music
I cannot believe Taggart is still around. I remember watching part 1 as a kid and thinking he was like 50. 😂😂 Either way, I'll definitely see it. We could all use some classic Eddie Murphy in the modern world.
I don’t know why, I always assumed the actor died and that was why he wasn’t in part 3. So imagine my surprised when the see the trailer for part 4 and he’s bad. It warmed my heart.
It's difficult to believe that it's been 40 years since I was 15 and standing at a bus stop humming 'The Heat Is On'. Yeah, the characters are older and not quite the way my brain remembers them, but with all of the recent losses of my childhood, I'm glad I could lose myself in nostalgia, smile, and be fifteen again . . . if it's only for two hours.
The Axel F Theme, bane of every 80's computer shop - half a dozen ViC-20s or Commodore-64s all playing different versions of Axel F out of sequence with each other
@@richardhockey8442 Honestly, I was never into computers and shortly after my 16th birthday, my parents moved me and my siblings to a little town (pop. 10,000) that had two music/record stores and a K-Mart. By the time I was interested in playing music, the Axel F Theme was replaced by the Miami Vice Theme . . . which was replaced by the beautiful Top Gun score.
This was not a good movie and I am a huge fan of the first two films. There was certainly nothing that was pushing the envelope in this movie. No trip to the strip club, no politically incorrect jokes or banter. It wasn't pushing any DEI or woke messaging but the earlier films were buddy cop movies more for guys and everything was very toned down in this movie. And Taggart, Foley, and Rosewood spent only a few minutes all together. It had a few nostalgic moments but I just couldn't give it a good review.
There is a bit of it. Unlike Drinker's description, Axel fails every time he tries to talk/con his way into something and one of the kids (his daughter, tge young cop) has to bail him out.
The Real MVP of Beverly Hills Cop 4 was and still is: Jerry Bruckheimer! The fact that this movie worked AT ALL is the Hail Mary🏈 of all sequels. This sequel shouldn't have worked for coming up short but effectively made the story coherent and well controlled. I understand this was one of Jerry's first major blockbuster so he knew he had to personally be involved in order for this film to work. What's so touching before the start of the film: he still credits his closest friend Don Simpson as co-producer even after his passing 30 years later. God Bless You Jerry...and Eddie Murphy, too! 😎😁
I was SO hoping "Balki Bartokomous" would be in this. Serge was hilarious. "You can't be going around calling black folks monkeys even with that accent. You'll get f'd up."
Love that. “Respecting legacy characters.” Not ripping them down, not dragging them through the mud, not making them feel completely useless or making them just a jump off point for some kind of girl boss….cough cough… INDIANA JONES
Axel may fare better than Luke Skywalker and Indiana Jones, but they make a point of his every attempt to con his way into somewhere failing and he has to be rescued by his daughter or the young cop. Drinker is generous with shows that are not as woke as the worst offenders, but be aware that is a low bar. Depending on your personal barometer, this film could disappoint
@@reidkg12 agreed. This movie was like The force awakens of the BHC franchise, but like that movie, not nearly as fresh or as good as the movie it was copying.
@@reidkg12 Unless the movie is there again to raise the music industry into selling the soundtrack on records and other crap goodies . Similar stuff has happened with the Stranger Things shows everyone needed to own the crap "made in china" merchandising that were from better quality back in the 80's. Kinda why i dislike sequels and other crap . I own the original trilogy on dvd from Beverly Hills Cop i can watch it whenever i want no need for streaming or television since the show nothing great anymore .
Sadly, everything about the new trilogy seems like crap when compared to new movies done with love... And even sadder is acknowledging that the new trilogy had a massive budget.
It’s nice knowing that Beverly Hills cop can be called a great movie Saga with no real terrible movies. It and Lethal Weapon truly are one of the few actually solid Tetralogy’s.
I'd say after Maverick (if that can even be considered a franchise sequel) it's the best decades-late sequel to an 80s action franchise we've yet seen.
Yep, even tho I've always loved the original movie from the 80s I was born in 92, so Maverick gave me an unique opportunity to rock an epic mustache, that all of my peers, fellas and gals alike loved the look(funny thing is, even tho I love both Top Guns and fighter jets in general i'm deathly terrified of heights haha)
I would say this and Cobra Kai as a squeal to the Karate Kid movies. Both respects the legacy characters who continue to act with in their characterization while introducing new compelling characters an story lines. I've talked about that on my Insta written reviews. I should probably do a youtube essay breakdown on it too.
I liked that the action scenes were mostly practically done. This is a trend I have been waiting for for quite some time. This and THE FALL GUY are a good sign, hopefully of things to come.
@@Hippo_Hegemony Serge (to Donnayyyy): "Tell Meese Jenny 'dat...uh...a Meester Ach-well....Ach-mel" Foley: "AXEL!" Serge "...Foley is here to see her...(lowers voice) is old acquaintance".
This was a fun movie for people like me who saw the others. My kids liked it but didn't seem to enjoy the show as much as I did. Sad that a new movie being ok is now such a height to reach.
The problem is Modern Movies rely on Memberberries. This movie had a story and just threw them in like Easter Eggs. Not required to enjoy, but adds flavor. Unlike Star Wars which has bad story and need all the nostalgia they can get.
My GF had never seen the movies when she was younger, so we binged all of them and it was a good time. I'm glad Axel F didn't get hit with "the message".
Bronson is actually an acclaimed award winning narrator and has been for a while now. He’s got a great reading voice when he’s not playing th e most flamboyant person on screen lol.
Am I to understand that there is A: no girlbossing and B: no pandering to "the message?" That's more than I ever hoped from this sequel, especially considering I had no hopes at all. I'm sold.
There is a girl boss, it is just toned down a bit. The daughter gets as much screentime as Eddie and she is the typical cold, rude type. The only likeable character is Eddie Murphy which is why it is so forgettable as he can’t really have a good dialogue with these bland characters. Eddie is breaking his back carrying this movie.
It is not as pure as Drinker presents it. Every time Axel tries to con his way into or out of a situation he fails and a younger character has to bail him out. It's not Luke Skywalker character assassination, but it's got modern audience contamination (and worse, it's not particularly funny)
When Simpson and Bruckheimer made the first BHC, it never even would have occurred to them to have some chick tagging along with Axel. In that sense, this version is doing a good bit of compromising to placate "modern audiences".
@@danieloizationYou seriously telling that a woman simply being able to be "rude" at times all of a sudden she's a girlboss? Oh f*** off, crybaby lmao.
Murphy himself felt disappointed and originally didnt feel up to a 3rd film unless they created a good enough plot and paid him fine. Uh, they definetly didn't create a decent plot and it flopped hard
@@Thomasmemoryscentral While the plot wasn't anything special, BHC 3 mainly failed because of Murphy. Axel just wasn't funny, and while John Landis tried to get Murphy in character, it just didn't happen. The 90's was the decade when Eddie Murphy was...shall we say difficult...and his movie projects were even if you put it nicely mostly crap.
@@ThomasmemoryscentralThird movie should have been Taggart and Rosewood sent to Detroid to cooperate with Axel on a case, si they were now the fish out of water. The Rush Hour trilogy did it properly, with each sequel putting the main chars in different environments.
@@mikavirtanen7029 Hmm. Did Murphy in the 90s have a case of "young rising actor that is a little full of themselves from a string of successes?" Is a lot of his 90s projects subject to directors and writers he had no control over to compromise to?
Honestly, I loved this movie - compared to what's been pushed out these last ten or so years, it felt like a breath of fresh air: Finally, a sequel to a beloved series that had the right dose of nostalgia, respect and competent storytelling that so many other long awaited sequels/reboots have been sorely missing (well, except for top gun of course). If this movie succeeds at one thing, I hope it's as a reminder to other film makers that movies are meant to be fun and not so damn serious and constantly having to push a bloody certain overdone "message".
I'm glad that Eddie Murphy and crew made a movie that's a throwback to a simpler time when everyone was just happy to make a good movie. No woke moments, no displays of "The Message", and gives you what you want. It's a decent film worth watching. Great video drinker. 🎉
@@BlamcoTV i don't like the movie but in fairness to that scene Axel was just fucking with him. He wasn't being serious. He was ridiculing woke behaviour if anything, even using his white man voice.
@@grahamjackmacpherson6501 The fact it had to go racial in the first few minutes was cringe. Perhaps he was making fun of the woke crowd but it fell flat. Personally any woke referance would of been better not in it. I didn't watch the whole thing, I had to quit once his daughter showed up.
I enjoyed it, it’s like the looked at Top Gun Maverick and listened to what people liked about, nostalgia, action, not too heavy, no message, and took it from there.
Watched this recently with my partner and we were both pleasantly suprised by just how good it was and felt at home with the previous films. As someone born in 1980 seeing this was a real treat. It had all the right humor, action, characters, writing, and even the music fit perfectly. It made me feel like a kid again watching the first films for the first time. Even the whole idea of police corruption working with the cartels is totally relevant to today's society in the USA. I don't even have a copy of the first films in my collection, and I want this one to add to it. I didn't expect that Netflix to be able to pull it off like they did. I would definitely rank it as one, if not the best film of this year.
I'm glad to see that Mr Gordan-Levitt has been able from the age of 8 continue to make his living in the Hollywood industry. I really enjoyed his performances in "Third Rock."
I have to admit I was skeptical when Axel's daughter showed up with a chip on her shoulder, but her relationship with Axel was done well and we didn't have to see her kicking Axel in the balls.....then saving him like most girl boss movies.
Or like seeing her magically be good at shooting people and being a badass fighter because she's a Cop's daughter, and the fact that they mentioned she used to go to the range earlier in the movie. I enjoyed that
@@Eternaldarkness3166 In this review, she nearly drops to her death in a car and is saved from a strong tow cable in that one dramatic scene. A great asoect is she is rightfully scared instead of the modern cliche of a mary sue that shows almost no emotion. No the daughter is rightfully fearing for her life as is anyone that nearly thinks they'll die in a hanging car
After watching “Midnight Run” with a less soy Robert Deniro and the amazing comedic talent Charles Grodin and John Ashton about 73 times in the last decade I’ve realized that I enjoy that movie all the better because of John Ashton! The guy adds something that a lot of today’s character actors lack. He’s an everyman that knows damn well how to deliver a line with intensity and still get you laughing! Love that guy in anything that he’s in!
I want to give your statement multiple thumbs up. When I saw the first season of The Mandalorian I had so much hope… it made season 3 and series like The Acolyte even more disappointing.
I just saw it. Not bad. It was like a class reunion. We got to visit old friends that made us feel good many years ago. It certainly wasn't disappointing. I just wish we could have seen more of Billy throughout the movie. Back in the second movie, we got to see him transition from a yogurt and pita eating softie into something that closely resembled Rambo. It was good to see the guys again.
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100% Agree. But there is another movie in development, so when they are fully reunited at the end I am hoping they will be back together in the next one. Would be interesting if Billy and Taggart end up going to Detroit to help out Axel with the final act being back in LA?
Axel F. was spot on. It needed to be that dopamine shot of nostalgia after 30 years of waiting and the lukewarm reception of 3. Axel F just fits like a glove with the rest of the franchise and what more could one ask for at this point of Hollyweird shenanigans?
wasnt expecting much, but me and the GF really enjoyed it. huge nostalgia trip for both of us. went to see some of the original movies in the cinema back in the day
That movie was a breath of fresh air! All the callback to the old movies were very nostalgic, playing the same songs and paying respect to the characters was perfectly done! That's how you do it! So simple yet very entertaining! This movie stands out because of how Hollywood has destroyed all of our beloved franchises.
honestly this movie was so much better than I expected. The original characters were still important in the story and they lived to tell the tale. Much of the scenes were hilarious, it was entertaining as f.
This is exactly the type of movie to push right now. It's not high art but its a respectful continuation of a legacy product. That alone makes it worth watching in our modern media climate.
@@maw1186still the best one!!! Kobra Kai has a lot of issues that deter it from being great. It definitely checks the nostalgia boxes but it gets pretty annoying at times
@@mikenewbold1699 imagine not calling out Cobra Kai for being the same formulaic nostalgia bait every season that only gets worse, but you call out stranger things for being "Derivative". Have any self awareness at all
Our childhood heroes remain our heroes even if they have aged- we can deal with that. What we don't enjoy is if they have fundamentally changed who they are. Thank you Netflix for this movie- our heroes are older and have many more miles under the hood, but they are still the same as they always were. And it was great to see them back together. Can't remember when my wife and myself were able to sit down together and just enjoy an entertaining movie from start to finish- but we did with this one.
Now this is nostalgia done right, and it's about damn time! For too long, legacy characters have been disrespected, which is why Beverly Hills Cop 4 is such a breath of fresh air. All returning characters in this movie get their time to shine, and the new characters don't steal Axel's fire. There's no bait-and-switch here, this is very much Eddie Murphy's movie! There are scenes that look right out of the 80's, I haven't seen a modern film look this 80's since Expendables 2! I can't praise this movie enough, the filmmakers clearly respected the source material, and that's something we need more of!
Not until I got confirmation he’d be in there did I actually watch it! They could’ve however done more with him, but something is definitely better than nothing!
I watched it last week. I enjoyed it. You can see it gets better as the film goes on, but it's a first-time director. Lots of nostalgia on show. You could do more with this.
@@jimbrown2688 it got worse as the movie went on culminating in a horrible slow mo spoof like moment of axel jumping to take the bullett hurling her name and then Bacon getting shot in slow mo my god that was horrible to watch. Amateurish.
@grahamjackmacpherson6501 Ah well, it was Netflix money, no one died and quite a lot of people liked the movie. Could've been better just like I Could've been tall dark and handsome. Sadly neither came to pass but I can live with both..😅
Beverly Hills Cop 3 is actually my favourite by far!!! Possibly because it was the first one I saw and I watched it about a million times as a 10 year old. Life’s been good to me. 😄
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. It was great and a lot of fun. I love seeing all the original cast as well. And I thought his daughter did really well and held her own.
Also, when you mentioned Jerry Bruckheimer, I laughed because when I saw that in the opening credits, I thought the exact same thing. Bruckheimer films were almost always a guaranteed fun ride.
Recently found out there is now an entire RU-vid sub-genre attempting to discredit The Drinker and critiquing his videos (poorly). You know you’ve made it big when you’re not only an author, but a genre! 🎉
Hey Con. The Lion King 2019 remake has its own genre of videos on the failures of its cgi and why its insistence to barely change enough is horrible. A lot of good and bad films can spawn their own genres of videos!
Gotta disagree with stripclubs being unnecessary. The first one was them starting to trust him. The second one was a lead to the secondary bad guy. Plus boobs are never unnecessary🍻. Good vid
Thank you Critical Drinker for reviewing this movie!!! While I don't agree with everything you said about this film, I do agree with most of it! BHC 4 was a fun time! This movie treated its legacy characters so much better than most IP's do these days! It is worth a watch! I very much enjoyed the movie, but yes, the original cast are very much showing their age!
Came here with 0 expectations, was entertained for 2hrs. Considering this has the Netflix label on him, it's incredible. This movie was far better then it had the right to be, indeed.
