- Actors: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher, Ronny Cox
- Directors: Martin Brest
- Writers: Daniel Petrie Jr., Danilo Bach
- Producers: Don Simpson, Jerry Bruckheimer, Linda Horner, Mike Moder
- Language English
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Paramount
- VHS Release Date: 2 Nov 1987
- Run Time: 105 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004CI95
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 22,937 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
While its sequels were formulaic and safe, the first Beverly Hills Cop set out to explore some uncharted territory and succeeded. A blend of violent action picture and sharp comedy, the film has an excellent director, Martin Brest (Scent of a Woman), who finds some original perspectives on stock scenes (highway chases, police rousts) and hits a gleeful note with Murphy while skewering LA culture. Good support from Judge Reinhold and John Ashton as local cops not used to doing things the Detroit way (Murphy's character hails from the Motor City). Paul Reiser has a funny, brief moment at the beginning and Bronson Pinchot makes an hilarious impression in a great, never-to-be-duplicated scene with the star. --Tom Keogh
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
If you haven't seen Beverly Hills Cop you HAVE to watch it. If, like me, you've always loved the film and seen it plenty of times, make sure you get this DVD. I genuinely forgot quite how good a film this is and laughed harder than I have at a new movie for ages. The extra's are slightly dissapointing compared to some of the double-disc sets available for classic films now but I was happily surprised at quite how long the Cast & Crew Interviews are. The good thing is as well is that all the main characters & crew are interviewed and there's some really interesting information about how another massive 80's action-hero very nearly played Axel Foley !
I loved watching this film again - It's a true joy to experience and if you enjoy action films or comedies then you really should have this in your DVD Movie Collection
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Remember when Jerry Bruckenheimer produced quality movies? Remember his partner Don Simpson? Remember Eddie Murphy back when he was fresh and funny? Remember the Axel F. theme? Remember when Martin Brest did comedies?
Everything you remember is here on this DVD! Don't bother with the sequels or "trilogy" box. This is the one that got started the formula of "wise-cracking" cops (apart from hysterical one-liners-through-squeeezed-teeth by Dirty Harry, who was well ahead of the times) genre that bolstered Die Hard and Lethal Weapon movies. It's a perfect example of "fish-out-of-water" comedy combined with "buddy movie" genre.
Plot in a sentence or two: resolved to find his best friends murderer, Detroit cop Axel Foley follows the trail to L.A. where his "methods" drive baddies and his Beverly Hills "coleagues" crazy.
Enhanced remastered SOUND is excellent, even better than what you saw at the theater all those years ago.
DVD itself: rather entertaining, although "not-so-special" features have mostly CAST & CREW INTERVIEWS, divided in 3 parts (INTERVIEWS, CASTING and MUSIC). It's fun to see how people look and remiscent on those days about 15 years later. Also, there's DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY and THEATRICAL TRAILER. Pretty standard stuff, as I said.
Why they didn't include outttakes (they all talk how they "burned" a lot of film by laughing in the middle of shooting) or alternate scenes (there were a lot of improvisations on set, as they say) is beyond my comprehension.
Anyway... Buy this and you won't regret it! It's money well spent! You'll laugh yourself to tears, I guarantee it.
Favourite line: "Can you put it in a good spot? All this s**t happened the last time I parked here..."
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
This film defined the action/comedy genre for a decade and cemented Murphy's position as the most bankable African-American actor of the eighties.
Watch it now and, though parts will seem dated, you will recognize set pieces that have been used in a thousand films since - and I defy you not to laugh at least once at Murphy at the peak of his powers.
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Fantastic movie!
Beverly Hills Cop is a wonderful film. It's dipped right in the 80's and has a great soundtrack also. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Colonel Decker
terrible music score
I enjoyed this movie as a teenager and decided to see if it's still any good. Well, I was very disappointed: Murphy is occasionally quite funny, but the music score really... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Blik Snyman
Beverley Hills Cop
I recieved this dvd within the time period stated, it was in excellant condition, and was fairly priced.
I shall buy from this buyer again
I shall buy from this buyer again
Published 7 months ago by kav
Beverly Hills Blu
"That the film turned out to be coherent is a miracle. That it is successful proves there is a God." -Martin Brest on his own movie. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Inspector Gadget
Is this the gentleman who ruined the buffet at the Harrow club this...
Cocky rule dodging Detroit Cop Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) heads to Beverly Hills in search of those responsible for murdering his friend. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Spike Owen
Banana in my tailpipe
Brilliant. The reason why Eddie Murphy can spend 10 years in the cinematic equivalent of a coma and still be considered a box office draw. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Philippa Leah
dvd
See No Evil, Hear No Evil [DVD] [1989]it is excellent,Beverly Hills Cop [DVD] [1985]it is good,little to much f words
Published 22 months ago by tommy maloney
good movie, wrong subtitle description
A great 80's movie...Eddie Murphy was still a good actor and comedian (despite of today's movies from him).
I don't know why this is a special collector's edition... Read more
I don't know why this is a special collector's edition... Read more
Published on 30 Mar 2010 by Dr. Humberto Gomes Sintra
Which sub-titles?
Sub-titles are: Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, English for the Hearing Impaired, Icelandic, Hungarian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Finnish, Swedish and... Read more
Published on 10 April 2009 by C. X. Linton-Willoughby
Superb action movie
This is a great film and hugely enjoyable. I'd strongly recommend it if you haven't seen it, as it's funny and has plenty of good dialogue and acting around the violence. Read more
Published on 20 Jun 2008 by CJ
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