1984 · comedy · action · crime
Beverly Hills Cop
Directed by Martin Brest1h 45m1984
Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but when his best friend is murdered, he heads to sunny Beverly Hills to work the case like only he can.
Our read: Beverly Hills Cop (1984) reads as a warm, breathless, grounded comedy · action · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, breathless, measured comedy / action, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- kinetic
- redemptive
- funny
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