It looks gorgeous, the action is slick and it’s littered with a great cast.

Cain manages a gun club that is also a staging area for a series of robberies.

He’s later gunned down during a heist, having made little impression on the story.

Eddie Murphy looking satisfied in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F with Los Angeles imagery behind him

This results in a shaggyDie Hardripoff set in a theme park, where the villains are making counterfeit money.

Despite this strong first impression,DeWald becomes less and less threatening as the story unfolds.

Fulbright is presented as the gruff but sympathetic agent investigating the counterfeit operation at Wonder World.

Eddie Murphy and John Ashton’s Taggart in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F

Again, the problem is that Grant is just too flimsy a threat.

If anything, Grant comes off as largely incompetent, making his defeat a foregone conclusion.

This is more a fault of the screenplay than the actor, who is having scenery-chewing fun.

Beverly Hills Cop 1984

Jonathan Banks also had a small role in Eddie Murphy’s debut movie48 HRS.

He’s constantly angry and abusive to his men and is an ego-driven career opportunist.

Once the Mayor witnessed the full extent of Lutz’s failings, he was promptly dismissed from his position.

Kevin Bacon’s Grant from Axel F, Brigitte Nielsen’s Karla from Beverly Hills Cop 2 and Steve Berkhoff’s Maitland from Beverly Hills Cop

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Even if not technically a criminal,Lutz is one ofBeverly Hills Cop’smost detestable jerks.

Karla is Dent’s right hand woman and lover and leads the heists that kick the story into motion.

Karla is a fun threat for Axel and co but also looks more than credible wielding gigantic handguns.

Beverly Hills Cop (1984) Poster

Beverly Hills Cop is an action-comedy movie franchise that stars Eddie Murphy as a Detroit cop named Axel Foley who heads to Beverly Hills, California, to investigate the death of his best friend. Foley, a street-smart and intense officer, is constantly observed and (sometimes) reigned in with the help of Billy Rosewood and John Taggart, two other detectives from his department.

Karla is a fun threat for Axel and co but also looks more than credible wielding gigantic handguns.

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