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Name: Beverly Hills Cop
Director: Martin Brest
Genre: action, comedy, crime
Released: 1984
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Rating: 7.4

Beverly Hills Cop has an iRankMovies score of 74.5/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

He's been chased, thrown through a window and arrested. Eddie Murphy is a Detroit cop on vacation in Beverly Hills.

Release:1984

Runtime:1h 45m

Country:United States

Director:Martin Brest

Language:English

Genre

ActionComedyCrime

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Keywords

ShowdownDrug SmugglingUndercoverCocaineStrip ClubGunfightMansionLos Angeles California

iRank75

Beverly Hills Cop rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.4/10· 228K votes

Rotten Tomatoes83%

Metacritic66%

TMDb7.209/10· 5K votes

With 83% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.4/10 on IMDb and 66/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Beverly Hills Cop

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.

Cast of Beverly Hills Cop

Eddie Murphy
as Axel Foley
Judge Reinhold
as Det. Billy Rosewood
John Ashton
as Sgt. Taggart
Lisa Eilbacher
as Jenny Summers
Ronny Cox
as Lt. Bogomil
Steven Berkoff
as Victor Maitland
James Russo
as Mikey Tandino
Jonathan Banks
as Zack
Stephen Elliott
as Chief Hubbard
Gilbert R. Hill
as Inspector Todd
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Art Kimbro
as Det. Foster
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Joel Bailey
as Det. McCabe

Beverly Hills Cop facts

Budget: $14M
Box office: $316.4M
Collection: Beverly Hills Cop Collection

Our take on Beverly Hills Cop

Martin Brest's 1984 mix of action, comedy and crime sends fast-talking Detroit street cop Axel Foley to sunny Beverly Hills after his best friend is murdered, determined to crack the case his own unorthodox way. The pleasure lies in the culture clash: a rule-bending outsider needling the polished, buttoned-up police of an affluent enclave, talking his way through doors that should stay shut. It balances crackling one-liners with genuine investigative momentum, letting the humour ride alongside real stakes. Best suited to viewers who enjoy a charismatic lead carrying the film, brisk buddy-cop friction and eighties action that never takes itself too seriously while still delivering a satisfying chase.

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