Plot Details Revealed for 'Beverly Hills Cop 4'
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I guess when two out of three films in a franchise are an absolute blast to watch, you kinda try to get behind the odds that a fourth installment will fall somewhere in the middle between awesome and please don't let me see that again ... ever. After watching Beverly Hills Cop 3, I almost filed a police report convinced the filmmakers had committed some sort of crime against humanity. Now, with the next one, you'd think folks would have learned from earlier mistakes. Well, the fact that Brett Ratner is directing hasn't exactly bolstered anticipation -- but maybe the script is good ...Speaking of, Latino Review managed to snag a draft of Beverly Hills Cop 4 (one they claim "the studio loves, but Eddie Murphy is not too keen on"), and they've slapped a C+ grade on it. Based on their description (which includes spoilers, so watch out), the flick looks to be a combination of the original Beverly Hills Cop and Hitch, with Axel Foley (Murphy) trying to figure out who killed one of his friends, all while helping his new, fat partner score with some girl he has a crush on. LR says it's a "pretty standard police corruption story", and it feels "like the writers took an Arnold Schwarzenegger script they had lying around and changed the details to make it a Beverly Hills Cop movie. There's no fun in it."
Good news is the script will probably change before a final product is shoveled into theaters. What do you think a fourth Beverly Hills Cop movie needs in order to be successful with fans of the series?
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12-01-2008 @ 10:47AM
Jennifer said...
Maybe I'm the only one but I happen to like 3, it's just so stupidly amusing.
As for 4, well it couldn't be as big as a disappointment as Lethal Weapon 4 was so... Let the games begin!
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12-01-2008 @ 10:56AM
robert said...
in order to be successful? how about 80's Eddie Murphy or even late 90's "Bowfinger" Murphy. I think his family friendly fat suit movies have sucked all the funny from his soul.
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12-01-2008 @ 10:59AM
glyn said...
Cancelled.
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12-01-2008 @ 11:20AM
Rich said...
They made a BHC 3?
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12-01-2008 @ 11:58AM
Scott K. said...
Um... Good? Okay, considering what we already know, I'm going to agree with glyn.
Except it will still make money, even if it isn't good, so there's no hope for a quality movie.
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12-01-2008 @ 2:09PM
YouFaceTheTick said...
It needs Brigitte Nielsen again. This will make sure it's a train wreck.
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12-02-2008 @ 10:25AM
MarkH said...
To succeed with fans of the series? It needs to not exist.
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12-01-2008 @ 8:40PM
Dan said...
I'm with MarkH, all the way.
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12-02-2008 @ 7:23PM
The Mutt said...
Wasn't the first BHC a Stallone script they had lying around and changed the details to make it a Beverly Hills Cop movie?
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12-05-2008 @ 3:43PM
Claudio said...
If you put this script, the movie un'incasso likely to do as disappointing 3. In BHC4 must put the pair Axel-Billy-Bogomil-Taggart, is the plot must be that Billy is investigating a drug trafficking has corrupted the police want to kill him, but we do not succeed, and Billy asks for help to Axel, and his old companion, John Taggart and Andrew Bogomil. And the four returned to the couple as 1 and 2. Must be an action-comedy. I want ago in Detroit Axel pair with Jeffrey Friedman. In the cast are to bring Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Ronny Cox and Paul Reiser.
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