Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F official trailer: Eddie Murphy gets ARRESTED for stealing and crashing a helicopter
Eddie Murphy reprises his role as Detective Axel Foley for Netflix’s upcoming action comedy Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.
The latest installment of the franchise, which hits the streaming platform on July 3, follows his character on a rescue mission to save his daughter (played by Taylour Paige), whose life is “threatened.”
According to the film’s synopsis, Murphy teams up with a “new partner (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and old friends Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and John Taggart (John Ashton) to turn up the heat and uncover a conspiracy.”
In the film’s official trailer, released Thursday, Murphy’s character begins stealing a helicopter from the Los Angeles Police Department.
“I didn’t realize you couldn’t really fly a helicopter,” said a man sitting next to Murphy, who tells him he “didn’t realize” he couldn’t really fly a helicopter, or he would “come up with another one.” idea.’
His friend shouted back, “I told you it was a bad idea!”
Eddie Murphy reprises his role as Detective Axel Foley for Netflix’s upcoming action-comedy sequel Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
The couple’s helicopter is shot at and they can apparently be heard screaming as they swing toward the ground on a golf course.
Murphy is then handcuffed and about to be put in the back of a police car.
‘This is very embarrassing. Part of me would rather be locked up than put in this little Fisher-Price-esque patrol car,” he jokes to the arresting officer. “You’re all the LEGO agents.”
After his arrest, he calls his daughter Jane from prison, but she eventually hangs up.
‘Are you sure you’re paying your bills? “Because this phone isn’t working,” he tells an officer as he tries to process what’s happening.
Later, he tells an officer that this isn’t his “first time in Beverly Hills.”
“Yes, I saw that,” the officer notes as he flips through a file containing information about his previous arrests in the city in 1984, 1987 and 1994.
During the preview, Murphy, who returned to Beverly Hills after his daughter was threatened, is told he’s “ripping off a lot of people.”
He replies, “That means we’re getting close.”
Other exciting moments in the trailer include flashes of a car chase and multiple gunfights.
The latest installment of the franchise, which hits the streaming platform on July 3, follows his character on a rescue mission to save his daughter (played by Taylour Paige), whose life is “threatened.”
In the film’s official trailer, released Thursday, Murphy’s character begins stealing a helicopter from the Los Angeles Police Department.
The original film was released in 1984 and follows a rebellious cop named Axel.
He secretly goes on a mission to find out who killed his childhood friend, despite his boss telling him not to continue the investigation.
The action comedy was hugely successful and marked Murphy’s first solo leading role in a film.
The film grossed $234 million at the US box office, making it the highest-grossing film of that year and inspiring two (soon to be three) more films.
It helped transform Eddie, a then-budding star known more for his comedy sketches on Saturday Night Live than his acting, into a major Hollywood figure.