Eddie Murphy was an R rated comedian/actor before he went on a family film slide. I highly recommend Trading Places next, especially for the Holiday Season!

When Reinhold (Rosewood) and Ashton (Taggart) were auditioning for their roles, Reinhold came up with the idea that since they are partners, they should behave as an old, married couple. He then picked up a health magazine and started to read it randomly (the five pounds of red meat stuff). Ashton got the picture and started to behave annoyed and angry. They delivered it so good that not only they got the parts, the gag was included in the script.

Fun fact: Axel laughing at the leather suits when he first arrives to Beverly Hills is a reference he made about the same types of leather suits he wears to his standup comedy shows at the same time period. Like in "Delirious" 1983.

Axel not being allowed to work on the case of murder of his friend, is standard in all polices all over the world. If you are emotively or having friends or family connected with the case of investigation (especially murder) you are gonna be off the case instant.

Espresso with a twist of lemon is called _Espresso Romano._ It can be made with a twist, or a slice of lemon, or a bit of lemon juice. It is popular in Campania. It was also the most common way espresso used to be served in Italian restaurants in NYC, as most were owned by Neapolitan immigrants.

Trading Places is another great Eddie Murphy movie.

Duaffy you have a laugh that is like a more feminine version of Axel’s. So cute!

Eddie Murphy managed to sneak in several relatively unknown, unappreciated comedians in this movie - the guy playing Serge (Bronson Pinchot) is one of them, and the waiter who gives him a banana is played by a very young Damon Wayans in his very first movie role (with lines).

The sequel to this one is also quite funny, definitely worth a view!

FUN FACT: Axel's supervisor, Inspector Todd was once a real police supervisor which is why he played the part so well.

The second film is just as good. Lots of great comedy moments.

One of the great "cop" movies ever. Eddie Murphy is one of the funniest people to ever walk the earth. Absolute classic, and a fantastic reaction! I'm so glad you liked it, this was a fun watch!

The irony of Duaffy laughing at Eddie laughing at people wearing leather suits, not knowing Eddie wore those in his comedy specials. :D

Victor's henchman, who killed Axel's friend, is played by Jonathan Banks who also plays the role of the reluctant bad guy Mike Ehrmantraut on "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul." Those are two amazing shows with some of the best writing and acting in a modern TV show and Banks is really solid. Watch "Breaking Bad" first if you are interested.

The Theme Song is so good. It's the only song that I never got sick of even though they probably over played it for some people. To this day it sounds just as fresh as the first time I heard it. The real crazy thing is that it's in a genre that I typically don't like.

"Neutron Dance" by The Pointer Sisters was a popular song in this. Eddie is so good being undercover since his character is from the streets. He always busts the bad guys at the end. The older cop is the bad guy in Robocop.

"Finally someone that appreciates his talents" lol that was sarcasm. The chief is the strictest of the bunch.

Duaffy: impressing us with her street smarts Also Duaffy: "for making coffee?"

Beverly Hills Cop two is great too. you get to learn more about Rosewood.

Duaffy, your laugh is just as funny as Axel’s. 😂☺️

The theme song from this, called Axel F, was known by EVERYBODY in the 80s after the movie came out.

I've always wondered why someone has not yet done a prequel show/movie called "Axel Foley" that explores Axel's younger life. There is so much potential there.

The actor that played Eddie Murphy's boss was actually a police detective in real life, and was eventually named Chief of Police in Detroit, Michigan!

Fun fact. In these movies Eddie Murphy improves a lot of his lines in scenes or improvises scenes in general! They might be in the script or they might be improvised. Most of them are. Eddie’s a legend

Axel didn’t see Victor’s henchmen. They snuck up on him and knocked him out from behind.

Murphy had a an epic run of movies during the 80s - 48 hours, trading places, Beverly Hills Cop 1 and 2.

Fun Fact: Eddie Murphy got the role of Axel Foley after Sylvester Stallone turned it down. Before this Eddie Murphy had only done comedy, this was his first action movie. If you go back and watch it again you can see Eddie closing his eyes whenever he shoots his gun. His excuse was "Guns are loud." I cannot imagine thismovie with Stallone in the lead.

Duaffy being introduced to all the hallmark of 80s action movies in one great movie: car chases with random property destruction, the hero hurled through a ground level window for no real reason, and fast-talking your way into free hotels, food, etc.

On how easy it is for Axel to talk his way into things: Before 9/11 the world was very different. People were a lot less concerned with being careful about things like ID. It wasn't as easy as Eddie Murphy makes it look, of course, but it was a lot easier than now.

Eddie Murphy in his first lead role and he became a box-office champ. No.1 film of 1984 and it dethroned Ghostbusters. Incredible soundtrack as well. #TrueClassic💎

The thing that Axel does in the warehouse, where he pretends to be an investigator, is actually a very common form of "social hack." So common it even has a name: The Bavarian Fire Drill. People are trained from childhood to respond to authority figures with obedience, and the Bavarian Fire Drill is a form of con where you act like an authority figure and keep barking out orders at people so that they act on their instinct to obey rather than stop and think about what they are doing. If you do it with confidence, it's amazingly effective.

The man behind the hotel counter when Axel checks out is played by none other than the director, Martin Brest.

Eddie is A Detroit cop. Beginning is in Detroit. This movie was a Huge hit. Plus, the Detroit Tigers won the World Series that year. 1984 was a fantastic year!

The chief was giving him a huge insult not just to Foley but to his entire precinct. It is so sweet that you can see a scathing insult and take it as a compliment.

Great reaction. But honestly, I was laughing at your laugh. I realized it’s similar to Eddie’s laugh. When he and you both laugh it cracks me up. 😂👏🏽👍🏽

This was my first ever introduction to Eddie Murphy two other great Eddie Murphy movies are coming to America and The Golden Child.

This was the first Eddie Murphy film I saw, ironically it was released the year I was born. Originally the film was written to be a Sylvester Stallone action film, all the comedy dialogue was improvised after casting Murphy. So there were dramatic scenes with comedic dialogue. The Second and third were written to be more comedic scenes. But you have to watch the second and third films to see the difference. At 23:12 when Chief Hubbard ask if he’s the man who wrecked the buffet that was sarcastic question.

3:52 That was a real goof up experienced by Eddie Murphy. Nice staying in character. Also, his boss is played by a real cop.

I love that you saw this older movie.... you should definitely do more 80s " classics" like this... thanks

This was fun watching with you. Grew up watching Eddie Murphy, i'm 47 lol. So brought back a lot of cool memories. :)

Omg.. CLASSIC…. XD So one note: When Axel checks into the hotel in Beverly Hills, the front desk girl looks up his reservation on a computer system. That wouldn’t be unusual *today* , but back then, the majority of hotels around the country would have probably used physical logbooks for records. The implication, along with how nice the lobby looked, was that this was a *fancy* (expensive) hotel. Even more so with the entire police department being computerized. In many of these scenes, Eddie Murphy was given free rein to improvise. The director would instruct the other actors to just try to impede Murphy by behaving like hotel staff, concierges, maître ds, etc. and Murphy would just come up with different ways to try to bluff past them. Buffet plate being $12.50. Back then a lunch plate where I lived was $3.99 and that was high.

Duaffys laugh is instant Serotonin for my brain.

Duaffy: “Cmon, everyone knows what you’re doing.” Officer: What the hell is he doing ? Also Duaffy: “I don’t know.”

One of my favorite movies and my favorite Eddie Murphy movie. The actor who played Inspector Todd, Axel's boss, was actually a real Detroit cop. You should definitely check out Beverly Hills Cop 2.

9:20 'I don't drink coffee, I take tea, my dear.' 14:47 "Another Mario Kart level" Lol 18:05 Oh, my... the best reaction ever! :) 28:37 That is Axel's laugh 15:12

Duaffy's laugh is so cute.

I think that the opening of the movie with the semi-truck chaise is one of the best stunt driving sequences in any movie.

For a period of time Eddie Murphy was the biggest star in the world. He was the world's number one stand up comic and had the world's number one movie at the same time. He also had a hit song

Duaffey, you should look into Second Hand Lions. You would really enjoy that movie!

1984, I was in high school and three of my friends worked at a local theater. Their manager was on vacation the week this came out and we had a party/private showing at midnight for 7 or 8 of us in the closed theater. 👍 As I recall... Having a couple cases of beer and a 3' bong in the theater doesn't hurt the entertainment value of this movie one bit.😋😏 Glad you enjoyed it.😎

Axel Foley's "charming Con-man Hero" character is SUCH fun to watch! It totally makes Beverly Hills Cop (1 & 2) as great as it is. Glad you seemed to enjoy it as well. Oh, an the joke where he acted like he was Victor's gay lover & said he had "Herpes Symplex 10", if even MORE funny when you realize it just means he has a Canker sore (or cold sore?). As opposed to something severe. (this was at the height of the AIDS scare, which is why it was reasonable that it worked.)

Cool little trivia, the mansion in the shoot out is the same mansion in Commando. Both films used the same location a few days apart from each other. They blew the windows, reset them n did it all over again.

Another fun fact the actor who played Foley's boss was actually a real cop and a captain in the Detroit Police department and he said he never screamed and yelled and cursed at the cops that worked under him and he did in the movie he also ran for mayor of Detroit but lost

Bearer Bonds were a financial instrument that were worth a set amount (much like a savings bond at full value) but were not registered to any individual. The "Bearer" of the bond, the one holding it, was presumed to be the owner and could redeem it at any financial institution. They haven't really been used since 2010

Duaffy: On Billy, "You're going to be the banana guy for the rest of your life" Me: Smiling as I remember Billy's hobbies in Beverley Hills Cop II

This, 'Trading Places' & 'Coming to America' are my three favorite Eddie Murphy movies. All from the 1980's. As I recall, Sylvester Stalone was supposed to star in this movie but he couldn't do it so they went with Eddie Murphy.

"Watermelons, bananas, fruit in general..." I'm still laughing about that. Love this video.

Another fun fact the actor who played the guy who gave foley the bananas is named Damon Wayans he's the younger brother of Keenan Ivory Wayans who is best friends with Eddie Murphy and that's how he got in the movie , also the older brother of Shawn and Marlon Wayans who did the scary movie movies

One thing most people don't think about when they meet is their background and how much of their experience is the reason for what the occupation they have is shaped by that. This movie shows three childhood friends that grew up in very rough streets. One went to California and became the director of an upscale art gallery, one became a cop, and one stayed in the criminal underworld. They stayed a family but took different paths in life, and the story bears that connection between them out. As for not wanting Foley to investigate the case... Foley could not be objective because of that personal investment and as a witness, his testimony would be thrown out since it will be corrupted by his investigation and personal involvement and altering his views on the facts of the case. If Maitlan guards had not started a firefight and Maitlan would have been brought to trial then Foleys' investigation would have been thrown out and only Maitlans' defense teams' version of events concerning the physical evidence would be considered in the case. In short, most likely, Maitlan would have walked free. Oh, Jessie's testimony is highly questionable as her association with Foley and her fear that Foley and herself would be killed if she testified against him could destroy the case against Maitlan. This may sound unfair, but if you think of the flipside of the situation and consider that someone gets murdered in Detroit and the immediate evidence points to Maitlan but he's innocent, all you would have is Bearer Bonds and cocaine being smuggled but the owner might know nothing of what his employees were doing. Something, in real life, happened similar to this with a large tech company and all evidence pointed to the owner and CEO until it was found that the ringleader was not even an employee of the company. Turns out that she was not just involved in smuggling drugs but in human trafficking and the CEO helped in taking her and her operation down. I'm so sorry for the long comment but it kind of grew as I was typing.

Axl never saw the guy who offed Mikey. He got knocked out from behind

Axel didn't see the guys that killed Mikey. They hit him from behind.

You will love the second movie too. Axel returns with all of his bullshit! 😂 Great Job!

The most difficult part of your reactions is trying to decide whether to pay attention to the epic/classic/legendary movies...or to your insanely adorable reaction to them. You're a rockstar girl. Keep doing what you do!

Duaffy: You're going to Beverly Hills? Alex: What gave it away?

The red leather 'suit' was almost exactly what Eddie Murphy wore for his first stand up: Delirious. He was literally laughing at his old-self

I love your reaction to this movie. You got into it, you freely laughed at the funny stuff, and you were shocked by the shocking stuff. Exactly how it should be. It's nice to see a somebody watch a great movie and share real reactions.

Espresso with a lemon twist is actually quite popular in Italy. It's called an Espresso Romano.

A great comedy movie with the Judge Reinholdt (the actor who plays Billy) is Ruthless People. It also stars Danny De Vito and Bette Midler.

Eddie Murphy said in a interview he hates guns . He said you see him close his eyes in a action scene holding a gun.

I remember seeing this in the theater with my mom at about 9 years old. It's a wonderful memory, and I really love this movie.

Gold Star on your reaction Duaffy. You had fun with this flick.

Time for “Beverly Hills Cop 2” to up the ante of the Axel Foley sequels.

I'm so glad you chose this one! I love this character so much that the music from this movie remains to this day my ring tone on my phone.

YES! Using those bananas is TOTALLY a Mario Kart move! 🤣

I'm upticking this before I've even watched. It's going to be goooood.

Eddie Murphy's sticker in his movies would always read "Hello, my name is TROUBLE" :o).

Axel Foley laughs at the 2 people in leather suits is funny because he wore the same kind of suit for one of his comedy specials, Delirious.

Coming to America is an amazing Eddie Murphy movie worth checking out. Another recommendation I have is The Long Kiss Goodnight, a 1995 action movie starring Geena Davis and Samuel L Jackson.

Great and fun movie. Thanks for sharing. Saw this in the theater. Trivia: yes there was a time when Detroit detectives were authorized to carry a Browning Hi Power.

In the new Venom sequel, Eddie Brock is wearing the same “Mumford Phys. Ed” t-shirt as Axel. He also wears a Detroit Lions jacket, like in Beverly Hills Cop II.

OMG the 80's had Awesome films... Animal House, Stripes, Ghostbusters, Caddyshack, The Breakfast Club, Fast Times at Ridgemont High... and Many, Many, Many More...

8:54 This guy was in a really good sitcom that ran for 7 years called Perfect Strangers.

I don't like coffee with lemon juice, but a little lemon extract is fine in a cafe au lait, especially with a dash of sugar. You get the lemon cream thing going, with the coffee as a bass note. (Of course whatever form of lemon you are using, if you have it with milk or cream, you must avoid having the milk curdle. So lemon extract, not lemon juice.)

Super cool. Love this movie and this awesome reaction! Rock on, Duaffy!

Yay!! I love these movies. So cool seeing you watch it

Eddie Murphy's laugh in this movie is so contagious that even has you doing it towards the end of the movie

Watching this reaction was so much fun! I saw this and it's sequel in the movie theater as a preteen. Nice to see it through younger eyes.

Very good reaction. Really enjoyed your laugh! lol

One of the all-time greats. God, I forgot that Bronson Pinchot was in this, it's been so long. I'd love to see you do the Star Trek "Genesis" Trilogy. Also Logan, or the Thin Red Line.

Eddy Murphy movies were all misses with me, but I did like this one. Also, Eddy had a hit record in 1985 Party all the time. Great song.

Good choice BTW Axels chief of police was a real Chief of police in Detroit In rela life.

Also dazed and confused you’ll love that, keep up the good work 😊

1. GOOF: An entire truck loaded with EMPTY cigarette boxes.🙄 2. IMVHO Eddies' best movies are "Trading Places and "Coming to America"😎😎 3. Serge/Bronson Pinchot was in a short lived series "Perfect Strangers". 4. Jenny/Jill Eikenberry played Segar in "An Officer and a Gentleman" HINT HINT 5. One of the best bad guys ever!😁

GREAT choice!!! Not many folks reacting too it :) CANT WAIT! A+ 😂🤣😂🤣🤣😂

The funniest thing to me is that you keep calling Billy by his last name. I've seen all three movies and I didn't remember he had a last name.

Maaan i love watching people reacting to the movies of my childhood. This movie predates me by 3 years, but as a kid, growing up we had all the VHSs and i watched all of them almost daily. And it's fun watching someone discovering it for the first time just now alongside my nostalgia. This movie and Die Hard 3 were my favorites up until The Matrix came out. So dear lady, i highly recommend Die Hard 3, if you haven't watched it already. And keep on uploading this videos. I love your reactions and your laugh :)

15:17 I loved your reaction 🤣👍🏼

8:56 Bronson Pinchot also was in a TV series Perfect Strangers with Larry Appleton from March 25, 1986, to August 6, 1993, on the ABC television network here in the USA.

Axel and his childhood friends are from Detroit, a very deprived and poor city in America. They all went their own way, but kept in touch.

The next two are pretty funny and entertaining as well; the Bad Boys and Rush Hour trilogies are worth watching as well