Just recently re-released to DVD are the Beverly Hills Cop films from the hey day of Eddie Murphy’s career.

Eddie plays a Detroit cop who receives a mysterious visit from his old friend Mikey. Mikey is promptly killed and Eddie sets out on the warpath to find his killer. Enjoy again all that wonderful eighties Synth-pop and Eddie’s antics as he hi jinks around Beverly Hills looking for the killer of his friend.

My Favourite line from the film comes from when Det. Rosewood (Judge Reinhold of Fast Times at Ridgemont High fame) and Sgt. Taggert (John  Ashton) begin to live up to his expectations in bending the law and he says: soon they will have “..big dicks and afro’s”.

One of the most interesting things about this successful series of films is that originally the character Eddie Murphy plays was cast for Sylvester Stallone!