Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F — release date, trailer, cast and everything we know about the new Eddie Murphy comedy

Good news for fans of the funny and savvy Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy), Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F sees the police officer back in action in what is the fourth movie in the comedy franchise, and the film is now available to watch on Netflix.

Speaking to Netflix site Tudum, mega-producer Jerry Bruckheimer shared, "Eddie's such an incredible artist. He can do drama, he can do comedy — he can do anything. And he's the same Axel Foley. He's still on the streets. He's still doing what he does. Obviously with age you get wiser. But he still has the twinkle in his eye."

Here's everything we know including reviews for the movie...

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F release date

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F was released on Netflix on Wednesday 3 July, 2024.

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F plot

Here is the official synopsis of Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F:

"Detective Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) is back on the beat in Beverly Hills. After his daughter's life is threatened, she (Taylour Paige) and Foley team up with a new partner (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and old pals Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and John Taggart (John Ashton) to turn up the heat and uncover a conspiracy."

The script for Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F was penned by Will Beall, Tom Gormican and Kevin Etten.

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F reviews

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F has a 69 per cent score on Rotten Tomatoes at the time of writing. Our Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F review gave the movie a four-star rating. We wrote: "The return of Eddie Murphy's cocky, loudmouth cop, not to mention old favorites Judge Reinhold, John Ashton and Bronson Pinchot, will have 1980s nostalgics smiling."

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F cast

As previously stated, Eddie Murphy is back as Axel Foley. Murphy hardly needs an introduction as one of the most successful comedians/actors in history. The Golden Globe, Grammy and Emmy winner is a Saturday Night Live veteran who has starred in several comedy movie franchises including The Nutty Professor, Shrek, Coming to America and of course, Beverly Hills Cop. He's also starred in other movies like Dream Girls, You People and Candy Cane Lane.

Rounding out the cast are Judge Reinhold (The Santa Clause), John Ashton (Gone Baby Gone), Paul Reiser (Stranger Things), Bronson Pinchot (Perfect Strangers), Taylour Paige (Zola), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Project Power) and Kevin Bacon (Leave the World Behind).

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F trailer

Take a look at the trailer below. Axel may have gotten a little older but his hijinks are still very much youthful and fun.

On June 10, Netflix offered up a sneak peek of the movie where Axel is on a quest to steal a helicopter.

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F director

Mark Molloy took to the director’s chair for Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. The movie marks his feature directorial debut.