BEVERLY HILLS COP: AXEL F

30 years since last appearing onscreen, Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) gets the band back together again with Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and John Taggart (John Ashton) on a mission to keep Axel's LA defense attorney daughter Jane Saunders (Taylour Paige) safe as she attempts to prove the innocence of a suspected cop killer. Making cameo's are franchise characters Jeffrey Friedman (Paul Reiser) and Serge (Bronson Pinchot) while adding new blood the likes of Cade Grant (Kevin Bacon). I'll start off by saying I was against this film when it was first announced. Very few properties from the 1980's/1990's have done well decades later while studios attempt to reboot existing IPs and while this wasn't terrible, it wasn't great either and I still hold firm to my original belief we all could have gone on without it. Luckily it doesn't take away from the franchise but after only one viewing, IMO, it's the weakest (yes, even lower than BEVERLY HILLS COP III which I actually enjoy and don't find to be a terrible film by any stretch of the imagination). While there were some funny moments, the film didn't have the same energy or feel as its predecessors and both the script and story feel lite. I've heard rumors that a 5 may be coming our way and until I'm proven wrong, I'm not excited about that installment at this moment in time either. 6/10