A good movie

By now, I have seen almost all the movies starring Eddie Murphy (I think I miss only 4 movies). The weird thing is that I'm not even a huge fan of this guy but his movies very often come up on the various Dutch channels so I always end up checking them, out of sheer curiosity of boredom. Nowadays, he shows up in the most inane features and his career doesn't have much credibility. Still, the guy has made a few good movies, especially in the 80's, and this flick is definitely one of them. Basically, it is one of your typical buddy action flick with a tough cop (played by Nick Nolte) and a clueless civilian (played by Eddie Murphy). To be honest, the whole thing was not really original but they used very well the rules of the formula and the whole thing was just really entertaining and pretty often really funny. Recently I saw 'Raw' and I was amazed about how hilarious Eddie Murphy could be. The point is that if you give him the right material, the guy could be really amazing. Unfortunately, for the last 20 years at least, he has been involved in some very stupid movies but, at least, his acting debut was pretty good. If there is someone I wish would make a come-back, he would be on my top 3 (Linsay Lohan would be there too). Anyway, it is one of his (very few) good movies and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

7/10