Tuesday
03Jun2008
Oh Great, 'Beverly Hills Cop 4' Will Be Aimed at Kids
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 8:26PM 
Finally,
Brett Ratner has found his crowd. The most
successful constantly derided film director in Hollywood will guide
Eddie Murphy through sequel hell on
Beverly Hills Cop 4,
which we mentioned last week might not be a
great idea, to put it mildly.
This week,
The Rat is talking to MTV about the fourth
film. “We’re trying to revitalize the franchise. He was one of my favorite movie
characters of all-time, Axel Foley, by far the coolest movie character,” says
Ratner, clearly oblivious to the likes of James Bond, Han Solo, and Bugs Bunny.
Calling it "an honor to be able to direct another Beverly Hills Cop film,” Ratner explains that this one will go in a completely different direction. Whereas all three previous cop movies were rated R, Ratner wants to introduce Axel Foley to pre-teens.
Claims the effusive one, “10-year-old kids, 12-year-old kids don’t really know the old Beverly Hills Cop. So it’s an opportunity to make it new for kids.” Uh...no?
“The same way it felt for me watching Beverly Hills Cop when I was a kid, that’s what I want to do for kids today.” For the record, Ratner was neither ten nor 12 when BHC was released, but rather almost 16. If you weren't sneaking into R-rated movies at 16 in 1984, you were a pansy. So could all this mean a Beverly Hills Cop Happy Meal? Is that what we're looking at? MTV editorializes that if Rambo, John McClane and Indy could come back again, then there should be room for Axel. I'm going to disagree. For starters, there's no way in Hell that character is in the same ballpark as those other three. Sorry. There was one movie in that series worth a damn, and even then, it hasn't aged well. First Blood, Die Hard and Raiders still hold up (you heard me: First Blood holds up). Secondly, there were at least two good flicks in each series. Thirdly, none of those part fours were squarely aimed at people who won't be able to drive until 2013. This idea keeps getting worse.
Reader Comments (5)
It's official: Eddie Murphy is the new Barney (the dinosaur, not Rubble)!
This is going to be a bigger disaster than #3 which felt like it was aimed at a teen crowd.
I miss the good old days when Eddie Murphy said fuck.
It could be educational though...Ratner wants to teach America how to suck...
What? Suck What? Lollipops?
Uh, yeah. Something like that.