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10Feb2009

Ratner Vows 'Beverly Hills Cop' Will Be Rated R

DateTuesday, February 10, 2009 at 5:47PM
Brett Ratner has promised that Beverly Hills Cop 4 will not be the family-friendly romp it was once believed to be. Talking to MTV, The Rat said, "It's a hard R," inferring that there will be plenty of violence and bad language. That's good, at least as far as this film goes.

Oh, and another thing: “We’re not going to call it 4," Ratner insisted. “It will be a new Beverly Hills Cop. I’m going to reintroduce it to a contemporary audience. I’m going to take the best of the first two films and put it into the new one.”

That's all well and good, but aren't we over Eddie Murphy as a society? I realize this is going to be a hard R or whatever and Brian Robbins isn't directing, but hasn't his act worn thin? Not to The Rat.

"Eddie is a genius,” swears the director, leaving us at a loss for words.

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"Eddie is a genius"; this IS 1984, right? Excuse me while I ease out of this tight spot I crammed myself into...

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterBrett Ratner's Head

When will these remakes, reinventions, new takes, variations on a theme, unoriginality in buckets stop? This sort of thing makes me wish all to hell that those little known movies that critics rave about but no one ever sees, because they only have limited runs in out of the way indie/art theaters, got wide releases instead.

Granted, some of this re-envisioned stuff does work but really a new Beverly Hills Cop that's rated R? Reintroduce it to a "contemporary audience" nice but shouldn't that be to a limited audience? The lack of creativity is more glaring than a fleet of klieg lights on the red carpet. What's wrong with making a movie (if it's such a great idea) and branding it with its own title if it's going to be so different from the original? Perhaps because no one would go near it without it having the title of a successful film attached?

I''m betting this film will fly in the same way that blisteringly updated cinematic wonder Miami Vice did... fly like a lead balloon.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterAsana

God this annoys me so much it makes my teeth hurt... I'm gonna go Christian Bale on somebody's ass!

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterAsana

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