Good golly, Miss Molly!

So far, so good. I'm here as promised and I watched a movie last night that I feel I can do justice recapping. I warned you that these wouldn't be new or even domestic movies most of the time, so on to IT-

(Maybe with recents talks of there being a BH Cop 4, it will seem relevant-ish.)

I hear the frenzied cries of "There must be Judge Reinhold in the new sequel!", but I counter with cries of "There must be some GIL HILL!"

AH, Mr. Hill.

Damn fine actor. I doubt the audience was meant to spend the last 2/3 of the movie wondering when the hell Inspector Todd would show up again and be his kick-ass studly self, but then again, maybe it was just me.

Beverly Hills Cop. Made Eddie Murphy a household name. Kickstarted the buddy cop genre. Showcased Bronson Pinchot's talent, that has, sadly, fallen by the wayside.

But what stands out for me is that Martin Brest (from his commentary) chose to make this film a study of character, rather than fine tuned plot or heavy handed action. (Nicely underplayed, Bruckheimer.)

Aforementioned Reinhold as the Laurel to John Ashton's Hardy? Bril. Let's ignore the fact that Billy Rosewood is much too soft and delicate to be handling guns and drug trafficking criminals. Even with Billy's idiot-savant sure-shot aim aside, Rosewood and Taggart are an enjoyable pair to watch.

Detective Rosewood: Wow. You know, it says here that by the time the average American is fifty, he has five pounds of undigested red meat in his bowels.

Sergeant Taggart: Why are you telling me this? What makes you think I have any interest in that at all?

Detective Rosewood: Well, you eat a lot of red meat.

The minute I saw him, I was reminded of his hilarious cameo in Arrested Development and I feared I would not be able to get through the movie without William Hung in my ear warbling "Day Court with J.Reinhold!" But at least Judge has a sense of humor and does a charming job in the film.

Trivia- Sylvester Stallone originally had this project and most of the cast was meant for his Italian fish-out-of-violent-water vehicle. Thus, art gallery owner Jenny Summers was assigned childhood friend instead of romantic interest.

I hate to assume that they made the change because America wasn't ready for some interracial romance. Instead I will applaud them for realizing that forcing a romance into the plot would have been cheesy and overdone. Bravo! I realized how jaded I was as a viewer when I began to suspect her of foul play because they were not flirting immediately. Tsk.

I don't know if most movies employ real strippers for stripper roles, but BHC did and she is awesome for 3 reasons.

1) Her stage name is Mouse.

2) She suggested and won the decision to play "Nasty Girl" for her dance.

3) She does a move that rocks socks, but I don't know if I can describe correctly. You kick out both heels, throw your arms back, and toss your head/hair back... all at the same time. Ideal if you have a strong backlit position and a red feather boa.

Now that I think about it, I believe most film strippers are real strippers. It's hard to do that role justice without having lived it for real. Kudos, ladies of the night stage.

And finally, to speak of another silver fox- Ronny Cox, ladies and gentlemen. You, sir, are no Gil Hil, but you do pretty fine yourself.