After 30 years, actor/comedian Eddie Murphy is reprising his most famous role — Detective Axel Foley of the Detroit Police Department — in “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F,” debuting Wednesday on Netflix.
A street-smart, wisecracking plainclothes detective, Foley tends to rub people the wrong way. In 1984’s “Beverly Hills Cop” — the original entry in the franchise that catapulted Murphy to international stardom — Foley goes to Beverly Hills, California, to solve the murder of his friend, where he’s out of his jurisdiction...