Why the 'Beverly Hills Cop" director chose to film an actual car falling off a building over using CGI: 'The stakes are real, and the danger is real.'

Melinda Sue Gordon

• Director Mark Molloy chose to use practical effects for the 'Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F' action scenes.
• Molloy aimed to replicate the gritty realism of the original films from the '80s.
• "I wanted to ground it," Molloy said. "The stakes are real, and the danger is real."

In an era when everything from car chases to even kisses in movies can be done with computer-generated visual effects...