4BYE

Exactly 40 years after the first movie, and also the year I started my video rental store in the Netherlands, we enjoyed this movie full of nostalgia. I still know the number of the VHS cassette of Beverly Hills Cop. I must have rent it out many times. I love the way they got the old cast in this movie again. The music was great too, some with a different twist, but very recognizable. I think it will be appreciated more by people that enjoyed the original movie. My advice would be to see it before watching this one, to get more of the jokes. You can see they spent around $150 million to make this movie with all the stunts and action going on again. I have seen much better movies in the last years, but enjoyed this one very much. Sometimes it's just about entertaining, some laughs and in this case some nostalgia.

I'm afraid this movie gets so many poor reviews from religious people not wanting this story made into the movie it has become. It almost seems that it is organized to write so many reviews with just one star. To give a movie of this quality just one star means you don't know anything about movies at all. I understand it's hard to accept a different vision or view from the makers but for me it was a great movie with special effects I have not seen much of before. I didn't see this movie for religious reasons, I like the way they made me believe I was looking at old Egypt. If you don't mind a different view of the biblical story and like movies of this kind you cannot be disappointed.

If you're not into movies like these, don't go watch it. Seeing so many negative reviews, it must be because the viewers don't appreciate this mix of dark humor, drama, romance, thriller and some horror. It's shot beautifully and the acting is great. I still see many movies and had a video rental store for 26 years. If a movie can surprise me in a good way, it must be a great movie. And of course there are better movies, but this one really surprised me in a positive way. I loved the performance of Daniel Radcliffe. It's fun to see him doing well in other movies than the Potter series. It's promising for the next movies in which he will star in.