I understand it's an iconic theme song, but after an hour I'm really sick of it

This movie holds up. It's a stone cold classic. That said, there are two things that really jump out at me this time around: First off, Axel had a short window of time off and chose that time to drive that junker of his across the country. That's a two day drive! Now there is an idea for a prequel. Axel's two day cross country road trip. Secondly...maybe espresso and the idea of what "coffee beans" are was a new concept at the time but the whole "lets disguise drugs in the coffee" thing had to be explained THREE TIMES. This is what makes him a brilliant detective? Was coffee that new of a novelty in 1984 that audiences needed it spelled out so many times? Anyway, still love this movie. Still perfect.

As a kid I used to love this movie! I remember laughing throughout the entire movie and watching it over and over again. Now I've rewatched it and must say times have changed. It a decent action/comedy, maybe even better than most recent Hollywood efforts, but it's nothing more than that. If anything; it's a great look into the 80's. The theme music is legendary, Eddie Murphy's fast trashtalk, laughing and movements are iconic, and the whole interaction and atmosphere breathes 80's. Unfortunately the 80's are more than 20 years ago and this movie feels just as oldfashioned as Madonna's (then) revolutionary videoclips from that same time.. The rebel behaviour is not so rebel anymore, the jokes are rather lame, times have changed.. I still enjoyed it, but wouldn't recommend this as a great action/comedy, but more as a great example of a general 80's movie, just like Ferris Bueller and The Breakfast Club.

Very middle of the road and bland, I never understood the appeal of this one. It’s like watching _Lethal Weapon_ if you’d take out the strong characters and banter. I think Eddie Murphy carries this for a lot of people, for me he isn’t all that funny here, and his portrayal of the Axel character is filled with all these dated black stereotypes. At times it can feel like you’re watching proto Michael Bay because of that, very similar use cultural stereotypes, unfunny overacting and stupid dialogue. On top of that, this has no visual identity, the score and needle drops are way too cheesy (even for the 80s) and there are no memorable action scenes or concepts to spice things up either. 4/10

It holds up pretty well. They don't make films like this anymore but there weren't anything too obvious in there that hadn't aged well. The whole soundtrack is a bop, theme music is iconic and Eddie Murphy, man. Hilarious.