‘Beverly Hills Cop’ Star Says ‘Axel F’ Will Redeem Derailed Franchise

Eddie Murphy is again in “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” … and, it is gonna redeem the franchise after the third movie bombed with critics and followers — so says Bronson Pinchot.

The actor — who’s performed the flamboyant fan-favorite Serge for the reason that 1984 unique — tells TMZ ‘Axel F’ has the key sauce that made the primary two movies ’80s blockbusters … specifically, your entire OG forged is again in a narrative that is classic buddy cop.

BP makes use of the metaphor of his beloved chook flying right into a wall to explain the ‘BHC3’ flop — however, the chook survived, and he says the collection is mending in a lot the identical method.

FWIW … Eddie additionally just lately blasted the third movie, telling Seth Meyers it lacked “a great villain,” which should not be an issue this time — ‘trigger Kevin Bacon‘s enjoying the massive dangerous within the new flick … a plot twist EM spoiled on “Late Night” … Oops.

BP says embodying Serge as soon as once more was a snap … including he is requested on a regular basis to do the character by followers through Cameo … so he had no bother slipping proper again into the position.

As for getting again along with the outdated gang — which past EM consists of Choose Reinhold, John Ashton and Paul Reiser — try the clip. Sounds just like the crew’s nonetheless tight as ever.