Trading Places (1983)

Apparently inspired by Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper and thematically similar to movies like Man With A Million (The Million Pound Note), this prince and pauper story, a huge comedy success in the 80s but fairly ugly now with its gratuitous T and A, N-words, and only glib social commentary, has a pair of unpleasant New York brokers make a bet to see how a 'have' and a 'have-not' fare when their roles in society are reversed; when the 'have' and the 'have-not' learn of the bet, they seek revenge.

★★★☆☆

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Beverley Hills Cop III (1994)

While investigating his boss's murder, Detroit cop Axel Foley uncovers criminal goings-on at a themepark, in this third Beverly Hills Cop movie worth watching for its George Lucas cameo and to marvel at the sort of dross that constituted blockbuster entertainment in the early 90s.

★★☆☆☆

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The Golden Child (1986)

Following his success in 1985's Beverly Hills Cop, Eddie Murphy loaned his signature laugh to this hugely-popular-at-the-time 1986 fantasy cop drama, pretty much "LA Chinatown Cop" with Axel Foley (here called Chandler Jarrell), a man tasked with protecting a Tibetan "golden child" from a supernatural villain; apart from an unexpected claymation scene and some magic effects, it is fairly humdrum to watch today.

★★☆☆☆

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