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This would've been better than the 2nd if...

posted 3 months ago by WrepDrep (379)
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Eddie Murphy hadn't tried to make a John McClane out of Axel Foley.

It had the settings of a great feel-good action comedy, unlike the 2nd one which went too action but not enough comedy.
But this time it was let down by a depressed Eddie Murphy who refused to improvise because he wanted to portray a bad ass instead of a clown. Wrong movie series for that.

He eventually got the movie he wanted - Metro, a good movie. Shame he had to ruin this one first.

[–] Cognoscente (2642) 3 months ago

In an interview for Playboy that Eddie did a few years beforehand, he claimed that the ideal plot for a part III would have been Die Hard.

[–] TMC-4 (20121) 2 months ago

It's kind of explains why Steven E. de Suza, who did the screenplay for Die Hard was brought in.