Following our previous Eddie Murphy list that sorted his 80s-era run, we thought it'd be fun to do the same with the actor's next batch ...
, Shadyac points the camera and lets his star do the heavy lifting. Except, for every great moment inStill, the costume and makeup design are incredible, and the splashy special effects are convincing. Unfortunately, Murphy can’t elevate the picture to another gear, resulting in an enjoyable comedy that doesn’t reach the highs of his best work..
Yeah, it’s all relatively lightweight, but the ever-charismatic Murphy and a strong supporting cast — Eartha Kitt, David Alan Grier, Martin Lawrence, Grace Jones, Chris Rock — are enough to makeis surprisingly touching, even deftly told, about two friends serving a lifetime in prison together. Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence play Ray and Claude, a pair of bootleggers who end up in the slammer after a racist cop frames them for murder in 1932 Mississippi.
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