LOS ANGELES, June 21 (Reuters) - Thirty years since his

third and last outing, Eddie Murphy's "Beverly Hills Cop" Axel

Foley is back on another investigation.

New Netflix ( NFLX ) film "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F" sees the

rule-breaking police officer return to Beverly Hills when he

discovers his estranged, public defender daughter Jane (Taylour

Paige) is in danger after her investigation into a murder

uncovers corruption in the Beverly Hills Police Department.

Murphy, who is joined by fellow original cast members Judge

Reinhold and John Ashton, premiered the film on Thursday,

fittingly across the road from the real Beverly Hills Police

Department, where much of the action is set.

However, this red carpet - where Murphy was joined by actor

Martin Lawrence, musician Lil Nas X and others - was a far cry

from the first screening of the original 1984 film.

"The first premiere was... an industry screening I went to

and it didn't go well with the audience... Then I went to see it

with a real audience and then I saw the real reaction to it,"

Murphy said.

"Beverly Hills Cop" went on to gross over $300 million

worldwide and became an iconic '80s movie. Two other films

followed in 1987 and 1994.

"This is a big part of people's lives... it was a hit and

everybody loved it but it was more than that. They kind of

warmed to it," said actor Paul Reiser, who reprises his role as

Jeffrey Friedman.

"It's like comfort food. It's like we love that movie, we

grew up on that movie."

The new movie also refers to the 1980s, director Mark Molloy

said.

"I looked at those first two films and I was like, I want to

make a film like that," he said.

"I wanted to ground it and make it humble and also I wanted

to shoot everything in camera, make some mistakes. Those films

are imperfect... and I wanted to embrace that and create a film

that felt very nostalgic but was in the contemporary world."

The film, which begins streaming on July 3, also stars Kevin

Bacon as a sinister senior cop and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as

Foley's new sidekick.

"I'm happy the movie worked out right and that it's

super-audience friendly," Murphy said.

"It's always great when you do a good movie."