For those of you that are unfortunate enough to have never seen either Beverly Hills Cop or 48 Hrs., they’re about probably the pinnacle of the action comedy genre.
It’s also regarded as the first ever entry into the buddy cop genre, as it was followed by Lethal Weapon, Rush Hour and a certain Beverly Hills Cop.
Screenwriter David Stassen has admitted that while writing Central Intelligence, he drew looked to some of the classics of the genre for inspiration.
Ike and I grew up watching action-comedies – Beverly Hills Cop and 48 Hrs, and all movies like that, and that was what we wanted to write.