As much of a big fan as I am of the first two movies this one is awful. The settings are terrible, the story is terrible, the music is terrible (amongst other things they added orchestra and horns to the classic Axel F theme which sounds ridiculous...you don't mess with perfection) and whatever character Eddie Murphy is playing he barely resembles Axel Foley.
Taggart is retired in Arizona and Axel reacts to it like he hardly ever knew him undoing the strong bonds that had been established in the first two movies. When he meets Serge it's also something similar...not to mention they turned away from the hard hitting buddy cop comedy of the originals and went full goofball slapstick. This movie should never have been made and is a stain on the franchise.