Eddie Murphy speaks to Postmedia's Mark Daniell about his new buddy comedy "The Pickup”, which co-stars Pete Davidson and Keke Palmer. The comedy legend reflects on kickstarting the action-comedy genre over 40 years ago with the first "48 Hrs.

Murphy swore to himself that would be his last action role. But then he was offered The Pickup, a new heist pic that casts him and fellow SNL alum Pete Davidson as two armoured truck drivers who find themselves having to protect their load from a group of ruthless criminals led by Keke Palmer.

In the upcoming American action-comedy “The Pickup,” a routine cash pickup takes a wild turn when two mismatched armored truck drivers get ambushed by ruthless criminals. As chaos unfolds, the