Advantages: great action and entertainment Disadvantages: none
the death of his wife.
Riggs is an expert at many things, including shooting and martial arts, and with his violent nature he is considered to be a 'Lethal Weapon'.
With Murtaugh deliberating whether Riggs is actually insane or just trying to play the police system it is not long before he realises which it is?.
As the dynamic duo dig further into the apparent suicide they soon realise that they are becoming involved in more than they bargained for? including Heroin smuggling, army special forces and a rather bizarre blond man named Mr Joshua, (played by Gary Busey).
**SOUNDTRACK**
1. Amanda
2. Meet Martin Riggs
3. Roger
4. Coke Deal
5. Mr. Joshua
6. They've Got my Daughter
7. The Desert
8. Nightclub
9. The Weapon
10. Theme From Lethal Weapon
**IN CONCLUSION**
A great entertaining movie right from the start ...
Advantages: Buddy movie; humour; Gary Busey; stunts Disadvantages: The Sequels that followed
Some movies just don't seem to age at all, and despite Gibson's trademark 80's mullet Lethal Weapon is one of them. This is not your typical Schwarzenegger-esque blow-shit-up-just-for-the-sake-of-it action movie, followed by a host of witty one liners (which I still love by the way); this is actually a respectably paced movie about two mismatched cops, whose irreconcilable personalities are interestingly developed throughout. The stunts aren't half bad either (definitely no CGI here).
Danny Glover is the safe, no nonsense cop, Roger Murtaugh, on the verge of retirement, who has a nice family and nice home to be proud of. On the contrary, Mel Gibson stars as Martin Riggs, a cop on the edge after the recent death of his wife, who no one wants to work with- he is the "lethal weapon", trained in martial arts and ais n expert in ...
Advantages: more great action/comedy from the dangerous duo Disadvantages: none
Director: Richard Donner
Producers: Richard Donner and Joel Silver
Writers: Shane Black, Warren Murphy and Jeffrey Boam.
Starring: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Derrick O'Conner, Patsy Kensit and Joss Ackland.
Released in the summer of 1989 this 1 hour and 54 minute sequel to the popular Lethal Weapon movie hoped to be as good as its predecessor.
**BRIEF PLOT**
When officer Martin Riggs, (played by Mel Gibson), and officer Roger Murtaugh, (played by Danny Glover) come across a car boot full of Kruger ands (African gold coins) they soon realise that there is more to the bounty than first thought?
Meanwhile, the pair are assigned to protect Leo Getz, (played by Joe Pesci) who is a witness for the prosecution, as he was working as an accountant for a south African smuggling gang.
The L.A. officers are ...
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