Production Year: 1987 - Action & Adventure - Director: Richard Donner - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover more
In Richard Donner's thrilling blockbuster, two tough Los Angeles cops--suicidal Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and family man Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover)--are teamed as partners in a... more
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whose killing expertise and suicidal recklessness make him a Lethal Weapon to anyone he works against. Or with. Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) is an easygoing homicid...
Lethal Weapon
Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) is no ordinary cop. He's a Mad Max gone maniacal a man whose
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killing expertise and suicidal recklessness make him a Lethal Weapon to anyone he works against. Or with. Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) is an easygoing homicide dete...
Lethal Weapon
Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) is no ordinary cop. He's a Mad Max gone maniacal a man whose
... more
killing expertise and suicidal recklessness make him a Lethal Weapon to anyone he works against. Or with. Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) is an easygoing homicide detective with a loving family a big house and a pension he doesn't want to lose. Imagine Murtaugh's shock when he learns his partner is a guy with nothing left to lose; wild-eyed burnt-out Martin Riggs. Lethal Weapon is the trill-packed story of two Vietnam-vets-turned-cops who have just one other thing in common; both hate to work with partners. But their partnership becomes the key to survival when a routine murder investigation leads to all-out take-no-prisoners martial-arts-and-machine-guns war with an international heroin ring. Director Richard Donner moves that war at two speeds: fast and faster. Hot LA days and nights explode in one show-topping scene after an other culminating in a no-holds-barred battle between Riggs and his Angel-of-Death nemesis (Gary Busey) - an electrifying sequence incorporating three martial-art-styles and requiring four full nights to film. Fierce fast and frequently funny Lethal Weapon fires off round after round of can't miss entertainment.
Lethal Weapon
Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) is no ordinary cop. He's a Mad Max gone maniacal a man whose
... more
killing expertise and suicidal recklessness make him a Lethal Weapon to anyone he works against. Or with. Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) is an easygoing homicide detective with a loving family a big house and a pension he doesn't want to lose. Imagine Murtaugh's shock when he learns his partner is a guy with nothing left to lose; wild-eyed burnt-out Martin Riggs. Lethal Weapon is the trill-packed story of two Vietnam-vets-turned-cops who have just one other thing in common; both hate to work with partners. But their partnership becomes the key to survival when a routine murder investigation leads to all-out take-no-prisoners martial-arts-and-machine-guns war with an international heroin ring. Director Richard Donner moves that war at two speeds: fast and faster. Hot LA days and nights explode in one show-topping scene after an other culminating in a no-holds-barred battle between Riggs and his Angel-of-Death nemesis (Gary Busey) - an electrifying sequence incorporating three martial-art-styles and requiring four full nights to film. Fierce fast and frequently funny Lethal Weapon fires off round after round of can't miss entertainment.
Lethal Weapon 2
Murtaugh is still the rock-solid family man. Riggs is still the reckless daredevil but now
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he counts the odds before bucking them. Fun it is. And exciting from its breathless opening chase through L.A. streets to its raging gun-battle finale. In between there’s a six-story plummet from a window a booby-trapped toilet a Houdini-like underwater escape and the incredible destruction of a chic hillside slit house “ With Mel and Danny Joe is the third stooge ” director Richard Donner says. That makes three drop-dead funny guys. And one of them is lethal.
Lethal Weapon 3
They’re back in their most successful most explosive most hilarious smash hit yet.
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They come they see they kick butt in a caper that has L.A. police detectives Riggs (Mel Gibson) and Murtaugh (Danny Glover) ripping into a vicious crime ring dealing guns to the streets. Joe Pesci returns as shady ex-mob accountant Leo Getz and Rene Russo adds a lethal kick as Internal Affairs investigator Lorna Cole like Riggs a born risk-taker. Risks are everywhere: a high-rise explodes into dust a housing tract goes up like matchsticks Riggs takes and 80-foot plunge on a motorcycle. Lethal Weapon 3 isn’t just more of everything: it’s the most!
Lethal Weapon 4
Pure dynamite! The Lethal Weapon team has done it again putting the match to the fuse and
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putting the wow! back on screen for 'Lethal Weapon 4'. Mel Gibson and Danny Glover return as buddy cops Riggs and Murtaugh with Joe Pesci riding comedy shotgun as chatterbox Leo. Murtaugh is still the family man. Riggs is still the gonzo loose cannon and - what's this? - family man. His will he/won't he marriage to Cole (Rene Russo) is one of the new wrinkles in this powerhouse crowd-pleaser that also stars comedy favourite Chris Rock and international action star Jet Li. Wedding bells ammo shells explosive laughter - this one's fully loaded!
Production Year: 1995 - Action/Adventure - Director: Mel Gibson - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Mel Gibson, Angus MacFadyen, Sophie Marceau, Catherine McCormack, Patrick McGoohan
Production Year: 1987 - Action/Adventure - Director: Richard Donner - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring:Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Gustav Vintas
Production Year: 1987 - Action & Adventure - Director: Richard Donner - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Danny Glover, Mel Gibson
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Advantages: Great action movie with great acting... Disadvantages: No extras on the DVD!!!
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LETHAL WEAPON: DIRECTOR'S CUT DVD
This version of the film has a longer running time than the original theatrical cut (117 minutes instead of the previous 110 minutes). This is due to the reinsertion of a few scenes - but more on them later.
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THE PLOT
The story of Lethal Weapon is that of LAPD Detective Sergeant Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) who upon turning 50 (and suffering from a post-mid-life ... ...well.
The villains in Lethal Weapon are drug dealers that are connected to the death of Amanda Hunsaker (following the discovery that her suicide wasn't actually suicide - and that she'd taken a cocktail of drugs that would have killed her even if she hadn't jumped from the building) - and are actually pretty nasty pieces of work (although not a patch on the bad guys that appear in Lethal Weapon 2 - but that's another issue for another review... ...
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Plot: Two mismatched cops--one plays by the book, the other is a loose canon--on a mission to infiltrate a massive international drugs ring.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): WARNER HOME VIDEO; CINRAM LOGISTICS
Release date: 11/12/2006
Catalogue No: HD 80080
Barcode: 7321900800808
DVD Description
In Richard Donner's thrilling blockbuster, two tough Los Angeles cops--suicidal Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and family man Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover)--are teamed as partners in a highly unusual case involving a massive international crime ring which has its roots in Vietnam--a place they're both all too familiar with. This film, with its fresh, energetic combination of comedy, drama, and action, managed to spurn three highly successful sequels.
Languages
Main Language: English
Technical information
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Sound: Dolby Digital Surround
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