Lethal Weapon 2

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Directed by

Richard Donner

Starring (View all)

Mel Gibson
Martin Riggs

Danny Glover
Roger Murtaugh

Joe Pesci
Leo Getz

Joss Ackland
Arjen Rudd

Derrick O'Connor
Pieter Vorstedt

Patsy Kensit
Rika Van Den Haas

Darlene Love
Trish Murtaugh

Traci Wolfe
Rianne Murtaugh

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Jeffrey Boam
(screenplay)

Shane Black
(story)

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A good movie

11 years, 4 months ago at Dec 28 8:54

johanlefourbe

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Personally, I always had a weak spot for those ‘Lethal Weapon’ flicks and, even if this sequel is not as highly regarded as its predecessor, I still think it is actually pretty good. Indeed, I just saw it again yesterday and I was amazed about how good Mel Gibson and Danny Glover were in this. Indeed, they were really badass, quite often really hilarious and they still had this great chemistry... read more

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7 years, 10 months ago at Jul 1 21:24

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So I am going to finish the remaining films of this series. Richard Donner returns to the director's chair. Shane Black returns to write the story. A lot of the actors return for their roles as well. I have never heard or seen anything written by Warren Murphy. Jeffrey Boam however wrote Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Dead Zone, and The Lost Boys. Let's get on with round 2 of Lethal Weapon sh... read more

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Description: Lethal Weapon 2 re-teams Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as, respectively, "loose cannon" L.A. detective Martin Riggs and his partner, the cautious family man Roger Murtaugh. The villain this time is a South African diplomat (Joss Ackland) who doubles as a drug dealer. Lethal Weapon 2, of course, contains as one of its comic high-points a now famous suspense scene: Mel Gibson agonizingly attempting to extricate a terrified Danny Glover from a booby-trapped toilet seat. Director Richard Donner, Gibson, Glover, and Joe Pesci would be reunited three years later for Lethal Weapon 3 and in 1998 for Lethal Weapon 4. Synopsi ... (more)

Release date: 7 July 1989
UPC: 085391187622

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