Lethal Weapon

Name: Lethal Weapon
Genre: Action, Thriller
Released: 1987-03-06
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 7.285
Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitchell Ryan, Tom Atkins

If these two can learn to stand each other... the bad guys don't stand a chance.

6 March 1987EN 7.3110 min

Action Thriller

PlotA veteran cop and an unstable detective become partners who must put their differences aside in order to bring down a heroin-smuggling ring run by ex-Special Forces.

Budget: $15,000,000Box Office: $120,207,127

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Viewer Opinions (8)

John Chard@John Chard

★★★★☆ 8.0

All what else is needed is a star duo with buoyant chemistry - thankfully Richard Donner's production has it by the clip load. Light on plot and persona development, Lethal Weapon none the less shines bright as a beacon of how a buddy buddy action film should be done. Mel Gibson is Riggs, a trigger happy suspected loony on the ragged edge, wonderfully playing off of Danny Glover's (superb) "too old for this nonsense" sage old copper. …

31 December 2018VerifiedUser Review

Filmmakers

Producer
Joel Silver

Original Music Composer
Eric Clapton

Producer
Richard Donner

Director of Photography
Stephen Goldblatt

Original Music Composer
Michael Kamen

Screenplay
Shane Black

Director
Richard Donner

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Viewer Comments

Sarah Perez

Here's the thing: every shot feels like a painting. Do yourself a favor and see this.

CinemaSerf

Initially it's the murder of a well-connected hooker and daughter of a marine colleague of "Murtaugh" from Vietnam that sees the two forced together, but it's not long before the Laurel and Hardy of modern policing are delivering results, especially when they find themselves on the trail of some big-time drug smugglers who are probably implicated in her murder. Gibson and Glover just click here.