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Lethal Weapon

Lethal Weapon

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

6 March 1987EN 7.3110 min
ActionThriller
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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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

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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.
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