Lethal Weapon Movie Information
Genre:
Action | Comedy
Main Cast:
Mel Gibson
Danny Glover
Lethal Weapon Series:
Lethal Weapon 1 - 1993
Lethal Weapon 2 -(1989)
Lethal Weapon 3 -(1992)
Lethal Weapon 4 -(1998)
Director:
Richard Donner (all 4 Lethal Weapon series)
About the movie:
Lethal Weapon is an action movie series about a quarreling team-up of two of Los Angeles Cops played by Mel Gibson (as Martin Riggs) and Danny Glover (as Roger Murtaugh).
The movie is about the incompatibility of two cops and how they manage their team-up as crime fighter and as buddies. Martin Riggs is the rebel type with suicidal tendencies since he lost his wife from a car accident. On the Other hand, Roger Murtaugh is a family guy, a homebody and a conservative 50 year old man. In spite of being mellow, Murtaugh could be as tough as Riggs when it comes to catching criminals. They worked together to investigate the death of Riggs' wife but unintentionally unmasked a huge drug-smuggling operation run by the Shadow Company, a group of Vietnam War veterans lead by a retired General Peter McAllister.
The elements of an action movie could be seen here - chase scenes, bomb explosions, weapons, hostages, violence, heroes and villains. These are the common things that we always see in an action movie. But what sets out this movie from the others? Well, its the chemistry between Mel Gibson and Danny Glover that makes this movie more exciting and appealing than the action scenes.
MOVIE CRITIC REVIEW:
"A vivid, visceral reminder of just how exciting an action film can be."
Richard Harrington
Washington Post