Lethal Weapon 2
by Richard Donner
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Actor: Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Joss Ackland, Mel Gibson, Patsy KensitDirector: Richard Donner
Brand: Warner Bros
Producer: Richard Donner
Producer: Jennie Lew Tugend
Producer: Joel Silver
Producer: Peter Frankfurt
Writer: Jeffrey Boam
Writer: Shane Black
Writer: Warren Murphy
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 114 minutes
Published: 1997-07-01
DVD Release Date: 1997-07-30
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Lethal Weapon 2
Movie Review: The Return of Murtaugh and Riggs
Summary: 5 Stars
With the success of the original film, Warner Brothers knew they had a good thing going and brought back Murtaugh (Danny Glover) and Riggs (Mel Gibson) for another go around. Like all of the LETHAL WEAPON movies, LETHAL WEAPON 2 has the duo trying to bring down a drug cartel. Like the group in the first movie, this group is international in scope, but this time around the ring leaders also happen to be diplomats of the South African government and are seemingly immune to the local laws. Still, just to be sure they do everything they can to get rid of Murtaugh and Riggs so that their thriving and extremely profitable business survives.
The film also has a couple of subplots. Early in the film, Riggs and Murtaugh are assigned to protect a federal informant. That man turns out to be Leo Getz (Joe Pesci). Getz's role could easily have been a minor part, but Pesci pours on the charm and steals almost every scene he is in. Getz provided Pesci with a character that seem to have a perfect balance between the edgy Pesci characters we see in films such as GOODFELLAS and his comedic talents. The other subplot involves Riggs romantic involvement with a secretary of the South Africans, Rika van den Haas (Patsy Kensit). Their relationship doesn't last the film, but is important because it shows that Riggs is beginning to live with the death of his wife and move on with his life.
LETHAL WEAPON 2 built on the success of the first film and just made everything better. There are some unforgettable scenes in the movie, such as the famous "toilet scene" or the scene where Riggs "brings down the house" which have become classic movie moments. The film also proved that the chemistry between Glover and Gibson wasn't just a fluke.
LETHAL WEAPON 2 also had something that the first movie didn't: a message. The film was made at the height that apartheid in South Africa was on the verge of coming to an end. It's the only movie I know of that used the bigotry of the government establishment of old South Africa as the source for film villains. The movie tries to point out how bad apartheid is. Of course, the message is really just superficial because this is an action movie after all. Probably the real reason the bad guys were South Africans was because the Cold War was coming to an end and you can't pick on the Russians when they're not your enemies anymore. Which also partially explains why the bad guys in the 3rd installment turn out to be ex-cops.
Summary of Lethal Weapon 2
Mel Gibson (Actor), Danny Glover (Actor), Richard Donner (Director) | Rated: Unrated | Format: DVD
- # DVD Release Date: July 30, 1997
- # Run Time: 114 minutes
The series formula started to kick in with this immediate sequel to Lethal Weapon, but that doesn't necessarily make it a weak movie. Joe Pesci joins the fold, Richard Donner directs again, and Mel Gibson and Danny Glover return as LAPD partners, their relationship smoother now that Gibson's character has recovered from his maddening grief over his wife's death. But the reckless Mel and cautious Danny equation, good for a million laughs, settles into place in this story involving a South African smuggler and a new girlfriend (Patsy Kensit) for Gibson. The movie is hardly comfy, though. The last act gets nasty, and a climactic fight between Gibson (who gets the worst of it) and some high-kicking villain is ugly. --Tom Keogh
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