The performances are exceptional, Richard Donner's direction is still good, and the film is always entertaining, if unfocused.
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09/10/02
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
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Reviews Counted:61
Fresh:33
Rotten:28
Average Rating:5.9/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 7 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Fourth in the series of uber-successful action films directed by Richard Donner. Gibson and Glover return as Los Angeles detectives who can't seem to get through a day without a shooting, a... [More]
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Reviews for Lethal Weapon 4
One could argue about which Lethal Weapon is the best, but No. 4 is certainly the funniest, warmest and most idiosyncratic.
06/18/02
Top Critic...audiences will laugh and cry and even chew on their fingers during the action sequences.
06/05/02
The relationship/humour stuff in Lethal Weapon 4 is pretty much excruciating, mawkish and inane... The second part of Lethal Weapon 044,the action sequences, are much better.
04/12/02
Top CriticExplosiva, hilarante, exagerada, llamativa, enredada, cambiante, disfrutable, divertida, muy divertida.
09/03/01
Although Lethal Weapon 4 is certainly the least of the series, it is a fun popcorn experience.
02/27/01
There's no plot worth describing, no repartee wittier than 'Oh shut up,' no acting moments that rise above the level of posing.
02/14/01
Top CriticIt delivers the action you expect from this series.
01/01/01
...solidly entertaining...
01/01/00
While the action interludes are impressively staged and edited, they strain for originality...
01/01/00
...I think the script by television writer Channing Gibson (no relation) is the funniest of them all.
01/01/00
Crass, vulgar, childish, ultraviolent, profane, stupid and appealing to the lowest common denominator of movie audiences. And yet...
01/01/00
Just another buddy movie about a pair of cops trying to get the bad guys so they can go home and relax with their loved ones.
01/01/00
No longer lethal, Detective Riggs is a crotchety middle-aged weapon now
01/01/00
I started checking my watch after forty minutes.
01/01/00
A highly charged action adventure/comedy drama.
01/01/00
Pretty hideous entry into the Lethal Weapon oeuvre...
01/01/00
There's all kinds of quirks and tidbits that are worth smiling at, but nothing like the original movies, really.
01/01/00
Gag sequences run on too long, some character scenes end too abruptly, and most of the action is completely redundant.
01/01/00
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