Lethal Weapon
1987, Action/Mystery and thriller, 1h 49m
56 Reviews 250,000+ RatingsWhat to know
The most successful installment in a phenomenally successful series, Lethal Weapon helped redefine action movies for the 1980s and 1990s. Read critic reviews
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Sergeant Martin Riggs
Sergeant Roger Murtaugh
Mr. Joshua
General Peter McAllister
Michael Hunsaker
Trish Murtaugh
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Critic Reviews for Lethal Weapon
All Critics (56) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (45) | Rotten (11)
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Richard Donner directed with an expert eye for action but impaired vision for logic.
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Unfortunately, while Black's assembled all the parts, he's not locked in the conflict early enough, and the good scenes simply aren't enough good to make up for the plot's too-late lock.
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[Gibson and Glover] make a great team, and some of their early adventures are exciting. But the film runs out of gas as it turns into an extended chase sequence.
December 13, 2014 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… -
At center is the first big, juicy mythic-hero part Gibson has had since Mad Max.
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The story, which proceeds with inevitability, is enlivened by Donner's rousing action sequences.
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As action-adventure, it's pointlessly puerile, a movie where the heroes are so childish they try to one-up each other with fancy shots at the pistol range.
May 13, 2013 | Rating: 0.5/4 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Lethal Weapon
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Mar 12, 2016Pretty good action movie that still stands on its own two feet nowadays, The story is very predictable as are most cop/action movies but it's pretty well acted at times and Mel Gibson and Danny Glover were great together.Jamie C Super Reviewer
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Feb 13, 2016One of my favourites. Lethal Weapon has the amazing chemistry between its two leads, as well as providing witty dialogue, cool action sequences and a overall great time. A great classic!Mr N Super Reviewer
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Nov 23, 2015Disclaimer: This review below is a review of "Lethal Weapon: The Director's Cut". Though in the review it will be referred to as just "Lethal Weapon". "Lethal Weapon" is a thrilling action movie. "Lethal Weapon" is has amazing acting from "Mel Gibson" and "Danny Glover". This movie has an thrilling plot to it. Every scene is great except for one. A scene I found stupid was where a car is driver through a house just for fun. "Lethal Weapon" has got a incredible soundtrack to it. It makes the scenes even better. The action scenes in this film are awesome, nothing looks fake. I highly recommend you watch "Lethal Weapon" as it is a awesome 80's movie. And I give "Lethal Weapon" a 8.5/10.Steve G Super Reviewer
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Jun 24, 2013The movie that changed how we see action movies. It's a movie that showed that we can have our cake and eat it too. Not only does it have clever dialogue and interesting characters, we get exciting action too. It's not just another buddy cop movie. I can think of a lot of reasons why I love Lethal Weapon. First off, the characters are very endearing and down right likable. We've got Mel Gibson playing a crazy guy before he himself went crazy in real life. Danny Glover is Roger Murtaugh who's getting to old for this sh- well, you know. The dialogue is more clever than you see in most buddy cop movies. This and Lethal Weapon 2 are on my list for favorite action movies of all time. It proved you don't need a big dumb Hollywood action ending to make a satisfying conclusion. Here we've just got two guys fighting on a lawn and it's awesome. Letter Grade: AChris M Super Reviewer
Lethal Weapon Quotes
| Roger Murtaugh: | I'm too old for this shit. |
| Roger Murtaugh: | God hates me |
| Roger Murtaugh: | God hates me. That's what it is. |
| Martin Riggs: | Hate him back it works for me |
| Martin Riggs: | Hate him back; it works for me. |
| Roger Murtaugh: | I'm too old for this shit. |
| Roger Murtaugh: | So we should just registar you as a lethal weapon? |
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