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Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

Preceded by: Lethal Weapon (1987)
Succeeded by: Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)

Directed by:
Richard Donner

COUNTRY
USA

GENRE
Buddy cop/Action
NORWEGIAN TITLE
Dødelig våpen II

RUNNING TIME
114 minutes

Produced by:
Richard Donner
Joel Silver
Written by:
Jeffrey Boam


Cast includes:

CHARACTER ACTOR/ACTRESS RATING

Detective Martin Riggs

Mel Gibson
Detective Roger Murtaugh Danny Glover
Leo Getz Joe Pesci
Arjen Rudd Joss Ackland
Pieter Vorstedt Derrick O'Connor -
Rika van den Haas Patsy Kensit -
Trish Murtaugh Darlene Love -
Captain Ed Murphy Steve Kahan -

 

Review

Mel Gibson returns as Martin Riggs, his most iconic and affectatious character – the very definition of 1980s action-hero extravaganza. This sequel picks up so effortlessly where number one left off that we're not sure we're actually watching a different movie. New screenwriter Jeffrey Boam just throws in a few new bad guys and a fairly clever political angle, and off we go. Richard Donner's slick, routine direction and Gibson's star-power does the rest. Whenever the film strays into a somewhat more profound and emotional territory, it yanks itself quickly out of it again, and you realise that's just how it's supposed to be. We're not supposed to feel or think, we're just supposed to be entertained. And Lethal Weapon 2 delivers on that by being just about clever enough that you don't start resenting it.

Copyright © 27.09.2022 Fredrik Gunerius Fevang

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