Lethal Weapon 2
1 Oscar Nominations
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Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.
What critics thought
Lethal Weapon 2 lands as a crowd-pleasing sequel that largely replicates what worked the first time — Gibson and Glover's chemistry, the mix of action and comedy — without pushing much further. Critics were broadly positive but noted the film runs on formula, and a late-film loss of control was a common complaint; the anti-apartheid message earned some credit, though reviewers questioned whether the politics amounted to more than window dressing around the car crashes.
“Before it skids out of control in the final sequence, the film is so careful to preserve its successful comic-action formula that it follows the most basic law of sequels. If you liked Lethal Weapon, you'll like Lethal Weapon 2; it's almost as simple as that.”
The New York Times
“though it's nice to have a big-audience action movie attacking apartheid and the slaughter of sea mammals, instead of acting as an enlistment poster for the Army Air Corps, local vigilante groups or the reopening of the Vietnam War, the sentiments don't really transcend the car crashes.”
Michael Wilmington·Los Angeles Times
Genres
Action, Thriller, Crime
Cast & Crew
DirectorRichard Donner
StarringMel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Joss Ackland, Derrick O'Connor
ComposerDavid Sanborn, Michael Kamen, Eric Clapton
Lethal Weapon 2
1 Oscar Nominations
Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.
What critics thought
Lethal Weapon 2 lands as a crowd-pleasing sequel that largely replicates what worked the first time — Gibson and Glover's chemistry, the mix of action and comedy — without pushing much further. Critics were broadly positive but noted the film runs on formula, and a late-film loss of control was a common complaint; the anti-apartheid message earned some credit, though reviewers questioned whether the politics amounted to more than window dressing around the car crashes.
“Before it skids out of control in the final sequence, the film is so careful to preserve its successful comic-action formula that it follows the most basic law of sequels. If you liked Lethal Weapon, you'll like Lethal Weapon 2; it's almost as simple as that.”
The New York Times
“though it's nice to have a big-audience action movie attacking apartheid and the slaughter of sea mammals, instead of acting as an enlistment poster for the Army Air Corps, local vigilante groups or the reopening of the Vietnam War, the sentiments don't really transcend the car crashes.”
Michael Wilmington·Los Angeles Times
Genres
Action, Thriller, Crime
Cast & Crew
DirectorRichard Donner
StarringMel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Joss Ackland, Derrick O'Connor
ComposerDavid Sanborn, Michael Kamen, Eric Clapton
Rent/Purchase