Lethal Weapon
Working on the same case of the murder of a young girl strengthen the friendship of two depressed and contradicted cops, who struggle against the boring life they have, as they have to cooperate in order to solve the case and they mange to find out a dangerous drugs gang, the thing that leads them to be well known cops.
22 June 1952, Van Nuys, California, USA
4 October 1938, USA
1961, Plainfield, New Jersey, USA
18 November 1948, Vernon, Eure, France
26 February 1925, Newark, New Jersey, USA
12 September 1960, Tainan, Taiwan
29 June 1944, Goose Creek, Texas, USA
December 06, 2013
What this premise needs is a serviceable plot, but screenwriter Shane Block hasn't provided one. Indeed, for an action thriller, Lethal Weapon is unacceptably slow.
December 06, 2013
Thanks to a peculiar chemistry and a terrific script, Mel Gibson and Danny Glover lift this movie above mere TV-cop fodder.
December 06, 2013
At center is the first big, juicy mythic-hero part Gibson has had since Mad Max.
May 13, 2013
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.
December 13, 2014
[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.
July 07, 2009
From a distance, Lethal Weapon might appear generic, but a closer look reveals something special.
December 06, 2013
The story, which proceeds with inevitability, is enlivened by Donner's rousing action sequences.
December 06, 2013
Implausibility is a large part of the entertainment in this romp par excellence, with each overblown set piece becoming ever more ludicrous.
March 06, 2017
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.
May 13, 2013
Nothing, however, can really prepare audiences for the generally good, though offbeat, performances, gritty action and serio-comic exploits of the Good Guys vs. the Bad Guys.
