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Overall Rating
3.5

Awesome40.74%
Worth A Look: 16.67%
Average: 9.26%
Pretty Bad: 18.52%
Total Crap: 14.81%

2 reviews, 42 user ratings


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"The worst direct sequel to a great film since Rocky III."
2 stars

Lethal Weapon is arguably one of the best films ever made, and certainly the best of the Buddy-Cop genre. It offered an exceptional insight into the life of a man who is looking for just one reason to not kill himself and then very, very slowly allows him to develop that reason. It also mixes in some dark humour so that the audience is not left suicidal itself. And while the humour in itself is a magical part of this great film it is also the catalyst for the demise of the ideal as started by the dreadful sequel Lethal Weapon 2. Lethal Weapon 2 is nothing but an extremely bad attempt to create a comedy out of what was a superb first film.

Lethal Weapon 2 carries on the story of the relationship between detective Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and his partner Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover). In this ridiculous attempt at a story the Abbott and Costello of cop films are assigned to protect a mob witness, Leo Getz (Joe Pesci) from the nasty bad guys. In this case, the bad guys are South African diplomats who are smuggling drugs under the cloak of "diplomatic immunity". Riggs gets involved with a member of the embassy who looks like Bugs Bunny in drag (only not as good) played by Patsy Kensit. Ms Bunny has a close and ludicrous link to Riggs first, deceased wife, which encapsulates the incredible stupidity of this awful crap. When the bad guys have the heat put on them they start to kill cops. Step in the heroes of the piece to save the day.

UUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!! Sorry. I had to vomit.

I realise that there are Hollywood producers and directors out there that have to maintain their cocaine and hooker habits, not to mention supporting several ex-spouses, same sex lovers, and 90% of the entire Viagara and condom industries. My question is that with all this blowing and fucking going on why do they always have to fuck over great films. Surely there is enough incredibly stupid people out there to support the creation of new and enticing projects involving plots and dialogue that only the brain dead could enjoy. Can't they leave great cinema alone?

Now Lethal Weapon is not all bad. In fact, there is one thing you can say about this garbage that slightly redeems it. It is not as bad as the next two that follow. For one thing, Rene Russo is not in it. For another thing, there is the toilet scene. Granted, any scene involving Rene Russo could also be classified as a toilet scene but this is a good toilet scene. In fact, the best-selling book "The History of Great Toilet Scenes in American Film" says this is the best toilet scene ever. High Fucking Praise indeed! In fact, the only praise this piece of schlock should ever get.

For Hollywood BitchSlap, I'm the Godfather.

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User Comments

11/14/09 Reality Of FIlms A hilarious and exciting action/comedy! Especially with Joe Pesci there too! 5 stars
8/29/09 Jeff Wilder Doesn't have the same novelty as the first. But still fun. 4 stars
10/22/08 Shaun Wallner Well made. 5 stars
8/04/08 Jacko First one was better 3 stars
7/09/08 Farnsy Boring!! 2 stars
1/06/08 Jeff Anderson Fast & superslick sequel redeemed by Pesci's hilarious performance. Kensit is ultrasexy!!!! 5 stars
12/22/07 Chris I liked this movie almost as much if not the same as the original 5 stars
6/04/07 Quigley Easily the best in the series; amazingly funny and great action scenes; awesome Joe Pesci 5 stars
3/06/06 Anthony Feor Action/Comedy at its best 5 stars
5/27/05 tony great sequel! Action packed with less talk 5 stars
8/30/04 Captain Obvously... That's my name. South African drug dealers... WOW! 5 stars
6/08/04 PAYNE Great again 5 stars
12/07/03 john a sequel done right! 5 stars
5/20/03 mr. Pink That toilet scene was fuckin' great, but the first movie was better. Still, not bad though. 3 stars
3/20/03 Jack Sommersby Forced humor and jarring unpleasant shifts in tone severely cripple this. 2 stars
10/30/02 Stefan Halka What is wrong with this bitchslap reviewer!?! This film is one of the best action films. 5 stars
10/23/02 Charles Tatum Totally forgettable sequel, I'll skip 3 and 4 1 stars
7/05/02 KMG "YESSSSSS!" (Mel Gibson) 5 stars
4/18/02 John Roberson "NOOOOO!"(Mel Gibson) 2 stars
10/19/01 Andrew Carden Better Then #1, but #3 Rocks My World Alot More Then This. 3 stars
8/19/01 Babybelle good plot, wrong love interest. Riggs looks lush. 4 stars
8/09/01 E-Funk This is on par with the first. Great sequel to a very cool movie. 5 stars
8/07/01 Mr. Hat (formerly Joe Zappa) Really entertaining. Riggs loves dogs=I love Riggs because I love dogs. 4 stars
5/14/01 fifu possible the best in the series 4 stars
4/05/01 Hawkeye Nothing can touch the first one, but this is still pretty decent. Much better than 3. 4 stars
12/07/00 Cristopher Revilla as always, not as good as the original, but it was satisfying 4 stars
11/27/00 The Evil Penguin Definately the best of the Trilogy 5 stars
11/14/00 Keith Worst than the first. Not as bad as the next two. 2 stars
10/29/00 Jon They blew up a toilet. Need I say more? 4 stars
9/12/00 Jed Forget J.L.R this is not a bad movie. 4 stars
8/11/00 Jason Kallelis Probably the worst of the series...didn't seem very connected 3 stars
6/28/00 Bruce The best in the series 5 stars
2/07/00 John Linton Roberson This is bad. That;'s all it ever was. 1 stars
12/18/99 SID The best in the series, although the first is better with the character plot. 5 stars
7/07/99 Ben Leostein Rating: ***½ (out of ****) Category: "Very Good" 4 stars
6/12/99 Biscus Yes it is a sequel, but it builds on the first 5 stars
11/25/98 Mr.Pink Not as good as the first one, but some good action sequences though 3 stars
11/23/98 Lord Of The Dunce Damon solid sequel. Proves they don't have to be awful. 5 stars
10/28/98 Silent Rob My personal fave. Turns the level of the 1st one up to 11!!! 5 stars
10/20/98 Bluntman My favorite of the series. A great balance between comedy, drama and action 5 stars
10/20/98 {{{OZ}}} They kept the level of excitement high with this sequel. Makes 3 & 4 look so tired. 5 stars
10/18/98 Johny Best of the series 5 stars
IF YOU'VE SEEN THIS FILM, RATE IT!
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USA
  02-Feb-1989 (R)

UK
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Australia
  02-Jul-1989 (M)


Directed by
  Richard Donner

Written by
  Shane Black
  Warren Murphy

Cast
  Mel Gibson
  Danny Glover
  Joe Pesci
  Joss Ackland
  Derrick O'Connor
  Patsy Kensit


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