Lethal Weapon
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 28 Ratings
- Starring: Danny Glover, Mel Gibson
- Summary: Reckless cop Riggs and family man Murtaugh are partners whose work routine is never routine. (Warner Bros.)
- Director: Richard Donner
- Genre(s): Action, Thriller, Crime
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100In a movie with the energy of this one, we're exhilarated by the sheer freedom of movement; the violence becomes surrealistic and less important than the movie's underlying energy level.
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80The pace never slows, the jokes never miss and the stunts never disappoint in this macho-dream of an actioner.
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60Lethal Weapon is vulgar, violent and predictable. Yet, in some outbreak of id, I got caught up in the shenanigans of Danny Glover and Mel Gibson as a mismatched cop team. Mr. Glover is more than solid and Mr. Gibson has added a kind of raw humor to his repertoire that is extremely sexy. [5 Mar 1987, p.1]
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Unfortunately, director Richard Donner doesn't pay much attention to text, subtext, or anything else; his 1986 film is empty glitz in search of a style, with arbitrary action substituting for ordinary narrative coherence.
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