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80The characters remain funny and likable, and they all live on Earth.
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80The quintessence of the buddy cop pic, "LW4" is big on action, playful banter and just enough plot to keep our attention from wandering.
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75One could argue about which "Lethal Weapon'' is the best, but No. 4 is certainly the funniest, warmest and most idiosyncratic.
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I think the script by television writer Channing Gibson (no relation) is the funniest of them all.
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75It's a calculated formula for success, and makes for entertaining viewing, but those expecting something with the spark of the first two pictures may be disappointed.
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70The old hands still seem to be having a good time, so why the hell shouldnít we?
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63This movie is exceptionally brutal, cruel, savage and without conscience -- and that's just the comic parts. In contrast, the violent action sequences are quite entertaining.
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60Part 4, to its credit, is the noisiest. Disappointingly, it's also the worst: not bad, just not as good.
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60Richard Donner's sequel is more than eager to please -- it's desperate.
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60Danny Glover and Mel Gibson make a gently contrasted (and nicely self-reflexive) odd couple in this action-comedy sequel.
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50Lethal Weapon 4 has all the technical skill of the first three movies in the series, but lacks the secret weapon, which was conviction.
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50The movie has homophobic touches, though, and with so many Asian characters, some viewers may wonder why every single one is portrayed as either a hapless victim or a wicked villain.
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50Don't get your expectations up, but "LW4" is a decent enough date film.
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50At the Lethal Weapon plant, what you see, after 11 years, are the rusting remnants of a once innovative model.
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It's take-the-money-and-run filmmaking, with the actors practically winking their dialogue at each other, and it's all supposed to be tongue-in-cheek fun. It isn't.
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20Cynical and contemptuous of its audience, this lazy sequel oozes an insufferable air of self-satisfaction.
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It's a dead end to a franchise that should have been put to rest two movies ago.
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10The most lethal weapon of all turns out to be the script.
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0Not only is the franchise growing hoary, by now it's become downright laughable, leaving Lethal Weapon 4 feeling more like a bad Fox sitcom than anything else.
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0The result is a calculated, cynical piece of business that epitomizes the creative bankruptcy and contempt for the audience that infects so much of the blockbuster side of Hollywood.
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0A stupid and violent delicacy, congealed nachos and Mountain Dew for the Beavis-and-Butt-head set.