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Lethal Weapon 3
EMAILPRINTWarner Bros. Pictures
Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 18 critic reviews
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Based on 2 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Action | Comedy | Crime | Suspense/Thriller
Written by:
Robert Mark Kamen
Jeffrey Boam (also story)
Shane Black (characters)
Directed by: Richard Donner
Release Date:
Theatrical: May 15, 1992
DVD: December 17, 1997
Running Time: 118 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R
Starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Rene Russo, Joe Pesci, and Stuart Wilson
Riggs and Murtaugh must stop a former cop who has become an arms dealer to L.A. street gangs. (Warner Bros.)
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Also On The Web: Internet Movie Database View The Trailer Official Studio Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
There are elements in the movie that make it worth seeing, and that set it aside from the routine movies in this genre.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
A nonstop action picture with a fair amount of laughs, car chases and exploding buildings. [15 May 1992]
Variety Brian Lowry
Lethal Weapon 3 is all about chases and comedy schtick, and in this case the sum of the parts really adds up to more than the whole.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Vincent Canby
Lethal Weapon 3 isn't that much worse than the two earlier films.
Read Full Review >Empire Jo Berry
If you like fast food movies that you digest and then 10 minutes later forget what you had - or if a simple evening’s entertainment is what you’re after, this will certainly do the trick.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
The movie zips around without any true forward momentum. The stars carry you along, though.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Staff (Not Credited)
More of the same, but it's now so far removed from any sense of reality, and done with such ham-fisted insistence, it's become a clumsy parody of itself.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer M.L. Lyke
Sure-handed actionmeister Donner keeps the pacing breathless, and gives his actors plenty of room to do their thing. [15 May 1992]
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Rick Groen
It's better than 2, but not nearly as good as 1. On the slippery slope of sequel-land, that's an okay average. [15 May 1992]
USA Today Susan Wloszczyna
In its third go-round, the Lethal Weapon arsenal is running out of ammunition. [15 May 1992]
Washington Post Desson Howe
A wham-bam encounter, it gives you everything you (presumably) want, sets itself up for another sequel, and it makes sure you don't recall a thing about it in the morning.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Clifford Terry
They once again trot out the same cynical, numbing formula: bullets, bonding and bravado tempered with self-congratulatory humor.
Los Angeles Times Peter Rainer
The latest, and, one fears, not the last episode in the kiss-kiss-bang-bang saga of L.A. police Detectives Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) and Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) is even more of a comic strip than its immediate predecessor. [15 May 1992]
Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
More of the same, though a lot coarser than its immediate predecessor, and the characters and situations have now calcified to the point where they're simply sitcom staples.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Jay Carr
Lethal Weapon 3 is a big, dumb, noisy, comic strip of a movie that begins and ends in flames.
Washington Post Hal Hinson
Lethal Weapon 3 is pretty much the same as "Lethal Weapon 2," which was pretty much the same as "Lethal Weapon."
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Lethal Weapon 3 offers mediocrity wielded by experts. It's not a movie, it's a machine.
Read Full Review >Wall Street Journal Julie Salamon
It's all played for giggles, this grim anti-humanism. [21 May 1992]
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 8.5 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
