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      Lethal Weapon 2

      R Now Playing 1 hr. 53 min. Action Mystery & Thriller List
      82% 44 Reviews Tomatometer 77% 250,000+ Ratings Audience Score South African smugglers find themselves being hounded and harassed by Riggs and Murtaugh, two mismatched Los Angeles police officers. However, the South Africans are protected by diplomatic immunity, and so the two are assigned to witness-protection duty in an attempt by their captain to keep his job. It is only when this witness reveals to them that he has already dealt with the smugglers that the trouble really starts. Read More Read Less Now in Theaters Now Playing Buy Tickets

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      Lethal Weapon 2 may sport a thin plot typical of action fare, but its combination of humor and adrenaline, along with the chemistry between its leads, make this a playful, entertaining sequel.

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      Yuval D not as good as the first on but still- great Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/21/24 Full Review Zinjx W Riggs and Murtaugh have their hands full keeping a key witness and themselves alive in this explosive sequel. There is excitement from start to finish. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/19/24 Full Review Pedro G Buena película, una gran secuela pero que esta por debajo del nivel de la primera. Esta película tiene pocas cosas que son mejores que la anterior en mi opinión, una de ellas es las escenas de acción, ya que tras el éxito de la primera pudieron tener un mejor presupuesto y se realizaron mas escenas de acción realmente muy bien hechas. En esta secuela el elenco de personajes también es superior, pero mas que nada porque se suma Joe Pesci al reparto, interpretando a un personaje muy carismático y divertido que tras lo bien recibido que fue decidieron que siga apareciendo en las siguientes secuelas. Por otro lado, el dúo de protagonistas sigue siendo genial, pero a mi parecer en esta película el que mas brilla es Mel Gibson, gracias a que se le dio mas importancia a su personaje en el tema de la muerte de su esposa y se lo vio mucho mas sacado al final de la película; sin embargo el trabajo de Danny Glover sigue siendo excelente y juntos forman un dúo con una gran química. Algo en lo que es inferior a la anterior película a mi parecer es en la historia, ya que no se me hizo tan entretenida como la primera y el villano si bien lo considero un poco mejor, tampoco es la gran cosa. El humor tan característico sigue estando, aunque también noto un bajón de calidad. Por ultimo, algo en lo que sigue fallando es en las conveniencias absurdas que tiene y como los protagonistas son inmortales y son capaces de hacer cualquier cosa sin sufrir graves daños. En conclusión, una buena secuela que sorprendentemente no se hace repetitiva con la anterior cinta y logra contar una historia interesante repleta de acción y por sobre todas las cosas, muy disfrutable. La recomiendo. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/24 Full Review Bruno V Esse filme foi um fiasco comparado ao seu antecessor. Muita piada, muito mal feito. O foco do filme parecia que era um stand-up. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/11/24 Full Review Noah R I love you, danny. your movie... lethal weapon 2 is so good... lethal weapon 2 is my favorite movie! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/19/23 Full Review Jean D Essa dupla é incrível! Filme incrível! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Michael Wilmington Los Angeles Times [T]here's a sense in which all these recent one-against-a-hundred cop and war thrillers represent the gaudy degeneration of the great tradition of the American action movie: substituting hardware for atmosphere... Aug 3, 2020 Full Review Anne Thompson Empire Magazine Unlike most sequels Lethal Weapon 2 is neither predictable nor conventional. It's just pumped full of juice. Rated: 4/5 Aug 3, 2020 Full Review Variety Staff Variety Loaded with the usual elements, Lethal Weapon 2 benefits from a consistency of tone that was lacking in the first film. Jun 6, 2008 Full Review Fico Cangiano CineXpress Podcast The rare buddy cop sequel that's better than the original film. Mel Gibson and Danny Glover are a hoot, expanding their partnership on screen, while director Richard Donner gives us more humor and action. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 3.5/5 May 25, 2021 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Director Richard Donner returns, with all of the original cast and more of the same buddy-cop chemistry and wild shenanigans that made the first feature so much fun. Rated: 7/10 Sep 6, 2020 Full Review Ralph Novak People Magazine If you don't mind your comic books being filled with incessant shootings, explosions, knifings, drownings, stranglings, car crashes, fires and the use of automatic nail drivers as weapons, it's a lot of fun. Aug 3, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis South African smugglers find themselves being hounded and harassed by Riggs and Murtaugh, two mismatched Los Angeles police officers. However, the South Africans are protected by diplomatic immunity, and so the two are assigned to witness-protection duty in an attempt by their captain to keep his job. It is only when this witness reveals to them that he has already dealt with the smugglers that the trouble really starts.
      Director
      Richard Donner
      Screenwriter
      Jeffrey Boam
      Distributor
      Warner Bros. Pictures
      Production Co
      Warner Bros., Silver Pictures
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Action, Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jul 7, 1989, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Aug 15, 2008
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $144.9M
      Sound Mix
      Surround
      Aspect Ratio
      Scope (2.35:1)
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