Lethal Weapon (1987)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Tom Atkins, Mitchell Ryan
Directed by: Richard Donner
Produced by: Joel Silver, Richard Donner
The first in a series of four Lethal Weapons. Mel Gibson plays an emotionally off-balanced undercover cop. His partner, Danny Glover, is good valued family man. The two opposite personalities become embroiled in a series of tense and exciting situations.
Release Date: January 1, 1987.
MPAA Rating: R for violence and language.
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Derrick O'Connor, Patsy Kensit
Directed by: Richard Donner
Produced by: Richard Donner, Joel Silver
Murtaugh is still the family man. Riggs is still the daredevil, but now he counts the odds before bucking them. This time, they must protect an accountant who has laundered a half billion dollars in narcotics money. He leads them to a murderous syndicate with ties to a foreign power. Along the way, there's a six-story plummet from a window, a booby-trapped toilet, an underwater escape, and more. Academy Award Nominations: Best Sound Effects Editing.
MPAA Rating: R.
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Stuart Wilson
Directed by: Richard Donner, Bob Wynn
Produced by: Richard Donner, Joel Silver
L.A. police detectives Riggs and Murtaugh team up again to track down an ex-cop who has been smuggling guns out of impound back to gangs on the street. Days away from retirement, Murtaugh is reluctantly pushed into action by Riggs.
MPAA Rating: R.
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Chris Rock
Directed by: Richard Donner
Produced by: J. Mills Goodloe, Dan Cracchiolo, Steve Perry, Jim Van Wyck, Joel Silver, Richard Donner
Fourth in the series of uber-successful action films directed by Richard Donner. Gibson and Glover return as Los Angeles detectives who can't seem to get through a day without a shooting, a robbery, or a car chase.
Release Date: July 10, 1998.
MPAA Rating: R for violence and language.
Distributor: Warner Brothers.
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