Lethal Weapon (1987)

Riggs (Gibson) en Murtaugh (Glover) hebben in Lethal Weapon grondig de pest aan elkaar. Maar ze zijn collega's en in hun vak bovenbazen! Gibson is een keiharde, blanke moordmachine... Glover een bezadigd huisvader, die zich voortdurend 'te oud' vindt. Maar onderhand knokt het duo zich een weg door Los Angeles, waar een moderne jungle-oorlog woedt. Gibson neemt als keiharde 'cop' waanzinnige risico's; Glover is een toegewijde rechercheur met een vlekkeloze staat van dienst.

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Two tough Los Angeles cops, one who carries a lethal weapon (Glover) and the other who is one (Gibson), are teamed as partners in a highly unusual case involving a massive international ring which has its roots in Vietnam - a place they are both all too familiar with. This film, with its fresh, energetic combination of comedy, drama and action, has managed to spurn three highly successful sequels.

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L.A. cop Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson), whose wife has recently died, is a loose cannon with a seeming death wish. This makes him indispensable in collaring dangerous criminals, but a liability to any potential partners. Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover), a conservative family man who wants to stay alive for his upcoming 50th birthday, is partnered with Riggs. As Riggs gets to know Murtaugh and his family, he begins to mellow, though his insistence on using guerilla tactics to catch criminals is still (put mildly) above and beyond the call of duty. The main villain is The General (Mitchell Ryan), a drug dealer responsibl...
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e for the death of the daughter of one of Murtaugh's oldest friends. The General is also in charge of a deadly, militia-like gang of smugglers. Adding fuel to the fire is The General's chief henchman, played with all stops out by Gary Busey. Moviegoers familiar only with the relatively tongue-in-cheek Lethal Weapon sequels may be amazed to find out how dangerous and unpredictable Riggs is in the first Lethal Weapon -- and how likely it seems that Murtaugh might not survive until fade-out time.
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