Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
- Starring:
- Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, (more)
- Director(s):
- Richard Donner
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Action & Adventure
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Lethal Weapon 2 reteams Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as, respectively, "loose cannon" LA detective Martin Riggs and Riggs' partner, the cautious family man Roger Murtaugh. The villain this time is a South African diplomat (Joss Ackland) who doubles as a drug dealer. Though Riggs knows what's going on thanks to characterless character witness Joe Pesci, he can't touch the villain because of "diplomatic immunity." After perils too numerous to mention, Riggs and Murtaugh shoot it out with the heavies on the deck of a South African cargo ship. Lethal Weapon 2, of course, contains as one of its comic high-points a now famous suspense scene: Mel Gibson agonizingly attempting to extricate a terrified Danny Glover from a booby-trapped toilet seat. Gibson, Glover, Donner and Joe Pesci would be reunited three years later for Lethal Weapon 3 and in 1998 for Lethal Weapon 4. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 118 mins
Complete Cast:
- Mel Gibson - Martin Riggs
- Joe Pesci - Leo Getz
- Derrick O'Connor - Pieter Vorstedt
- Darlene Love - Trish Murtaugh
- Stephen Kahan - Capt. Murphy
- Patrick Cameron - Bomb Squad Cop
- Norm Wilson - Detective in Squad Room
- Cynthia Burr - Owner of Honda
- Jeanne McGuire - Computer Operator
- Tony Carreiro - Marcelli
- Dean Norris - Tim Cavanaugh
- Tommy Hinkley - Cop
- Paul Tuerpé - Hit Man
- Jack McGee - Carpenter
- Sherman Howard - Hit Man
- Philip Suriano - Joseph Ragucci
- Virginia Shannon - Consulate Office Worker
- Allan Dean Moore - George
- Lionel Douglass - Officer Friesen
- Edward J. Rosen - Poolside Card Player
- Mark Rolston - Hans
- Guy Mack - Hit Man
- Al Weber, Jr. - Poolside Card Player
- Marian Collier - Poolside Card Player
- Burbank the Cat - Itself
- Robert Fol - Consulate Guard
- Danny Glover - Roger Murtaugh
- Joss Ackland - Arjen Rudd
- Patsy Kensit - Rika Van Den Haas
- Traci Wolfe - Rianne Murtaugh
- Ebonie Smith - Carrie Murtaugh
- Danny Ondrejko - Consulate Clerk
- Jenette Goldstein - Meagan Shapiro
- Juney Smith - Tom Wyler
- Salim Jaidi - Policeman
- Jim Birge - Bomb Squad Cop
- Damon Hines - Nick Murtaugh
- Catherine Guel - Computer Operator
- Pat Skipper - Hit Man
- David Marciano - Cop
- Grand L. Bush - Jerry Collins
- Kenneth Tigar - Bomb Squad Leader
- Jim Piddock - Consulate Envoy
- Orlando Bonner - Tow Truck Driver
- Nestor Serrano - Eddie Estaban
- James Oliver - Officer Moss
- Mary Ellen Trainor - Police Psychiatrist
- Bruce A. Young - Hit Man
- Jay Della - Poolside Card Player
- Sam the Dog - Itself
- Danny Wynands - Hitman
- Philip Maurice Miller - Hit Man
- Director(s):
- Richard Donner
- Writer(s):
- Jeffrey Boam, Shane Black
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Brief Nudity, Not For Children, Adult Situations, Sexual Situations, Adult Language, Violence, Profanity, Nudity, Graphic Violence)
- Categories:
- Action & Adventure
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