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
- James Oliver - Officer Moss
- Dean Norris - Tim Cavanaugh
- Jeanne McGuire - Computer Operator
- Robert Fol - Consulate Guard
- Virginia Shannon - Consulate Office Worker
- Burbank the Cat - Itself
- Kenneth Tigar - Bomb Squad Leader
- Edward J. Rosen - Poolside Card Player
- Grand L. Bush - Jerry Collins
- Sam the Dog - Itself
- Paul Tuerpé - Hit Man
- Jack McGee - Carpenter
- Lionel Douglass - Officer Friesen
- Ebonie Smith - Carrie Murtaugh
- Guy Mack - Hit Man
- David Marciano - Cop
- Allan Dean Moore - George
- Philip Maurice Miller - Hit Man
- Salim Jaidi - Policeman
- Damon Hines - Nick Murtaugh
- Marian Collier - Poolside Card Player
- Danny Glover - Roger Murtaugh
- Joss Ackland - Arjen Rudd
- Patsy Kensit - Rika Van Den Haas
- Traci Wolfe - Rianne Murtaugh
- Mark Rolston - Hans
- Tommy Hinkley - Cop
- Tony Carreiro - Marcelli
- Philip Suriano - Joseph Ragucci
- Danny Wynands - Hitman
- Jim Piddock - Consulate Envoy
- Cynthia Burr - Owner of Honda
- Nestor Serrano - Eddie Estaban
- Sherman Howard - Hit Man
- Norm Wilson - Detective in Squad Room
- Danny Ondrejko - Consulate Clerk
- Pat Skipper - Hit Man
- Mary Ellen Trainor - Police Psychiatrist
- Catherine Guel - Computer Operator
- Al Weber, Jr. - Poolside Card Player
- Bruce A. Young - Hit Man
- Patrick Cameron - Bomb Squad Cop
- Orlando Bonner - Tow Truck Driver
- Juney Smith - Tom Wyler
- Jim Birge - Bomb Squad Cop
- Jenette Goldstein - Meagan Shapiro
- Jay Della - Poolside Card Player
- Director(s):
- Richard Donner
- Writer(s):
- Shane Black, Jeffrey Boam
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Graphic Violence, Violence, Sexual Situations, Adult Situations, Adult Language, Brief Nudity, Profanity, Not For Children, Nudity)
- Categories:
- Action / Adventure
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