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Lethal Weapon 2
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7.0Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.
Cast
- Mel Gibson as Martin Riggs
- Danny Glover as Roger Murtaugh
- Joe Pesci as Leo Getz
- Joss Ackland as Arjen Rudd
- Derrick O'Connor as Pieter Vorstedt
- Patsy Kensit as Rika Van Den Haas
Themes
- showdown
- police
- loss of loved one
- sequel
- mixed martial arts (mma)
- gang
- los angeles, california
- police detective
- buddy cop
- diplomatic immunity
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
197,231 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
82%
Metacritic
70/100
- Year
- 1989
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 3 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Richard Donner
- Screenplay by
- Jeffrey Boam
- Story by
- Shane Black Warren Murphy
- Based on
- Characters, by Shane Black
- Produced by
- Richard Donner, Joel Silver
- Starring
- Mel Gibson Danny Glover Joe Pesci Joss Ackland Derrick O'Connor Patsy Kensit
- Cinematography
- Stephen Goldblatt
- Edited by
- Stuart Baird
- Music by
- Michael Kamen Eric Clapton David Sanborn
- Production company
- Silver Pictures
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release date
- July 7, 1989 ( 1989-07-07 )
- Running time
- 114 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English, Afrikaans
- Budget
- $30 million
- Box office
- $227.3 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 114
- FilmAffinity ID
- 232402
- Official website
- www.warnerbros.com/movies/lethal-weapon-2
- Image
- Leathal weapon 2 de.svg
Show 4 more facts
- publication date
- 1989-09-28
- title
- Lethal Weapon 2
- box office
- 227853986
- review score
- 82%
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Lethal Weapon 2 is a 1989 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Richard Donner, and starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Joss Ackland, Derrick O'Connor and Patsy Kensit. It is a sequel to the 1987 film Lethal Weapon and the second installment in the Lethal Weapon film series.
Gibson and Glover respectively reprise their roles as LAPD officers Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh, who protect an irritating federal witness (Pesci), while taking on a gang of South African drug smugglers hiding behind diplomatic immunity.