1987 Directed by Richard Donner
Veteran buttoned-down LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh is partnered with unhinged cop Martin Riggs, who -- distraught after his wife's death -- has a death wish and takes unnecessary risks with criminals at every turn. The odd couple embark on their first homicide investigation as partners, involving a young woman known to Murtaugh with ties to a drug and prostitution ring.
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A few quick things on a movie I have been overthinking for 3+ decades.
I love that it's largely Murtaugh's story. He's the main character; Riggs is inflicted on him. Roger's never a mystery to us and Riggs is entirely unpredictable, not just the titular lethal weapon, duh, but truly an unstable danger. It's hard to remember that this collection of what would become laughable tropes was itself a response to same. It's like if someone with a DSM-IV and a shitty attitude got a look at Paul Kersey. Throw in Roger & Martin's (vaguely implied) shared but vastly different experiences of Vietnam and you got yourself a stew.
Speaking of Vietnam, the villains are also notably not street punk dope…
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Two forces, diametrically opposed, stumbling through their own baggage while trying not to fuck shit up, whether that be personally or professionally. Full of classic action set-pieces and iconic dialogue - it's nonetheless the details that reinforce the dramatic strength of the modern buddy-cop template. Maybe I'm just nostalgic around the holidays but the ending had me tearing up.
good movie about how the police are insane and why every single man should be in therapy
also I love HBOmax because it’s built like cable
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid may have been the genesis of the modern buddy movie, and films like 48 hrs. and Freebie and the Bean may have added some details to that prototype but one movie, more than any other, set the stage for the modern action and buddy movie. Director Richard Donner’s Lethal Weapon influenced and continues to influence most if not all action cinema that has followed it. It has been emulated, spoofed, borrowed from and straight up ripped off from filmmakers high and low and propelled all involved into instant stardom worldwide.
Writer Shane Black, fresh out of UCLA film school, fulfilled every young screenwriters wet dream and sold his buddy-cop script to Joel Silver for…
Actually a perfect action movie.🎬🙌
The loudest soundtrack of all time.🎶‼️
Aggressively blasts the Murtaugh Saxophone🎷& the Riggs guitar🎸
And that ‘Honeymoon Suite’ Title Track. Best song ever written.🤘
Really just a tribute to how men are sooo dramatic and also need therapy ASAP.
Everyone should see this movie. It’s so good.👌
Finally saw Lethal Weapon for the first time!
It took me a while to get into it, but after I was, the action is really fun! Mel Gibson's whole "I'm a crazy cop" thing kind of confused me so once it got past that, I became a lot more interested.
Danny Glover gives a deep performance for this kind of action movie. While Mel goes for it a bit too much, Glover anchors the movie, adding the family ties and grounding both characters. The progression in their friendship is shown mostly through subtle changes in his acting, and I love the way he keeps his cool during some crazy situations.
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really one of the most life-affirming films made in the hollywood system; so much of this is looking at suicide from a complex and empathic standpoint that doesn't simplify it into a cliché or an 'issue', but an aspect that exists right next to hotdog stands, christmas trees, and suburban bliss. gibson's a miracle-maker, suspending our emotions on a high-wire, but none of his punchlines would land if it wasn't for glover, whose soft dignity grounds the story amidst the buckets of coked-up sleaze and violence. on the technical side, i dare anyone to find a single fault here; the combo of donner's punchy framing, golblatt's flamboyant use of color, stuart baird's compact cutting and michael kamen's ice-smooth saxophone score.…
The quintessential buddy-cop movie and one of the best action pictures ever, Richard Donner's "Lethal Weapon" is a sleek jolt of cinematic energy whose heavy and light tones blend into something uniformly excellent. Starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as two diametrically opposed police detectives, Donner's film is an enthralling mix of humor, heart, and heroics. It is an action icon that earns a well-deserved a place in the pantheon of film's greatest works.
Starting with its Shane Black-scripted narrative, "Lethal Weapon" pops with personality and vigor. Following two detectives at different stages of their careers and lives, the Christmas-set spectacle finds the duo paired and taking on a dangerous drug ring.
The plot itself is strong, blending an inviting…
"That's a real badge, I'm a real cop, and this is a real fucking gun."
The buddy comedy reinvented by Richard Donner and Shane Black: two men, real characters with depth, working out their own kinds of baggage amidst the Christmas season. Xerox's have come and gone since, but this is the original template for them all.
I'm never too old for this shit.
