Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
A veteran cop and an unstable detective become partners who must put their differences aside in order to bring down a heroin-smuggling ring run by ex-Special Forces.
- showdown
- police
- self-destruction
- mixed martial arts (mma)
- los angeles
- california
- police detective
- ex soldier
- buddy cop
- lapd
- buddy comedy
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Mel Gibson
Martin Riggs
Danny Glover
Roger Murtaugh
Gary Busey
Mr. Joshua
Mitchell Ryan
General Peter McAllister
- Tom Atkins — Michael Hunsaker
- Darlene Love — Trish Murtaugh
- Traci Wolfe — Rianne Murtaugh
- Jackie Swanson — Amanda Hunsaker
- Damon Hines — Nick Murtaugh
- Ebonie Smith — Carrie Murtaugh
- Bill Kalmenson — Beat Cop
- Lycia Naff — Dixie
- Patrick Cameron — Cop #1
- Don Gordon — Cop #2
- Jimmie F. Skaggs — Drug Dealer #1
- Directed
- Richard Donner
- Written
- Shane Black
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 5,193 ratings
- Studio
- Silver Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1987 · You’re hereLethal Weapon
Where it starts.
Lethal Weapon 2
1989
Lethal Weapon 3
1992
Lethal Weapon 4
1998
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
