Fresh
Loaded with the usual elements, Lethal Weapon 2 benefits from a consistency of tone that was lacking in the first film.
Variety Staff, Variety
Lethal Weapon 2
The magic is back!
1989 · 1h 54m · R
Action, Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Richard Donner
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Lethal Weapon 2
Overview
Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.
Director and cast
- Richard Donner Director
- 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
- Darlene Love as Trish Murtaugh
- Traci Wolfe as Rianne Murtaugh
- Mark Rolston as Hans
- Steve Kahan as Captain Murphy
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
82%
Tomatometer
Fresh
By concentrating on the often frustrating, funny relationship between the three men, the film gains in humour but loses some of the momentum and panache which distinguished the original.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
If you liked Lethal Weapon, you'll like Lethal Weapon 2; it's almost as simple as that.
Caryn James, New York Times
Fresh
A film with the same off-center invention and wild energy as the original.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
You've got your chases, you've got your explosions, you've got your destruction of property and death of innocent bystanders -- all this and bonding too.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
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