Lethal Weapon 2 | | Cast : | Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Patsy Kensit | | Director : | Richard Donner | | Studio : | Warner Studios | | Format : | Color, Widescreen, DTS Surround Sound, Dolby | | Released Date : | July 07, 1989 | | DVD Released Date : | September 14, 2004 | | Language : | French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | Unrated | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | February 18, 2005 | | Summary | AOL Films just wants to make more money. | Content
 | Some Director's cut. Three minutes of new footage that makes the movie even more brainless then it already was. Boycott AOL Films for pulling stupid pranks like this. |
| Rating | | | Date | November 20, 2004 | | Summary | A LOT MORE LETHAL | Content
| Mel Gibson and Danny Glover are probably the best "buddy" film duo in action films. Their on screen chemistry lights up the screen and they are truly gifted actors to take these roles and elevate them to not only good action heroes, but good actors as well. Director Richard Donner is back in this second film, and the action starts out fast and furious with an incredible multi-car chase and never lets up. Gibson is as "stressed" as ever, although he seems to have channeled it better, until a key plot revelation about his wife's death turns him into a walking timebomb.
This sequel is harsher than the original, with a lot of carnage and much of the action towards the end borders on cruel retribution. A lot of the policemen bite the dust, without telling too much Riggs' newest love interest doesn't last too long, and Gibson meets Derrick O'Connor in a vicious showdown in which Mel doesn't come out too well.
However, this is what action movies are all about and the film is a blistering, adrenaline pumped winner. Joss Ackland is maliciously repugnant as the South African diplomat; Derrick O'Connor ranks up there with the nastiest of James Bond villains, and the irascible Joe Pesci is brilliant as the protected witness our boys are assigned to protect.
A top notch entry in the series, but be warned---this one isn't pretty. |
| Rating | | | Date | September 21, 2004 | | Summary | Just as Lethal as the original. | Content
| Letahl Weapon 2 delivers action/comedy packed in 2 hours that it
stands well in the test of time dept. This time around the boys are up against crooked burrecrats from South Africa hiding behind "Diplomatic Immunity" to Bring in shipment of heroin. And
at the same time babysiting a loudmouth witness for the state.
Mel Gibson is more lethal then ever. A lot of action try to copy the moves, gunfire and it never seems to pay as well as it did in
the Lethal Weapon series
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| Rating | | | Date | June 26, 2004 | | Summary | LETHAL WEAPON 2 | Content
| The boys are back in town for the second film in the legendary "Lethal Weapon" series. This time around, Riggs (Mel Gibson) and Murtaugh (Danny Glover) stumble upon a South African drug ring while babysitting key witness Leo Getz (Joe Pesci). All the laughs and action of the original; Pesci is outrageous. Richard Donner knows when to let up, and he hasn't done it yet.
* This director's cut includes four minutes of additonal footage. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 29, 2004 | | Summary | Lethal Carnage | Content
| The engaging chemistry of Mel Gibson (Martin Riggs) and Danny Glover (Roger Murtaugh) continues into LETHAL WEAPON 2 as they take on a South African drug kingpin, Arjen Rudd(Joss Ackland). He also happens to be a South African diplomat with immunity to any type of persecution. So, Riggs and Murtaugh harrass him and his henchmen, playing a lethal cat and mouse game of picking off each other from both sides. A key witness Leo Getz (Joe Pesci) stands in the middle of all the carnage and the carnage mounts. Practically everyone from Riggs' and Murtaugh's precinct (detectives, officers and what have you) are eliminated... even the female lead/love interest to Riggs-(Patty Kensit) is oft in the proceedings. It seems the only ones left alive are Riggs and Murtaugh (it was reported that Shane Black's original screenplay was to have Riggs killed at the end) to take on the South African drug cartell. Even with the body count, the film is very entertaining due to Gibson and Glover's characters, a witty script, and the direction of Richard Donner (SUPERMAN-THE MOVIE, THE OMEN) who seems to have a fond affection for the two characters since he's directed all four films. The film franchise probably "perfected" (not invented)the buddy cop genre (forerunners: SUPERCOPS, FREEBIE AND THE BEAN, RUNNING SCARED) and is the "yardstick" for others that haven't come close (i.e. TANGO AND CASH...?). Lastly as the final credits roll in LW2, George Harrison's great song CHEER DOWN plays. Perhaps because guitar god/legend Eric Clapton did part of the muscial score for the film, he got pal Harrison to contribute the song. The song sounds very much like a James Bond-type tune and perhaps was inspired by the nature of the film. When the film is shown on network televison, its too bad the song is always drowned out by programming or commercial announcements (notoriously and especially on TNT and TBS). On cable, DVD, and video, the song can be heard in its entirety. |
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