Lethal Weapon 2 [M]

After being thrust into a disagreeable partnership, sergeants Martaugh and Riggs once managed to work together to solve a murder and foil a great drug deal. Now, once again, they’re hot on the trail of some South African drug smugglers, but this case becomes more than anything they’ve done before as their targets are blowing up officers left, right, and centre, armed with diplomatic immunity. However, when Riggs discovers some terrible truths about the death of his wife, the case to bring down these bastards becomes more than police work, it becomes personal. 

Packed to bursting with more action, stunts, explosions, car chases, and romance funnily enough, Lethal Weapon 2 is bigger, better, and pretty near mind blowing. 

After being thrust into a disagreeable partnership, sergeants Martaugh and Riggs once managed to work together to solve a murder and foil a great drug deal. Now, once again, they’re hot on the trail of some South African drug smugglers, but this case becomes more than anything they’ve done before as their targets are blowing up officers left, right, and centre, armed with diplomatic immunity. However, when Riggs discovers some terrible truths about the death of his wife, the case to bring down these bastards becomes more than police work, it becomes personal. 

With the establishment of the relationship between Martaugh and Riggs firmly founded, Lethal Weapon 2 was an opportunity for the people in the stunt and special effects departments to strut their stuff. The action in this film is downright hectic with car chases, fistfights, gunfights, and explosions coming at you from every corner. Ironically and rather nicely, one of the most tense and suspenseful scenes as well as comedic and emotionally peaking occurs in the face of a great explosion involving a toilet. Watch out for that one. 

We also have some great macho action-type one liners thrown into the mix, something that was sadly lacking in the first one; most of the comedy was achieved through the screaming fits and freak-outs of the two leads. 

Starring Danny Glover, Mel Gibson, Joe Pesci, Joss Ackland, Derrick O’Connor, Patsy Kensit, and Darlene Love, Lethal Weapon 2 is a great, rollicking movie packed with action of every kind as well as romance, drama, suspense, and comedy. Possibly one of the few sequels that’s better than its predecessor, I really enjoyed this movie, it having the same weird preservative of the first one that makes them impervious to the decay of time.