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Mood:
- RoughExcitingHumorousSuspenseful
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Plot:
- Partners Against CrimeReluctant PartnersPolice InvestigationCrimesLaw EnforcementPartnersTough Law EnforcerDrug Dealing
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Genres:
- ActionHollywood ToneCrimeThriller
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century80s
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Place:
- Los Angeles
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Audience:
- Boys' Night
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- BlockbusterCritically AcclaimedEssentialModern Classic
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- Semi SeriousRealisticFast
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- Brief NudityViolent Content
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Lethal Weapon , 1987
English
USA
Profile of Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon can be described as exciting, rough, and suspenseful. The plot revolves around reluctant partners, a police investigation, and law enforcement. The main genres are action, thriller, and crime. In terms of style, Lethal Weapon has a Hollywood tone. In approach, it is realistic. The storytelling is fast paced. Lethal Weapon is located in Los Angeles. It takes place in the 1980s. The movie has received attention for being a modern classic, essential viewing, and a blockbuster. Lethal Weapon is well suited for a boys' night. Note that it involves brief nudity and violent content.
Summary of Lethal Weapon
Two tough Los Angeles cops, one who carries a lethal weapon (Glover) and the other who is one (Gibson), are teamed as partners in a highly unusual case involving a massive international ring which has its roots in Vietnam - a place they are both all too familiar with. This film, with its fresh, energetic combination of comedy, drama and action, has managed to spurn three highly successful sequels.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 6 March 1987 |
| Runtime: | 108 min |
Cast and Crew
as Sergeant Martin Riggs
as Sergeant Roger Murtaugh
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Critics Reviews
TV Guide
Gibson is truly frightening as the cop about to go into orbit, and Glover is a standout as the down-to-earth lawman with very much to lose.
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Variety
Lethal Weapon is a film teetering on the brink of absurdity when it gets serious, but thanks to its unrelenting energy and insistent drive, it never quite falls.
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Users Reviews
I couldn't get into this buddy cop film. It felt as though it didn't know what it was itself. On one hand there were corny one-liners and lighthearted dialog, and on the other there was some pretty graphic violence and sex. The plot was extremely...
- 23.January.2009
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- by: Alex Stajos
- Alex Stajos rated this movie
4/10Disappointing
Humor and excitement - make this a very entertaining movie. The two main characters are reluctant partners, but they are successful in fighting crime.
- 26.August.2008
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- by: noam.ben.shmuel
- noam.ben.shmuel rated this movie0/10
