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Lethal Weapon 2

Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

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Release:1989
Runtime:1h 54m
Country:United States
Director:Richard Donner
Language:English

Genre

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Keywords

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Lethal Weapon 2 rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.3/10· 197K votes
Rotten Tomatoes82%
Metacritic70%
TMDb7.039/10· 4K votes

With 82% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.3/10 on IMDb and 70/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Lethal Weapon 2

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.

Cast of Lethal Weapon 2

  • Mel Gibson

    Mel Gibson

    as Martin Riggs

  • Danny Glover

    Danny Glover

    as Roger Murtaugh

  • Joe Pesci

    Joe Pesci

    as Leo Getz

  • Joss Ackland

    Joss Ackland

    as Arjen Rudd

  • Derrick O'Connor

    Derrick O'Connor

    as Pieter Vorstedt

  • Patsy Kensit

    Patsy Kensit

    as Rika Van Den Haas

  • Darlene Love

    Darlene Love

    as Trish Murtaugh

  • Traci Wolfe

    Traci Wolfe

    as Rianne Murtaugh

  • Mark Rolston

    Mark Rolston

    as Hans

  • Steve Kahan

    Steve Kahan

    as Captain Murphy

  • Jenette Goldstein

    Jenette Goldstein

    as Meagan Shapiro

  • Dean Norris

    Dean Norris

    as Tim Cavanaugh

Lethal Weapon 2 facts

Budget
$25M
Box office
$227.9M
Collection
Lethal Weapon Collection

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

  • •Buddy cop dynamic crackles with genuine camaraderie
  • •Action setpieces escalate with impressive scale throughout
  • •Mix of humor and danger maintains engaging tempo perfectly

What the audience disliked

  • •Diplomatic immunity plot provides thin justification only
  • •Character development takes backseat to spectacle
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