Synopsis
In the opening chase, Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh stumble across a trunk full of Krugerrands. They follow the trail to a South African diplomat who's using his immunity to conceal a smuggling operation. When he plants a bomb under Murtaugh's toilet, the action explodes!
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Cast
- Mel GibsonMartin Riggs
- Danny GloverRoger Murtaugh
- Joe PesciLeo Getz
- Joss AcklandArjen Rudd
- Derrick O'ConnorPieter Vorstedt
- Patsy KensitRika Van Den Haas
- Darlene LoveTrish Murtaugh
- Steve KahanCaptain Ed Murphy
- Mark RolstonHans
- Jenette GoldsteinMeagan Shapiro
Recommendations
- 90
Washington Post
But no, Lethal Weapon 2 is no artless, autopiloted waste of precious movie-theater air conditioning. It's fun stuff -- crackling, playfully escapist summer fare that doesn't make you feel taken advantage of later. - 88
Chicago Sun-Times
Lethal Weapon 2 is that rarity - a sequel with most of the same qualities as the original. I walked into the movie with a certain dread. But this is a film with the same off-center invention and wild energy as the original. - 80
The New York Times
Before it skids out of control in the final sequence, the film is so careful to preserve its successful comic-action formula that it follows the most basic law of sequels. If you liked ''Lethal Weapon,'' you'll like Lethal Weapon 2; it's almost as simple as that. - 80
Variety
Loaded with the usual elements, Lethal Weapon 2 benefits from a consistency of tone that was lacking in the first film. This time, screenwriter Jeffrey Boam and director Richard Donner have wisely trained their sights on humor and the considerable charm of Mel Gibson and Danny Glover's onscreen rapport. - 80
Chicago Reader
The movie overall may be routine, but Donner gives it some spark and polish. - 75
Boston Globe
Sitting through Lethal Weapon 2 is like dating a jackhammer. It's a slick, cynical, high-speed assembly line of car chases, jokes, sex, explosions and blood. [41 Jul 1989, p.41] - 70
Los Angeles Times
Lethal Weapon 2 has the brain-rattling pace of a terminal speed freak going the wrong way down an expressway. [7 Jul 1989, p.1] - 63
USA Today
Lethal Weapon 2 is bang-bang and brain-dead in roughly equal measure. If there's an advantage this time out, it's that the film seems to play the action (and its lead character's psychoses) more for laughs. [7 Jul 1989, p.1D]
