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Lethal Weapon (franchise)

Lethal Weapon
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Lethal Weapon collection Blu-ray cover
Directed by Richard Donner
Produced by Richard Donner
Joel Silver
Screenplay by Lethal Weapon:
Shane Black
Lethal Weapon 2:
Jeffrey Boam
Lethal Weapon 3:
Jeffrey Boam
Robert Mark Kamen
Lethal Weapon 4:
Channing Gibson
Story by Lethal Weapon 2:
Shane Black
Warren Murphy
Lethal Weapon 3:
Jeffrey Boam
Lethal Weapon 4:
Jonathan Lemkin
Alfred Gough
Miles Millar
Starring Films:
Mel Gibson
Danny Glover
Joe Pesci
TV series:
Clayne Crawford
Damon Wayans
Music by Michael Kamen
Eric Clapton
David Sanborn
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
1987–present
Country United States
Language English
Budget $215 million
Box office $955,237,243

Lethal Weapon is an American buddy cop action comedy franchise created by Shane Black that focuses on Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) detectives, Martin Riggs, Roger Murtaugh, and their fast-talking sidekick Leo Getz (who debuts in the second film). The franchise consists of four films released during the 1980s and 1990s, as well as a television series in 2016. All four films in the series were directed by Richard Donner and also share many of the same core cast members, while the television series recast the main roles with younger actors instead.

Anxious with age and retirement, homicide detective Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) is partnered with young and suicidal narcotics officer Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson). Together, they work the case of the alleged suicide of Amanda Hunsaker, daughter of a wealthy businessman who served with Murtaugh in Vietnam. Murtaugh and Riggs soon discover that Hunsaker was involved in a heroin-smuggling scheme led by a retired general (Mitchell Ryan) and his lead enforcer (Gary Busey).

During a car chase, Riggs and Murtaugh stumble upon a trunk full of smuggled South African Krugerrands. This sparks a series of attempts at their lives, forcing them to take a less dangerous case, protecting Leo Getz (Joe Pesci), a loud-mouthed whistleblower with whom they gradually form a bond. However, they realize that Getz was involved in the same South African illegal activities. As a result, the three men become entangled in a drug-smuggling operation involving South African diplomats in Los Angeles, using their immunity as a shield. Riggs kills the murderer of his wife who is among the criminals.

As Murtaugh, who is one week from retiring, and Riggs investigate a robbery committed using a duplicate armored car, they find themselves in the middle of an Internal Affairs investigation led by Sergeant Lorna Cole (Rene Russo). With assistance from Leo, they learn that the subject of the investigation is a rogue AWOL cop (Stuart Wilson) who is stealing impounded weapons and selling them on the black market. During the investigation, Murtaugh shoots and kills a teenager who attacks him and Riggs; he turns out to be a friend of his own son. This prompts Murtaugh to capture the man responsible for the distribution of illegal firearms and to rethink his retirement.


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