Lethal Weapon 3
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| Directed by | Richard Donner |
| Produced by | Richard Donner Joel Silver |
| Screenplay by |
Jeffrey Boam Robert Mark Kamen |
| Story by | Jeffrey Boam |
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Characters by Shane Black |
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| Music by |
Michael Kamen Eric Clapton David Sanborn |
| Cinematography | Jan de Bont |
| Edited by | Robert Brown Battle Davis |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Theatrical Cut: 118 min. Director's Cut: 120 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $35 million |
| Box office | $321,731,527 |
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| Soundtrack album by Michael Kamen, Eric Clapton, David Sanborn, Sting, Elton John, The Los Angeles Motion Picture All Stars Orchestra | ||||
| Released | June 9, 1992 (Original) December 3, 2013 (Expanded) |
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| Genre | Orchestral, jazz, blues | |||
| Length | 39:32 (Original); 126:35 (Expanded) | |||
| Label | Reprise (Original); La-La Land (Expanded) | |||
| Michael Kamen, Eric Clapton, David Sanborn, Sting, Elton John, The Los Angeles Motion Picture All Stars Orchestra chronology | ||||
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Lethal Weapon 3 is a 1992 American buddy cop action comedy film directed and produced by Richard Donner, and starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo and Stuart Wilson. It is the third film in the Lethal Weapon series.
In the film, which is set three years after Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Martin Riggs (Gibson) and Roger Murtaugh (Glover) pursue Jack Travis (Stuart Wilson), a former L.A.P.D. lieutenant turned ruthless arms dealer, during the six days prior to Murtaugh's retirement. Riggs and Murtaugh are joined by Leo Getz (Pesci), as well as Internal Affairs Sergeant Lorna Cole (Russo).
Unlike the first two films which received generally positive reviews, Lethal Weapon 3 was met with mixed reviews, but was a box office success, grossing over $320 million worldwide. It was the fifth highest-grossing film of 1992 and the highest-grossing film in the Lethal Weapon series. A fourth film, Lethal Weapon 4, was released on July 10, 1998.
Two days before his retirement, L.A.P.D. Sergeant Roger Murtaugh (Glover) and his partner Martin Riggs (Gibson) are demoted to uniform duties after trying to defuse a bomb before the bomb squad arrived, causing the destruction of an otherwise empty office building. While on street patrol they witness the theft of an armored car, and help to thwart the crime. One of the two thieves gets away, but the other is taken into police custody. The suspect is found to be a known associate of Jack Travis (Wilson), a former LAPD lieutenant who is believed to be running an arms smuggling ring in Los Angeles. The department is further concerned that the thieves were using armor-piercing bullets, informally referred to as "cop killers". Riggs and Murtaugh are re-promoted and assigned to work with Sergeant Lorna Cole (Russo) from internal affairs to track down Travis.
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