Lethal Weapon 2
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Film · TMDB
7.0Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.
Released: 1989-07-07114 minDir: Richard DonnerAction, Thriller, Crime
Cast
- Mel Gibson as Martin Riggs
- Danny Glover as Roger Murtaugh
- Joe Pesci as Leo Getz
- Joss Ackland as Arjen Rudd
- Derrick O'Connor as Pieter Vorstedt
- Patsy Kensit as Rika Van Den Haas
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
7.3/10
197,231 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
82%
Metacritic
70/100
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 3 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Richard Donner
- Screenplay by
- Jeffrey Boam
- Story by
- Shane Black Warren Murphy
- Based on
- Characters, by Shane Black
- Produced by
- Richard Donner, Joel Silver
- Starring
- Mel Gibson Danny Glover Joe Pesci Joss Ackland Derrick O'Connor Patsy Kensit
- Cinematography
- Stephen Goldblatt
- Edited by
- Stuart Baird
- Music by
- Michael Kamen Eric Clapton David Sanborn
- Production company
- Silver Pictures
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release date
- July 7, 1989 ( 1989-07-07 )
- Running time
Key dates
- Published
- 28 September 1989
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- buddy cop film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Series
- Lethal Weapon
- Main subject
- Krugerrand
- Director
- Richard Donner
- Screenwriter
- Jeffrey Boam
- Cast member
- Jim Piddock
- Composer
- Michael Kamen
Article
Lethal Weapon 2 is a 1989 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Richard Donner, and starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Joss Ackland, Derrick O'Connor and Patsy Kensit. It is a sequel to the 1987 film Lethal Weapon and the second installment in the Lethal Weapon film series.
Gibson and Glover respectively reprise their roles as LAPD officers Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh, who protect an irritating federal witness (Pesci), while taking on a gang of South African drug smugglers hiding behind diplomatic immunity.