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1987 film directed by Richard Donner
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Lethal Weapon is a 1987 American crime, action, and thriller film directed by Richard Donner. The screenplay was written by Shane Black, with production handled by Joel Silver and Donner under the Silver Pictures banner. The cast includes Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, and Mitchell Ryan. The narrative is set in Los Angeles and focuses on the Los Angeles Police Department and drug trafficking. Filming took place in Long Beach and Santa Monica, while the film was shot in English.
The movie has a runtime of 112 minutes and was distributed by Netflix. It received an R rating and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound. The film’s budget was 15,000,000, and it generated 120,207,127 in revenue. Critical reception included a Metascore of 68 and an Rotten Tomatoes rating of 82%. Audience scores on IMDb stand at 7.6, based on 296,397 votes. The film is part of the Lethal Weapon series.
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Film · TMDB
7.3A veteran cop and an unstable detective become partners who must put their differences aside in order to bring down a heroin-smuggling ring run by ex-Special Forces.
Cast
- Mel Gibson as Martin Riggs
- Danny Glover as Roger Murtaugh
- Gary Busey as Mr. Joshua
- Mitchell Ryan as General Peter McAllister
- Tom Atkins as Michael Hunsaker
- Darlene Love as Trish Murtaugh
Themes
- showdown
- police
- self-destruction
- mixed martial arts (mma)
- los angeles, california
- police detective
- ex soldier
- buddy cop
- lapd
- buddy comedy
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Ratings
IMDb
7.6/10
294,178 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
82%
Metacritic
68/100
- Year
- 1987
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 3 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
Key facts
- Directed by
- Richard Donner
- Written by
- Shane Black
- Produced by
- Richard Donner, Joel Silver
- Starring
- Mel Gibson Danny Glover Gary Busey
- Cinematography
- Stephen Goldblatt
- Edited by
- Stuart Baird
- Music by
- Michael Kamen , Eric Clapton
- Production company
- Silver Pictures
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release date
- March 6, 1987 ( 1987-03-06 )
- Running time
- 112 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $15 million
- Box office
- $120.1 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Series
- Lethal Weapon
- Main subject
- drug trafficking
- Director
- Richard Donner
- Screenwriter
- Shane Black
- Cast member
- Jack Thibeau
- Composer
- Michael Kamen
- Producer
- Richard Donner
- Production company
- Silver Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Stephen Goldblatt
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Filming location
- Santa Monica
- Duration
- 112
- FilmAffinity ID
- 453476
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.warnerbros.com/movies/lethal-weapon
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- publication date
- 1987-00-00
- film editor
- Stuart Baird
- title
- Lethal Weapon
- distributed by
- Netflix
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- box office
- 120207127
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set during recurring event
- Christmas and holiday season
- review score
- 68/100
- Commons category
- Lethal Weapon
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Article · 中文
《致命武器》（英語：Lethal Weapon，又譯《轟天炮》）是1987年上映的一部美国动作片，由李察·唐纳執導，梅尔·吉布森和丹尼·葛洛佛主演。該片獲得破億票房，之後又先後拍攝三部續集。 本片講述剛過50歲生日的警官羅傑·莫陶接到任務，要與馬丁·瑞格合作。瑞格因为喪妻意志消沉，人們说他有自毁倾向，與莫陶搭档後一開始衝突不斷。接手的是一擇跳樓案件，但法醫的調查證實是謀殺，死者是莫陶在越南戰爭時戰友麥克·漢薩克的女兒。繼續調查發現，麥克是因為與販毒集團的糾葛才遭此禍端。莫陶去麥克家詢問事情的真相，结果麥克也被暗殺，莫陶的女兒被綁架。經過一連串激烈的追逐，瑞格最终解决販毒黑幫的打手約書亞，並與莫陶成為好友。
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