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Lethal Weapon 2
Directed by Richard Donner
Produced by Richard Donner
Joel Silver
Written by Story by:
Shane Black
Warren Murphy
Screenplay by:
Jeffrey Boam
Starring Mel Gibson
Danny Glover
Joe Pesci
Joss Ackland
Derrick O'Connor
Patsy Kensit
Music by Michael Kamen
Eric Clapton
David Sanborn
Cinematography Stephen Goldblatt
Editing by Stuart Baird
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date(s) July 7, 1989 (USA)
Running time 114 min. Richard Donner (born April 24, 1930) is an American Film director, and also a Film producer through the production company Richard Donner (born April 24, 1930) is an American Film director, and also a Film producer through the production company Joel Silver (born July 14, 1952) is an American Hollywood Film producer and inventor of the sport of Ultimate. Shane Black (born December 16, 1961) is an American Actor, Screenwriter and Film director. Warren Murphy (born in Jersey City, New Jersey, September 13, 1933) is an American author most famous as the co-creator of Jeffrey Boam ( November 30, 1946 &ndash January 24, 2000) was an American Screenwriter and Film producer. Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, AO (born January 3 1956 Danny Lebern Glover (born July 22 1946 is an American Actor, Film director, and Political activist. Joseph Frank "Joe" Pesci (born February 9, 1943) is an Academy Award -winning American Actor, Comedian, Singer Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland CBE (born February 29 1928) known as Joss Ackland, is an English Actor who has appeared Derrick O'Connor (born 1941) is an Irish character actor mostly known for his roles in Terry Gilliam films Patricia Jude Francis Kensit (born March 4, 1968) is an English actress and former Singer, well-known for her three celebrity Michael Kamen ( April 15, 1948 – November 18, 2003) was an American Composer (especially of Film scores Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer David Sanborn (born July 30, 1945) is an American alto Saxophonist. Stephen Goldblatt, ASC, BSC (b South Africa 1945 is an Oscar nominated cinematographer noted for his work on high-profile action films as well Stuart Baird (born 30 November 1947) is an Academy Award nominated English Film editor, producer, and director Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Events Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton Georgia for $20 million The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
118 min. (director's cut)
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
Preceded by Lethal Weapon (1987)
Followed by Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
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Lethal Weapon 2 is an 1989 action film directed by Richard Donner, and starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Derrick O'Connor and Joss Ackland. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Lethal Weapon is a 1987 Action film, the first in a series of American Films that were released in 1987 1989 Lethal Weapon 3 is a 1992 buddy cop action - Comedy film directed by Richard Donner and starring Mel Gibson Events Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton Georgia for $20 million Richard Donner (born April 24, 1930) is an American Film director, and also a Film producer through the production company Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, AO (born January 3 1956 Danny Lebern Glover (born July 22 1946 is an American Actor, Film director, and Political activist. Joseph Frank "Joe" Pesci (born February 9, 1943) is an Academy Award -winning American Actor, Comedian, Singer Derrick O'Connor (born 1941) is an Irish character actor mostly known for his roles in Terry Gilliam films Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland CBE (born February 29 1928) known as Joss Ackland, is an English Actor who has appeared It is the first sequel to the 1987 film Lethal Weapon. A sequel is a work in Literature, Film, or other media that portrays events following those of a previous work Events January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago Illinois, to Lethal Weapon is a 1987 Action film, the first in a series of American Films that were released in 1987 1989

The movie was nominated for Best Sound Editing. The Academy Award of Merit for Best Sound Editing is an Academy Award granted yearly to a film exhibiting the finest or most aesthetic


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Plot

After an initial car chase, a red BMW crashes and LAPD officers Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh discover the trunk is full of South African Krugerrands (gold coins which were illegal in the U. Martin Riggs (born October 16, 1950) is a fictional police officer from the Lethal Weapon franchise Roger Murtaugh (born December 15, 1937) is a fictional character in the Lethal Weapon films played in all four by Danny Glover A Krugerrand is a South African Gold coin, first minted in 1967 in order to help market South African gold S. at the time due to the South African apartheid government). The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa

Murtaugh is threatened at his home by South African thugs and Murtaugh and Riggs wonder if this is related to the find of the Krugerrands. The thugs' racist behavior towards Murtaugh is a clear metaphor for the apartheid government's abuse through its racial segregation in the country.

At one stage during the film Roger Murtaugh's family notices that he had the intention to eat a tuna sandwich, however was told not to continue eating his sandwich because the tuna was not deemed "dolphin safe". Tuna, are several Species of ocean-dwelling Fish in the family Scombridae, mostly in the genus Thunnus.

When Murtaugh and Riggs are assigned to protect a Federal witness, Leo Getz (played by Joe Pesci), they discover Getz has been doing business with South African drug smugglers. Joseph Frank "Joe" Pesci (born February 9, 1943) is an Academy Award -winning American Actor, Comedian, Singer Money laundering is the practice of engaging in financial Transactions in order to conceal the Identity, source and/or destination of Money, The drug smugglers are led by Arjen Rudd, who is the minister of diplomatic affairs for the South African consulate in Los Angeles (who enjoys diplomatic immunity), and his enforcer Vorstedt.

While Leo and Murtaugh distract the guards, Riggs infiltrated the building and grab the paper saying, "Alba Varden", a name that seemed familiar to Murtaugh. Then, he tells Rudd and his Gangs to leave his country and never come back. Then Riggs shoots the glass aquarium and leaves happy.

While investigating the South African diplomats Riggs falls for Rudd's secretary, Rika Van Den Haas, who does not care for Rudd.

While Riggs falls for Rika, Vorstedt kills Officers Tom Wyler, Meagen Shapiro, Tim Cavanaugh, and others. Murtaugh narrowly repels an assassination attempt when viewing an old home-made video trying to find out what the Alba Varden is, only to find out that Leo Getz was kidnapped while sitting in Murtaugh's car unattended.

While confronting Vorstedt, Riggs learns how his wife Vicky really died: Vorstedt caused the crash in 1984, while intending to kill Riggs instead. When Vorstedt attempts to kill Riggs, Riggs finds Rika drowned.

Shortly after saving Getz, Murtaugh and Riggs exact a bloody revenge against the drug smugglers on the cargo ship, the Alba Varden. In the process, Vorstedt and Riggs get into a violent fight. Riggs stabs Vorstedt with his own knife and leaves him for dead, but Vorstedt grabs a gun and aims it at Riggs. In the nick-of-time, Riggs exacts his revenge by pressing a button on a control panel which drops a metal container and crushes Vorstedt.

Rudd appears behind Riggs and shoots him several times. Murtaugh sees this and aims his gun at Rudd. Rudd then exclaims, "Diplomatic immunity!" and holds up his ID. Murtaugh responds by shooting Rudd in the head and utters: ". . . it's just been revoked!"

Murtaugh goes to a dying Riggs and it turns out Riggs is fine. The two buddies laugh and joke as the sirens come for them in the background.

Production

Development

In the original script (written by a reluctant Shane Black), the South Africans were even more vicious. Shane Black (born December 16, 1961) is an American Actor, Screenwriter and Film director. At one point, they even torture Riggs in much the same manner as Mr. Joshua in the original. And the ending climaxed with a distraught Riggs dying after the wounds delivered from Arjen Rudd. The character of Rika was originally intended to survive, with the last scene in the movie being Riggs and Rika eating Thanksgiving dinner with the Murtaughs, but the director decided to kill the character to increase Riggs' motivation to destroy the South Africans. Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a traditional North American Holiday, which is a form of harvest festival. The scenes of her rescue and the finale with her were shot, but not used. When the original Shane Black screenplay was changed he temporarily left the series. He had no part in Lethal Weapon 3 but returned for rewrites on Lethal Weapon 4, knowing it would be the last in the series. Lethal Weapon 3 is a 1992 buddy cop action - Comedy film directed by Richard Donner and starring Mel Gibson Lethal Weapon 4 is a 1998 buddy cop action - Comedy film directed by Richard Donner and starring Mel Gibson, The rewrites that resulted in the final film are by Warren Murphy, co-creator of Remo Williams (the lead character of The Destroyer novels) and Jeffrey Boam (screenwriter for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and The Lost Boys). Warren Murphy (born in Jersey City, New Jersey, September 13, 1933) is an American author most famous as the co-creator of Jeffrey Boam ( November 30, 1946 &ndash January 24, 2000) was an American Screenwriter and Film producer. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a 1989 Adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg from a story co-written by Executive producer The Lost Boys is a 1987 American comedy - Horror film about two young Arizonans who move to California

The film was the debut of Leo Getz (Joe Pesci), a banker who is placed in protective custody by Riggs and Murtaugh, and makes the detectives' lives a living hell due to his neurotic behavior. Joseph Frank "Joe" Pesci (born February 9, 1943) is an Academy Award -winning American Actor, Comedian, Singer The Getz character remained a regular throughout the remainder of the series.

At two points in the film, Riggs intentionally dislocates his shoulder in order to get out of a straitjacket and then slams it back into place. A straitjacket is a Garment shaped like a Jacket with overlong Sleeves The ends of these can be tied to the back of the wearer so that the arms are kept This becomes a running gag not only throughout the series, but also throughout a lot of parody movies.

Filming

Patsy Kensit as Rika van den Haas
Patsy Kensit as Rika van den Haas

The scene where Riggs is on the road outside Arjen's stilt house and grabs onto the front of the truck (the same scene with the surfboard killing a driver) was filmed on March 21st, 1989. A featurette on this scene can be viewed in the DVD Special Featurette on action and stunt sequences.

The opening chase sequence was filmed on November 28th, 1988 according to the "Behind the Scenes" feature within the DVD's Special Features.

Patsy Kensit described her sex scene with Mel Gibson as having been very uncomfortable to act out. Patricia Jude Francis Kensit (born March 4, 1968) is an English actress and former Singer, well-known for her three celebrity Sex in film refers to the presentation in motion pictures of sex acts including love scenes. Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, AO (born January 3 1956 She stated that the reason was that she and Gibson were "both married" and "both Catholics. "

The Star Wars series and Ghostbusters notwithstanding (which were released some years before), the film was among the first of the summer blockbusters to feature the 'title only' style of opening that would become an established feature of 'event' movies from that point on. Star Wars is an epic Space opera franchise initially conceived by George Lucas during the 1970s and significantly expanded Zuul redirects here For the videogame see Zool. Ghostbusters (titled on-screen as Ghost Busters) is

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was compiled, written and performed by Michael Kamen and Eric Clapton. Michael Kamen ( April 15, 1948 – November 18, 2003) was an American Composer (especially of Film scores Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer

The track list released commercially is as follows:[1]

  1. "Cheer Down" - George Harrison
  2. "Still Cruisin' (After All These Years)" - The Beach Boys
  3. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" - Randy Crawford/Eric Clapton/David Sanborn
  4. "Riggs"
  5. "The Embassy"
  6. "Riggs and Roger"
  7. "Leo"
  8. "Goodnight Rika"
  9. "The Stilt House"
  10. "The Shipyard/Knockin' on Heaven's Door"

The soundtrack also includes "I'm Not Scared" performed by Eighth Wonder and "Since I Don't Have You", "This I Swear", "Lonely Way", "How Much" and "Believe Me" performed by The Skyliners[2] however these are not included on the soundtrack album. " Cheer Down " is a song with music written by George Harrison and lyrics written by Harrison and Tom Petty. George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001 was an English rock Guitarist Singer - Songwriter, Author The Beach Boys is an American rock band Formed in 1961 the group gained popularity for its close vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a California Youth culture " Knockin' on Heaven's Door " is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan for the Soundtrack of the 1973 film Pat Garrett & Billy the Randy Crawford (born Veronica Crawford February 18 1952, in Macon Georgia) is an American Jazz and R&B Singer. David Sanborn (born July 30, 1945) is an American alto Saxophonist. Eighth Wonder was a British pop band in the 1980s They formed in 1983 and enjoyed major success in Japan and Italy between " Since I Don't Have You " is a Song by the Doo-wop group The Skyliners. The Skyliners are an American Doo wop group from Pittsburgh fronted by Jimmy Beaumont The inclusion of Eighth Wonder in the soundtrack is notable as leader singer Patsy Kensit also appears in a major role in the movie. Patricia Jude Francis Kensit (born March 4, 1968) is an English actress and former Singer, well-known for her three celebrity

Reception

The movie was the third most successful movie of 1989 (after Batman and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade), earning nearly $150 million domestically and $80. Batman is a 1989 Superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a 1989 Adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg from a story co-written by Executive producer The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 6 million overseas. The movie received mostly positive reviews, although not as many as the original. Nevertheless, it carefully avoided repeating the original story by bringing in new characters and setting up new directions.

Despite being an overtly anti-South African film and being dismissed by the then South African Consul General in Los Angeles as "an awful film", Lethal Weapon 2 was released uncut in South Africa and was a box-office success. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa

Mel Gibson, Danny Glover and Richard Donner have all stated that this is their favorite film of the Lethal Weapon series. Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, AO (born January 3 1956 Danny Lebern Glover (born July 22 1946 is an American Actor, Film director, and Political activist. Richard Donner (born April 24, 1930) is an American Film director, and also a Film producer through the production company

Alternate versions

Some broadcasts of the movie on UK television remove scenes showing Riggs fighting and killing the two men on the dock after he climbs out of the water even though the film carries an 18 rating with the scenes intact. The deleted scenes show Riggs first breaking a man's neck and then slamming a car door on another man's head. The final fight with Vorstedt's is trimmed down removing the depiction of large amounts of blood. The sequence where he empties a full magazine into one of the villains is also shortened. The movie was however broadcast uncut by Channel 4 on May 17th 2007 and again on FilmFour on July 3rd and July 7th 2007. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began Film4 is a free digital Television channel in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, owned and operated by Channel 4, that screens


Influence

External references

Miscellanea

References and notes

  1. ^ Lethal Weapon 2 [SOUNDTRACK]. Amazon.com. Amazoncom Inc ( is an American electronic commerce ( E-commerce) company in Seattle Washington. Retrieved on 2008-01-26. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France.
  2. ^ Soundtracks for Lethal Weapon 2. IMDB.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-26. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France.

See also

External links

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