Lethal Weapon – Two steel-hard professionals started the film series in 1987 with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover. The iconic buddy cop team appeared in four films, the last sequel was released in 1998. On Moviepilot, both films together have over 20,000 ratings and a very good rating 7.5 points. You can see the two best-rated films in the series as a double feature on TV today.
That’s what the action films Lethal Weapon 1 and 2 are about
The unusual cop duo, consisting of family man Roger Murtaugh (Glover) and suicidal Vietnam veteran Martin Riggs (Gibson), must Death of a young woman enlighten. The two quickly find out that the murder has something to do with the drug scene and make their own guesses in the crosshairs of the perpetrators.
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Danny Glover and Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon
In Lethal Weapon 2 – Focus LA, the unlikely team pursues a few shady diplomats. Her radical approach leaves a battlefield on the streets of Los Angeles, which is why the LAPD appears to be giving them one foolproof job gives. The two are supposed to watch out for key witness Leo Getz (Joe Pesci), but he leads the two cops straight to the people behind the nighttime chase.
After over 25 years, Lethal Weapon is to be continued
As early as 2020, producer Dan Lin revealed that Lethal Weapon 5 was being worked on. Even after over 20 years, Mel Gibson and Danny Glover are set to reprise their roles as themselves bickering cops take in. Director Richard Donner, who already has the film, should also be there first four parts staged had. At that time it was said that all that was missing was the script.
2021 Donner died at the age of 91. He had been working on the script with screenwriter Richard Wenk and in 2022, Gibson announced to JoBlo that he and Wenk had finished the book. But there were a lot of personnel changes at Warner, which is why development took a long time.
Gibson is also set to direct the action sequel. In December, Film Stories reported that the Filming According to rumors it should start in 2024, but nothing has been confirmed.
When is Lethal Weapon on TV?
Part one runs today, on February 19th at 8:15 p.mr on cable1. The second part will be broadcast immediately afterwards at 10:40 p.m. The Repetition The channel will show Lethal Weapon on the night of February 20th at 12:55 a.m., with the second one taking place again at 3:00 a.m. Regardless of the television program, you can stream the action classic on WOW, among others.
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