Lethal Weapon

A veteran cop, Murtough, is partnered with a young homicidal cop, Riggs. Both having one thing in common, hating working in pairs. Now they must learn to work with one and other to stop a gang of drug smugglers.

• Director: Richard Donner
• Genre:Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller
• Runtime:105 minutes

Cast

Mel Gibson : Sergeant Martin Riggs
Danny Glover : Sergeant Roger Murtaugh
Gary Busey : Mr. Joshua
Mitch Ryan : General Peter McAllister (as Mitchell Ryan)
Tom Atkins : Michael Hunsaker

The movie is set in December 1986. LAPD Detective Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) is depressed about getting old, having recently celebrated his 50th birthday, and receiving messages from Michael Hunsaker (Tom Atkins), an old war buddy from his time served during the Vietnam War, whom Murtaugh realizes he has not seen in 12 years. Called to investigate a suicide, he is horrified to find the victim is Amanda Hunsaker, daughter of Michael. Elsewhere, younger L.A.P.D. Detective Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson), depressed and suicidal following the recent death of his wife, nearly kills a disarmed suspect after entering a psychotic rage during a drug bust. Weary of his behavior, Riggs’ superiors transfer him to Murtaugh’s unit, making them very reluctant partners.

During Amanda’s autopsy, drugs laced with drain cleaner are found in her system. Although she jumped to her death, she would have died within minutes anyway, making her death a homicide. After informing her distraught father, who says he was trying to contact Murtaugh to get Amanda out of her drug and pornography habits, Riggs and Murtaugh go to question a pimp known to have connections to Amanda. Finding a drug lab on the premises, they engage in a brief gunfight with the pimp (who is killed in the process), where Riggs saves Murtaugh’s life, leading to respect between them. Having found the drugs and with the pimp dead, Murtaugh assumes the case is closed, but Riggs finds it suspicious that the only witness to Amanda’s suicide was a prostitute named Dixie, who was working away from her usual location. They deduce Dixie was the one who poisoned Amanda, then posed as a witness to cover her actions.

The next morning, Riggs and Murtaugh go to Dixie’s home to question her, but her house explodes just as they arrive. Investigating the site, Riggs, who during the Vietnam War served in US Army Special Forces, finds part of the bomb, a mercury switch, knowing only a professional would use such a device. A neighborhood child also remembers seeing a man at Dixie’s earlier, who had a special forces tattoo similar to Riggs’ own. Seeing a connection, they decide Michael Hunsaker knows more than he has admitted and Murtaugh confronts him at Amanda’s wake. Read more

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