An enduring buddy film, brilliantly combining drama, comedy, adventure, bloodshed, machine gun showdowns in the middle of busy highways, and excessive property destruction.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Sep 6, 2020

My problem with Lethal Weapon is I did not love the script or the action

| Original Score: 4/10 | May 25, 2020

...it's not difficult to see why Riggs and Murtaugh became downright iconic figures after the release of this picture...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 24, 2019

Richard Donner directed with an expert eye for action but impaired vision for logic.

| Jul 25, 2019

... creates a new type of hero... [Full review in Spanish]

| Mar 14, 2018

Unfortunately, while Black's assembled all the parts, he's not locked in the conflict early enough, and the good scenes simply aren't enough good to make up for the plot's too-late lock.

| Mar 6, 2017

[Gibson and Glover] make a great team, and some of their early adventures are exciting. But the film runs out of gas as it turns into an extended chase sequence.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 13, 2014

At center is the first big, juicy mythic-hero part Gibson has had since Mad Max.

| Dec 6, 2013

What this premise needs is a serviceable plot, but screenwriter Shane Block hasn't provided one. Indeed, for an action thriller, Lethal Weapon is unacceptably slow.

| Dec 6, 2013

The story, which proceeds with inevitability, is enlivened by Donner's rousing action sequences.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 6, 2013

Implausibility is a large part of the entertainment in this romp par excellence, with each overblown set piece becoming ever more ludicrous.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 6, 2013

Thanks to a peculiar chemistry and a terrific script, Mel Gibson and Danny Glover lift this movie above mere 온라인카지노추천-cop fodder.

Full Review | Dec 6, 2013

Nothing, however, can really prepare audiences for the generally good, though offbeat, performances, gritty action and serio-comic exploits of the Good Guys vs. the Bad Guys.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 13, 2013

As action-adventure, it's pointlessly puerile, a movie where the heroes are so childish they try to one-up each other with fancy shots at the pistol range.

| Original Score: 0.5/4 | May 13, 2013

What does it say that I loved it as a boy of fourteen?

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 12, 2012

Yeah, I know, I know: It's considered an action classic and routinely pegged as one of the best "buddy cop" films, but it's always held just marginal appeal for me -- besides, compare it to Die Hard, and its "classic" status seems even more ludicrous.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 14, 2012

Mismatched cops spar in violent '80s action hit.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 1, 2011

From a distance, Lethal Weapon might appear generic, but a closer look reveals something special.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 7, 2009

What a concept! Mad Max meets The Cosby Show

| Aug 25, 2008

A phenomenally successful, noisy, violent buddy movie.

| Aug 25, 2008