[T]here's a sense in which all these recent one-against-a-hundred cop and war thrillers represent the gaudy degeneration of the great tradition of the American action movie: substituting hardware for atmosphere...

| Aug 3, 2020

Unlike most sequels Lethal Weapon 2 is neither predictable nor conventional. It's just pumped full of juice.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 3, 2020

Loaded with the usual elements, Lethal Weapon 2 benefits from a consistency of tone that was lacking in the first film.

| Jun 6, 2008

By concentrating on the often frustrating, funny relationship between the three men, the film gains in humour but loses some of the momentum and panache which distinguished the original.

| Feb 9, 2006

If you liked Lethal Weapon, you'll like Lethal Weapon 2; it's almost as simple as that.

Full Review | May 20, 2003

You've got your chases, you've got your explosions, you've got your destruction of property and death of innocent bystanders -- all this and bonding too.

| Jan 1, 2000

It's fun stuff -- crackling, playfully escapist summer fare that doesn't make you feel taken advantage of later.

| Jan 1, 2000

A film with the same off-center invention and wild energy as the original.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000