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I've eaten a river of liver and an ocean of fish! I've eaten so much fish, I'm ready to grow gills! I've eaten so much liver, I can only make love if I'm smothered in bacon and onions.
-HawkeyeM*A*S*H
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 Released: 1989
In many ways superior to its predecessor Lethal Weapon, Lethal Weapon 2 reteams Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as, respectively, "loose cannon" LA detective Martin Riggs and Riggs' cautious family-man partner Roger Murtaugh. The villain this time is a South African diplomat (Joss Ackland) who doubles as a drug dealer. Though Riggs knows what's going on thanks to characterless character witness Joe Pesci, he can't touch the villain because of "diplomatic immunity." After perils too numerous to mention, Riggs and Murtaugh shoot it out with the heavies on the deck of a South African cargo ship. The film sometimes strains credulity to the breaking point, notably by having lead villain Joss Ackland turn out to be the same man who killed Mel Gibson's wife in the first Lethal Weapon (this plot point seems to have been inserted with a squeegie). Still, Lethal Weapon 2 contains one of the best—and funniest—suspense scenes ever filmed: Mel Gibson agonizingly attempting to extricate a terrified Danny Glover from a booby-trapped toilet seat. Gibson, Glover and Joe Pesci would be reunited three years later for the equally entertaining Lethal Weapon 3.
Actors
Mel Gibson - Martin Riggs
Danny Glover - Roger Murtaugh
Joe Pesci - Leo Getz
Joss Ackland - Arjen Rudd
Derrick O'Connor - Pieter Vorstedt
Patsy Kensit - Rika Van Den Haas
Darlene Love - Trish Murtaugh
Traci Wolfe - Rianne Murtaugh
Stephen Kahan - Capt. Murphy
Orlando Bonner - Tow Truck Driver
Tony Carreiro - Marcelli
Danny Wynands - Hitman
Paul Tuerpe - Hit Man
Jim Birge - Bomb Squad Cop
Bruce A. Young - Hit Man
James Oliver - Officer Moss
Mary Ellen Trainor - Police Psychiatrist
Al Weber, Jr. - Poolside Card Player
Virginia Shannon - Consulate Office Worker
Danny Ondrejko - Consulate Clerk
Norm Wilson - Detective in Squad Room
Marion Dougherty
Robert Fol - Consulate Guard
Salim Jaidi - Policeman
Catherine Guel - Computer Operator
Allan Dean Moore - George
Philip Maurice Miller - Hit Man
Guy Mack - Hit Man
Jeanne McGuire - Computer Operator
Juney Smith - Tom Wyler
Jenette Goldstein - Meagan Shapiro
Lionel Douglass - Officer Friesen
Jay Della - Poolside Card Player
Tommy Hinkley - Cop
Damon Hines - Nick Murtaugh
Sherman Howard - Hit Man
Cynthia Burr - Owner of Honda
Burbank the Cat - Itself
Marian Collier - Poolside Card Player
Grand L. Bush - Jerry Collins
Patrick Cameron - Bomb Squad Cop
Kenneth Tigar - Bomb Squad Leader
Pat Skipper - Hit Man
Nestor Serrano - Eddie Estaban
Sam the Dog - Itself
Ebonie Smith - Carrie Murtaugh
Philip Suriano - Joseph Ragucci
David Marciano - Cop
Dean Norris - Tim Cavanaugh
Jack McGee - Carpenter
Edward J. Rosen - Poolside Card Player
Jim Piddock - Consulate Envoy
Mark Rolston - Hans
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