Lethal Weapon 4
With personal crises and age weighing in on them, Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with deadly Chinese triads trying to free their former leaders from prison and onto American soil.
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Jey Wada
Richard Donner
J. Tom Archuleta
Conrad E. Palmisano
Mic Rodgers
David Ascher
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With their joints creaking almost as much as the script, this instalment of the franchise sees “Riggs” (Mel Gibson) and “Murtaugh” (Danny Glover) start they way they mean to go on - pyrotechnically! This time, it’s the encroaching Triad gangs from China who are involved in some people smuggling and currency forging that could end up facilitating an all-out war in Chinatown between the menacingly stylish “Wah Sing Ku” (Jet Li) and local mobster “Uncle Benny” (Kim Chan). Just to add to the mayhem, IAD detective “Lorna” (Rene Russo) is about to have a baby (with “Riggs”); his partner is soon to be a grandfather courtesy of his daughter and another fellow cop, “Butters” (Chris Rock) and then there is the wacky “Leo” (Joe Pesci) whose words of wisdom and frenetic techniques have to be heard/seen to be believed. “Murtaugh” takes pity on the recently arrived “Hong” family and sufficiently narks the Triad so they invade and set fire to his home. He and “Riggs” only just manage to save the family and now the battle lines are drawn. Chris Rock and Joe Pesci just annoyed me from start to finish, but there is compensating chemistry from Gibson and Glover who know each other inside out by now and this features one of the most entertaining car chases cinema has ever produced. I hope the city had a great deal of insurance! It’s quickly paced and the writing, though heavily laden with unnecessary expletives, does deliver some pithy one liners, especially for Gibson, as it heads towards it’s lively denouement with bullets and fists flying all over the place as yet more concrete crumbles. It’s a formula that has worked well until now, pitching two charismatic actors into frying pan and fire environments with little jeopardy but enough humour. Perhaps that emphasis ought not be on enough now, and they should all retire to Palm Springs, rear frogs and leave us to recall this duo in their heyday?
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The directors of Lethal Weapon 4 are Jey Wada, Richard Donner, J. Tom Archuleta, Conrad E. Palmisano, Mic Rodgers, and David Ascher.
The cast of Lethal Weapon 4 includes Chris Rock as Det.Lee Butters, Bill Henderson as Angry Patient, Damon Hines as Nick Murtaugh, Richard Riehle as INS Agent, Michael Chow as Benny's Assistant, Roger Yuan as Chu, Raymond Ma as Dr. Cheng, Dana Lee as General, Jack Kehler as State Department Man, Jeff Imada as Thug, Al Leong as Wah Sing Ku Triad Member (uncredited), James Lew as Freighter's Captain, and more.
The duration of Lethal Weapon 4 is 2h 7 mins.
Yes. Lethal Weapon 4 has 2 trailers on Fanbiz, including Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) 35mm film trailer, flat hard matte, 4K trichromy. Watch them on this page.
You can watch Lethal Weapon 4 on Apple TV Store (Rent) and Amazon Video (Rent). Check this Fanbiz page for the latest platforms.
Lethal Weapon 4 was released on 10 Jul 1998.
Lethal Weapon 4 is listed under Action, Crime, and Thriller on Fanbiz.
Lethal Weapon 4 has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 6.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "With their joints creaking almost as much as the script, this instalment of the franchise sees “Riggs” (Mel Gibson) and “Murtaugh” (Danny Glover) start they way they mean to go..."
