Lethal Weapon 2

Theatrical Release Date: 1989 07 07 (USA)

UPC: 085391187622

Studio: Warner Home Video

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Violence, Graphic Violence, Brief Nudity, Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, Profanity, Sexual Situations]

Summary: Lethal Weapon 2 re-teams Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as, respectively, "loose cannon" L.A. detective Martin Riggs and his partner, the cautious family man 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. Lethal Weapon 2, of course, contains as one of its comic high-points a now famous suspense scene: Mel Gibson agonizingly attempting to extricate a terrified Danny Glover from a booby-trapped toilet seat. Director Richard Donner, Gibson, Glover, and Joe Pesci would be reunited three years later for Lethal Weapon 3 and in 1998 for Lethal Weapon 4. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Category: Action

Awards: Best Sound Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Features: Behind-the-scenes featurette
Soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1
Interactive menus
Production notes
Theatrical trailer
Scene access
Languages: English and Fran?ais
Subtitles: English, Fran?ais, Espanol

Lethal Weapon 2

Format: DVD

Release Date: 07/30/1997

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Pre-1954 Standard, 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DDS Dolby Digital Surround

Runtime: 114 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 -- Standard
0. Jump to a Scene
1. Downtown chase [7:48]
2. Straightjacket bet [2:08]
3. Rianne's debut [1:19]
4. New hobby room [1:38]
5. The commercial [3:27]
6. Hans "fired" [1:54]
7. Pen memories [3:20]
8. Family nightmare [1:59]
9. Getz assignment [2:14]
10. Room service [4:28]
11. Laundry lecture [3:26]
12. The stilt house [2:07]
13. Wipeout [3:40]
14. Diplo immunity [2:58]
15. Rika [1:20]
16. A rubber plant [1:35]
17. Escort home [1:37]
18. Leo on drive-ins [1:20]
19. Shadowing Rudd [1:59]
20. Leo cleans house [1:12]
21. All to himself [3:22]
22. Not on toilets [5:05]
23. Consulate Business [6:23]
24. A due [1:19]
25. Market seduction [4:07]
26. Hit...hard! [2:59]
27. Nailing hit men [4:21]
28. Aerial assault [4:48]
29. Seeing Rika home [2:27]
30. Revelation [1:25]
31. Under the Pier [2:23]
32. Not a cop tonight [3:24]
33. Bring down the house [3:27]
34. Cargo [3:46]
35. Guns Blazing [2:06]
36. Duel with Vorstedt [2:20]
37. Immunity revoked [1:00]
38. Dekaffirnated [2:53]
Side #2 -- Widescreen
0. Jump to a Scene
1. Downtown chase [7:48]
2. Straightjacket bet [2:08]
3. Rianne's debut [1:19]
4. New hobby room [1:38]
5. The commercial [3:27]
6. Hans "fired" [1:54]
7. Pen memories [3:20]
8. Family nightmare [1:59]
9. Getz assignment [2:14]
10. Room service [4:28]
11. Laundry lecture [3:26]
12. The stilt house [2:07]
13. Wipeout [3:40]
14. Diplo immunity [2:58]
15. Rika [1:20]
16. A rubber plant [1:35]
17. Escort home [1:37]
18. Leo on drive-ins [1:20]
19. Shadowing Rudd [1:59]
20. Leo cleans house [1:12]
21. All to himself [3:22]
22. Not on toilets [5:05]
23. Consulate business [6:23]
24. A clue [1:19]
25. Market seduction [4:07]
26. Hit...hard! [2:59]
27. Nailing hit men [4:21]
28. Aerial assault [4:48]
29. Seeing Rika home [2:27]
30. Revelation [1:25]
31. Under the pier [2:23]
32. Not a cop tonight [3:24]
33. Bring down the house [3:27]
34. Cargo [3:46]
35. Guns blazing [2:06]
36. Duel with Vorstedt [2:20]
37. Immunity revoked [1:00]
38. Dekaffirnated [2:53]

Derek Armstrong

As much as Lethal Weapon may have stepped outside its genre trappings to strike an unexpected chord, its sequel was the film that gave the series the legs it needed to continue onward and upward. While it still plumbs some dark, painful subject matter for its lead characters, Lethal Weapon 2 skews lighter by treating the Murtaugh-Riggs dynamic as the stuff of fruitful comedy, an approach intensified by the winning Leo Getz character, whom Joe Pesci makes all his own. The verbal ticks of Pesci's loudmouth pipsqueak took on a pop-culture life of their own, with filmgoers eager to mimic his rapid-fire locutions. But it's the supreme comfort of Mel Gibson and Danny Glover, with both each other and the script, that rockets this to the top of buddy movies to such an extent that it became ripe for parody. Richard Donner again proves his command of this material with a handful of memorable set pieces, and especially his use of Gibson in Gibson's trademark bug-out scenes, which coined the franchise title. The familiarity of the recurring jokes and character traits would start to feel a little weary by Lethal Weapon 3, but here, they're the stuff sequel dreams are made of. ~ Derek Armstrong, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Lionel Douglass  Actor 
David Marciano  Actor 
Sam the Dog  Actor 
Tony Carreiro  Actor 
Danny Ondrejko  Actor 
Burbank the Cat  Actor 
Jenette Goldstein  Actor 
Dean Norris  Actor 
Pat Skipper  Actor 
Bruce A. Young  Actor 
Catherine Guel  Actor 
Al Weber, Jr.  Actor 
Grand L. Bush  Actor 
Damon Hines  Actor 
Philip Suriano  Actor 
Guy Mack  Actor 
Marion Dougherty  Actor 
Marian Collier  Actor 
Mark Rolston  Actor 
Mary Ellen Trainor  Actor 
Jim Birge  Actor 
Philip Maurice Miller  Actor 
Cynthia Burr  Actor 
Tommy Hinkley  Actor 
Ebonie Smith  Actor 
Salim Jaidi  Actor 
Norm Wilson  Actor 
Patrick Cameron  Actor 
Sherman Howard  Actor 
Jim Piddock  Actor 
Kenneth Tigar  Actor 
James Oliver  Actor 
Jeanne McGuire  Actor 
Juney Smith  Actor 
Jay Della  Actor 
Edward J. Rosen  Actor 
Paul Tuerpé  Actor 
Orlando Bonner  Actor 
Allan Dean Moore  Actor 
Jack McGee  Actor 
Nestor Serrano  Actor 
Danny Wynands  Actor 
Robert Fol  Actor 
Virginia Shannon  Actor 
Jeffrey Boam  Screenwriter 
Eric Clapton  Composer (Music Score) 
Richard Donner  Director 
Michael Kamen  Composer (Music Score) 
David Sanborn  Composer (Music Score) 
Mel Gibson  Actor 
Danny Glover  Actor 
Joe Pesci  Actor 
Joss Ackland  Actor 
Derrick O'Connor  Actor 
Patsy Kensit  Actor 
Darlene Love  Actor 
Traci Wolfe  Actor 
Stephen Kahan  Actor 

Country: USA