Lethal Weapon [DVD] [1987]

Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) is a family man cop who is about to turn fifty. Cautious by nature, he is less than happy to be paired with Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) when he is assigned to investigate Californian drug baron 'The General' (Mitchell Ryan). Following the death of his wife, Riggs has become a manic loner who no longer cares whether he lives or dies; an approach which causes more than a few problems as he and Murtaugh attempt to bring the General to justice. Mel Gibson set aside his art-house credentials to star as a crazy cop paired with a stable one (Danny Glover) in this full-blown 1987 Richard Donner action picture. The most violent film in the series (which includes three sequels), Lethal Weapon is also the edgiest and most interesting. After Gibson's character jumps off a building handcuffed to a man, and Gary Busey (as a cold, efficient enforcer) lets his hand get burned without flinching, there is a sense that anything can happen, and it usually does. Donner's strangely messy visual and audio style doesn't make a lot of aesthetic sense, but it stuck with all four movies. --Tom Keogh Synopsis Two tough cops: one carries a lethal weapon, the other is one. Teamed as unlikely partners in a highly unusual case. From the Back Cover Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) is no ordinary cop. He's Mad Max gone maniacal, a man whose killing experise and suicidal recklessness make him a Lethal Weapon to anyone he works against. Or With. Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) is an easygoing homicide detective with a loving family, a big house and a pension he doesn't want to lose. Imagine Murtaugh's shock when he learns his new partner is a guy with nothing left to lose: a wild-eyed, burnt-out Martin Riggs. Lethal Weapon is the thrill-packed story of two Vietnam-vets-turned-cops who have just on other thing in common: both hate to work weith partners. But their partnership becomes the key to survival when a routine murder investigation leads to all-out, take-no-prisoners, martial-arts-and-machine-guns war with an international heroin ring. Director RichardDonner (Conspiracy Theory, Lethal Weapon 4) moves that war at two speeds: fast and Faster. Hot L.A. days and nights explode in one show-topping scene after another, culminating in a no-holds-barred battle between Riggs and his Angel-of-Death nemesis (Gary Busey) - an electrifying sequence incorporating three martial-art styles and requiring four full nights to film. Fierce, fast and frequently funny, Lethal Weapon fires of round after round of can't-miss entertainment. We dispatch orders daily. Orders are sent 2nd Class with Royal Mail as standard but 1st Class is also available as an option when checking out. Loads more bargain DVD's, CD's, Audiobooks, Games, Blu-rays and VHS tapes, check out other listings!