Lethal Weapon 2
Short description
Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh are back, the mismatched Los Angeles detectives whose partnership has survived everything thrown at it so far. Their new assignment looks routine at first: guarding Leo Getz, a talkative small-time accountant who is due to testify against the drug organization he once worked for. Getz's information leads the pair to a South African diplomatic mission whose staff seem to be running a drug operation while hiding behind diplomatic immunity, and the case quickly becomes far more dangerous than the two officers expected.
Richard Donner returned to direct, having made the first film in the series. Lethal Weapon 2 is the eighth of the eighteen films he directed, following Scrooged and preceding Lethal Weapon 3. Jeffrey Boam wrote the screenplay, and Joel Silver and Donner produced. Mel Gibson and Danny Glover reprise their roles, with Joe Pesci joining as Getz, Joss Ackland and Derrick O'Connor as the antagonists, and Patsy Kensit as Rika Van Den Haas. The production cost about 28 million dollars and took roughly 228 million dollars worldwide, a strong return.
Among the 201,000 IMDb voters the film holds a 7.3, while the smaller TMDB sample of around 3,880 users puts it at 7. Roughly 45 critics' reviews average 6.8, so critics rated it somewhat lower than audiences did. The cast list runs to 59 credited performers and the crew to 185.
What's left behind the scenes
- The carpenter’s name is McGhee. This is the real name of the actor who played the character (Jack McGhee).
- The name of the cologne whose bottle is shattered during the destruction of Riggs’ trailer is “Hero.” The first time we see Riggs entering his RV, you can notice an advertisement for this cologne playing on the television.
- Originally, Riggs was supposed to die in the film’s final scene, but the producers decided to keep him alive so that a sequel could be made.
- While the Murtaugh family waits for that very commercial, they are watching “Tales from the Crypt” (1989), episode 1.2 “And All Through The House,” which premiered on June 10, 1989, and starred Mary Ellen Trainor, who played Dr. Stephanie Woods. Furthermore, several episodes of “Tales from the Crypt” were produced by Richard Donner, who also directed this film.
- Number of deaths: 33.
- Leo’s signature phrase, “okay-okay-okay,” was based on the way employees at “Disneyland” amusement parks spoke when giving directions to “Fantasyland.”
- The director's cut has a runtime of 118 minutes.
- Mel Gibson turned down the lead role in "Batman" (1989) for the sake of this film.
- The scene of the house destruction on stilts cost the filmmakers over $500,000.
- During the shootout on the ship in the film's finale, Riggs empties an entire magazine into the attacker in one scene, approaches him, and fires one more shot at point-blank range. At that moment, it is visible that the killed man's shirt has no bullet holes or blood splatters.
- An alternate ending to the film: Thanksgiving dinner at the Murtaugh house, also attended by Riggs and Rika Van Haas.
- Initially, Leo was supposed to be a flattering and effeminate character, but Joe Pesci didn’t want to play him that way. He suggested that Leo be a man who tries too hard to please everyone.
- During the scene where Leo is cleaning Riggs’ house, the song “I'm Not Scared” by the British pop group “Eighth Wonder,” whose member was Patsy Kensit, who played Rik Van Haas, is playing.
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