Martin Riggs is a psychopath, dealing with the death of his wife. He was an assassin during Vietnam and is now considered a "lethal weapon." He is also a cop. And he has just been teamed with family man, Roger Murtaugh. Murtaugh, disgruntled that he has to work with the shaky man soon learns that Riggs is his only chance of survival. Investigating a suicide that wasn't really a suicide, they have stumbled across a gigantic conspiracy and a massive amount of drugs but their badges to no good in their situation. They are pitted against a group of deadly assassins and the two partners must team together to stop the syndicate.

MOVIE REVIEW

I have to admit it now. It bears heavily on this review and probably doesn't give a very accurate one. But, to be perfectly honest, Lethal Weapon is the third Lethal Weapon movie that I saw, starting with #4, then #3, and then #1. Seeing #4 first, I expected something different from the original. I expected a hilarious, all-out action thriller with tons of explosions and lots of mindless killing. It did not. Lethal Weapon had a sturdy plot, some drama, and action laid out to fit the story. It had some comedy but no where as much as the sequels. Lethal Weapon was a superb movie but was no where as funny as I expected and lagged in parts. Nevertheless, it started off a quad series, and for that, it gets a good rating.
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