Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon is a 1987 American action film directed by Richard Donner and written by Shane Black. It stars Mel Gibson and Danny Glover alongside Gary Busey, Tom Atkins, Darlene Love, and Mitchell Ryan. In Lethal Weapon, a pair of mismatched LAPD detectives—Martin Riggs (Gibson), a former Green Beret who has become suicidal following the death of his wife, and veteran officer and family man Roger Murtaugh (Glover)—work together as partners.
Plot
Following the recent death of his wife, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) narcotics Sergeant Martin Riggs, a former Special Forces soldier, has become suicidal and erratic. Despite the protests of the police therapist, the captain believes Riggs is faking his psychosis to be forcibly retired with a generous pension, and partners him with fellow war veteran and seasoned Homicide Sergeant Roger Murtaugh. Riggs and Murtaugh do not get along well at first as Murtaugh is equally dismissive of Riggs's mental state, but is eventually convinced Riggs is genuinely suicidal.
More details
| author | Shane Black |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | Richard Donner |
| editor | Stuart Baird |
| events | drug trafficking Los Angeles Police Department |
| genre | action comedy crime thriller |
| keywords | assault capture central intelligence agency christmas christmas day criminal organization el mirage lake hollow-point bullet intelligence agency jump kill make the illicit funds seem legitimate martin riggs mercury switch money laundering murder poison police department police officer reform retired general roger murtaugh ship shoot special forces united states army special forces vietnam war war veteran |
| musicBy | Michael Kamen |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Sound |
| producer | Joel Silver |
| productionCompany | Silver Pictures |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| recordedAt | Long Beach Santa Monica |
| theme | buddy comedy buddy cop |