Lethal Weapon 3
Lethal Weapon 3 is a 1992 American action comedy film directed by Richard Donner and written by Jeffrey Boam and Robert Mark Kamen. The sequel to Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), it is the third installment in the Lethal Weapon film series and stars Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, and Stuart Wilson.
Plot
A week before his retirement, L.A.P.D. Sergeant Roger Murtaugh (Glover) and his partner Martin Riggs (Gibson) are demoted to uniform duties after trying to defuse a bomb before the bomb squad arrived, causing the destruction of an otherwise empty office building. While on street patrol they witness the theft of an armored car, and help to thwart the crime assisted by armored car driver Delores (Delores Hall). One of the two thieves gets away, but the other is taken into police custody. The suspect is found to be a known associate of Jack Travis (Wilson), a former LAPD lieutenant who is believed to be running an arms smuggling ring in Los Angeles. The department is further concerned that the thieves were using armor-piercing bullets, informally referred to as "cop killers". Riggs and Murtaugh are re-promoted and assigned to work with Sergeant Lorna Cole (Russo) from internal affairs to track down Travis.
Cast
- Alan Scarfe
- Danny Glover
- Darlene Love
- Henry Kingi
- J. Mills Goodloe
- Jack McGee
- Jan de Bont
- Joe Pesci
- John Cenatiempo
- Kenneth Tigar
- Lauren Shuler Donner
- Mark Pellegrino
- Mary Ellen Trainor
- Mel Gibson
- Miguel A. Núñez
- Nick Chinlund
- Paul Hipp
- Rene Russo
- Scott Bryce
- Stephen Kay
- Steve Kahan
- Stuart Wilson
- Sven-Ole Thorsen
- Traci Wolfe
More details
| author | Jeffrey Boam Robert Mark Kamen |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | Richard Donner |
| editor | Battle Davis Robert Brown |
| events | arms trafficking Los Angeles Police Department Teflon-coated bullet |
| genre | action comedy thriller |
| keywords | armor-piercing bullets armor-piercing shell armored car arms deal arms smuggling bomb squad build business deal car driver car thief construction site dead man delores hall drug deal force gun fight hack help housing development ice hockey internal affairs jack travis kill l.a.p.d. load martin riggs office building police custody roger murtaugh rookie cop run smuggling ring track down wait |
| musicBy | Michael Kamen |
| producer | Joel Silver Richard Donner |
| productionCompany | Silver Pictures |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| recordedAt | California Florida |
| theme | action comedy buddy comedy buddy cop sequel |