Lethal Weapon 2
Lethal Weapon 2 is a 1989 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Richard Donner, and starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Joss Ackland, Derrick O'Connor and Patsy Kensit. It is a sequel to the 1987 film Lethal Weapon and the second installment in the Lethal Weapon film series.
Plot
Two years after the events of the first film, LAPD sergeants Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh are pursuing unidentified suspects suspected of drug trafficking, only to find they have been transporting an illegal shipment of gold in the form of Krugerrand coins from the Afrikaner apartheid government of South Africa. Later, consul-general Arjen Rudd and security agent Pieter Vorstedt kill Hans, their man who lost the shipment of Krugerrands, and debate how to stir the police away from their activities. Pieter suggests warning Murtaugh off the investigation and commits a home invasion on his residence, causing Captain Murphy to reassign Riggs and Murtaugh to protecting an obnoxious federal witness, Leo Getz.
Cast
- Bruce A. Young
- Danny Glover
- Darlene Love
- David Marciano
- Dean Norris
- Derrick O'Connor
- Grand L. Bush
- J. Mills Goodloe
- Jack McGee
- Jenette Goldstein
- Jim Piddock
- Joe Pesci
- Joss Ackland
- Kenneth Tigar
- Mark Rolston
- Mary Ellen Trainor
- Mel Gibson
- Nestor Serrano
- Pat Skipper
- Patsy Kensit
- Sherman Howard
- Steve Kahan
- Traci Wolfe
More details
| author | Jeffrey Boam |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | Richard Donner |
| editor | Stuart Baird |
| events | Anti-Apartheid Movement Krugerrand Los Angeles Police Department |
| genre | action comedy thriller |
| keywords | abduct afrikaner apartheid assassination attempt break out cape town cargo container consul-general contractor create diplomatic immunity discover drown drug smuggle drug trafficking events of the first film first film general contractor home invasion how to kill lapd laundering funds locked in los angeles harbor martin riggs money laundering nail gun port of los angeles roger murtaugh shoot smuggling ring south africa south african suspect traffic warn |
| musicBy | Michael Kamen |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Sound Editing |
| producer | Joel Silver |
| productionCompany | Silver Pictures |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| recordedAt | California |
| theme | action comedy buddy comedy buddy cop sequel |