Lethal Weapon (1987)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.6/10   

Réalisateur:

Richard Donner

Scénariste:

Shane Black (written by)

Release Date:

6 mars 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Accroche:

If these two can learn to stand each other... the bad guys don't stand a chance.

Plot:

A veteran cop, Murtough, is partnered with a young homicidal cop, Riggs. Both having one thing in common, hating working in pairs. Now they must learn to work with one and other to stop a gang of drug smugglers.

Plot Keywords:

Suicidal | Police | Death | Vietnam | Drugs

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 5 wins & 1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

Started it all

US TV Schedule:

Fri. July 10	9:00 PM	SPIKETV
Sat. July 11	1:30 AM	SPIKETV

Ensemble

Mel Gibson	...	Sergeant Martin Riggs
Danny Glover	...	Sergeant Roger Murtaugh
Gary Busey	...	Mr. Joshua
Mitch Ryan	...	General Peter McAllister (as Mitchell Ryan)
Tom Atkins	...	Michael Hunsaker
Darlene Love	...	Trish Murtaugh
Traci Wolfe	...	Rianne Murtaugh
Jackie Swanson	...	Amanda Hunsaker
Damon Hines	...	Nick Murtaugh
Ebonie Smith	...	Carrie Murtaugh
Bill Kalmenson	...	Beat Cop
Lycia Naff	...	Dixie
Patrick Cameron	...	Cop #1
Don Gordon	...	Cop #2
Jimmie F. Skaggs	...	Drug Dealer #1

Autre(s) titre(s):

L'arme fatale (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]

Durée:

110 min | Germany:108 min (cut version) | USA:117 min (director's cut) | Turkey:104 min (TV version)

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Son:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Classification:

Australia:M | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-15 (director's cut) (DVD version) | Finland:K-18 (1987) | Brazil:16 (1999 re-rating) | Brazil:18 (original rating) | New Zealand:M | Hungary:16 | Italy:VM14 | Argentina:16 | Canada:18A | Chile:18 | France:-12 | Ireland:18 | Norway:18 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:15 | South Korea:18 (director's cut) | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | USA:Unrated (director's cut) | West Germany:16 (director's cut) | West Germany:18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec)

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Columbia/Warner Bros. Ranch - 411 N. Hollywood Way, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Silver Pictures

Anecdotes:

Body count: 26

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: In the scene with Dixie's house exploding throughout the scene after Riggs takes his jacket off. Which is supposedly burning. You can see the yellow prop sticker on Riggs' gun. When they walk to the car right after the explosion and later when Dixie's body is being taken out.

Guillemet:

[last lines]
Roger Murtaugh: I'm too old for this...

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "30 Rock: Jack-Tor (#1.5)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

A Christmas Carol

Started it all

If there's one movie that's an absolute an unquestionable action classic, it's without a moment of doubt "Lethal weapon". Who would have guessed back in 1987 that the same team would make a third sequel eleven years later? Still, the fact that "Lethal weapon" got sequels doesn't make it a miraculous movie. The fact that it means the same thing to "a buddy film" -genre than "Die hard" means to "one man saves the day from terrorists" genre makes it a special motion picture. It practically started the whole phenomenon as we know it today and just take a good look at all the dozens and dozens of buddy flicks that tries to imitate the mixture of vivid action and relaxing, splendid humor of "Lethal weapon". I have to admit that part of me would still like to see Riggs and Murtaugh together for the very last time. On the other hand Mel Gibson is already 46 years old and Danny Glover just turned 55 and he's definitely starting out to be "too old for this".