Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)

Note Générale:

6,5/10   

Réalisateur:

Richard Donner

Scénaristes:

Shane Black (characters)
Jeffrey Boam (story)

Date de sortie:

15 mai 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Accroche:

The magic is back again!

Intrigue:

Martin Riggs finally meets his match in the form of Lorna Cole, a beautiful but tough policewoman. Together with Roger Murtaugh...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Internal Affairs | Gun | Police Officer | Policeman

Récompenses:

3 wins & 4 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Saves the series!!

Ensemble

Mel Gibson	...	Martin Riggs
Danny Glover	...	Roger Murtaugh
Joe Pesci	...	Leo Getz
Rene Russo	...	Lorna Cole
Stuart Wilson	...	Jack Travis
Steve Kahan	...	Captain Ed Murphy
Darlene Love	...	Trish Murtaugh
Traci Wolfe	...	Rianne Murtaugh
Damon Hines	...	Nick Murtaugh
Ebonie Smith	...	Carrie Murtaugh
Gregory Millar	...	Tyrone
Nick Chinlund	...	Hatchett
Jason Rainwater	...	Young Cop (as Jason Meshover-Iorg)
Alan Scarfe	...	Herman Walters
Delores Hall	...	Delores

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Durée:

118 min | USA:121 min (director's cut)

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur (Technicolor)

Rapport de forme:

1,33 : 1

Son:

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

Classification:

USA:R (certificate #31813) | Iceland:14 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | South Korea:15 | New Zealand:M | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Canada:18A | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Germany:16 (w) | Ireland:15 | Norway:18 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:18 (director's cut) | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:Unrated (director's cut) | Canada:13+ (Quebec)

Lieux de tournage:

Century Freeway, Los Angeles, California, USA

Société:

Silver Pictures

Anecdotes:

The computer game seen on Lorna Cole's (Rene Russo) computer is called "The Three Stooges" by Activision and Cinemaware. Martin Riggs is an avid fan of The Three Stooges. Her computer is therefore an Amiga 500 or 2000.

Goofs:

Révélant des erreurs: The motorcycle cop from whom Riggs commandeers the bike is already handing him the spare clips as he asks for them.

Guillemet:

Roger Murtaugh: I thought you said you were gonna cut the red wire!
Martin Riggs: Well I did, didn't I?
Roger Murtaugh: No! You cut the blue wire!
Martin Riggs: Well I meant the red wire.

Connexions:

Parodié dans Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)

Bande son:

The Three Stooges Theme

Saves the series!!

I will begin by saying Lethal Weapon 3 should have been the sequel that followed the original perfection. Lethal Weapon 2 fell short in so many areas (see my review) Lethel Weapon 3 teams up Gibson and Glover once again and Joe Pesci returns as Leo Gettz, who is now doing real estate among some other odd jobs. The story is intriguing. A former rogue cop is helping a bid bad mobster steal guns and drugs from police lock ups around LA. Together they are pushing the guns into the streets into the hands of kids and gangs. Lethal Weapon 3 has all the magic that made the first Lethal movie so perfect....of course Riggs and Murtaugh who continue an unbelievable on screen chemistry light the screen and keep us laughing and on the edge of our seat. Joe Pesci in a DELIGHTFUL turn of events stop being so incredibly annoying to the audience and instead is a perfect dose of comedic relief that is used in moderation as opposed to be completely barraged with his annoying character. Leo instead annoys Murtaugh and Riggs which is cute and funny and his character is much more enjoyable. The story line is more simple to understand, and has the heart that Richard Donner usually manages to bring to the story line which is what makes the Lethal films such a unique action experience. The action is of course EXPLOSIVE...with some great fight scenes, and things exploding all over the place which is always fun when put into the Lethal Weapon context. Enter a new character....Lorna Cole...the beautiful Internal Affairs (Infernal Repairs as Riggs calls it) agent who is investigating the cop, Jack Travis, who is smuggling the guns out of police lock ups. Riggs and Lorna immediately spark and they argue and bite at each other back and forth but the admirated and attraction is evident. Rene Russo is perfect as the tough as nails (I HATE that expression) cop who can hold her own and kick some butt which in turn, turns Riggs crank. Eventually they give way to their passions and in a very humorous and sexy scene they find themselves in each other's arms. Murtaugh is on the verge of retirement. In fact at the beginning of the film he has eight days until finally he gets his retirement. Instead of spending those eight days relaxing and tying up loose ends, Riggs pulls him into a case of bad cops, and illegal guns. I must say that Lethal Weapon 3 doesn't exactly carry the Dramatic Heart that Lethal Weapon 1 had with the story line of Riggs wife being murdered, and Riggs being such a loose cannon but certainly it holds it's own with the action and the storyline. The heart does play a part when Riggs and Murtaugh have an emotional chat on his boat and Riggs tells Roger he doesn't want him to retire because without him, Riggs is not the same. All in all this is an excellent sequel to a great series. Definate 8/10