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Lethal weapon 2 - Director's cut

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Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) should know better by now.

It's been three years since the detective started working with Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and in that time a pattern has definitely been established. Murtaugh has always tried to play things strictly by the book, while Riggs' style of police work might be labelled a bit more... well... spontaneous.

Their latest case is no different. After receiving a hot tip about a major drug syndicate, Murtaugh insists on calling it into the station. Riggs, true to form, is halfway out the door in pursuit. "C'mon, Rog," he pleads with his partner, "Don't be a killjoy. We're back! We're bad! You're black! I'm mad! This is gonna be great!" and off they go... into an adventure that's almost more than even they can handle!

Riggs' and Murtaugh's latest official duties also include providing protective custody for Leo Getz (Joe Pesci), a diminutive, troublesome accountant who has utilised his creative gifts by laundering nearly half a billion dollars in narcotics money. The detectives aren't pleased with the prospect of becoming baby-sitters and what they don't know yet is that most of the money Leo has laundered comes from the very organisation they've been trying to crack. That organisation wants Leo dead, and their chief enforcer, Pieter Vorstedt (Derrick O'Connor), has no qualms about killing anyone who gets in the way, including the two officers assigned to protect Leo.

Persons of interest

Mel Gibson .... Detective Sergeant Martin Riggs
Danny Glover .... Detective Sergeant Roger Murtaugh
Joe Pesci .... Leo Getz
Joss Ackland .... Arjen "Aryan" Rudd
Derrick O'Connor .... Pieter "Adolph" Vorstedt
Patsy Kensit .... Rika Van Den Haas
Darlene Love .... Trish Murtaugh
Traci Wolfe .... Rianne Murtaugh
Steve Kahan .... Captain Ed Murphy
Mark Rolston .... Hans
Jenette Goldstein .... Officer Meagan Shapiro
Dean Norris .... Tim Cavanaugh
Juney Smith .... Tom Wyler
Nestor Serrano .... Eddie Estaban
Philip Suriano .... Joseph Ragucci
Grand L. Bush .... Jerry Collins
Tony Carreiro .... Marcelli
Damon Hines .... Nick Murtaugh
Ebonie Smith .... Carrie Murtaugh
Shane Black .... Character creator, Storywright
Warren Murphy .... Storywright
Jeffrey Boam .... Screenwriter
Richard Donner .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Lethal weapon 2 official movie site
See also Lethal weapon 1, Lethal weapon 3, Lethal weapon 4
Studios and distributors:

Warner Bros * Roadshow Films

Intelligence analyst

Secret Agent Acid Thunder

Theatrical report

Lethal weapon 2 has the best story of the quartet but the action sequences are not quite as good as the two that follow. There are more scenes inserted in this director's cut but it needs to be released on video so the peasants who don't have DVD players will be able to keep up with the play.