Agreed I just watched them not the long ago with my son who's going to be 15 and he loves Mel Gibson anyway and we love them we'd watch them when he was younger but now that he's older you know he can remember better he loved every second of it I loved it again always Plus I didn't know there's some extended version of one or two of the movies.
I really wish I could like the fourth film but even to this day I struggle to finish it. Everything, and I mean everything, about it feels off to me, but Jet Li was awesome and this film brought his name to the west.
Number 3 has always held a special place for me. My mother loved Lethal Weapon and its sequel. Sadly, she passed away before I could gift her the 3rd one freshly purchased from Woolworths on its release to VHS. Stayed in that carrier bag for almost a year. My dad and I used to binge all 3 along with the available Die Hards any time there wasn't much on the TV. With only 4 channels to choose from then, this happened quite often.
Ive rewatched this franchise dozens of times over the years. I remember when this movie came out. I lived above a furniture store, and from my shower I could see the movie marquee in town, so I knew when this was coming out and went to it right after my shower.
If the comedy was toned down, the movie might have been a little better, since the tone was a little uneven from serious to comedic. That said, the action scenes were incredible and the Glover/Gibson dynamic is still really solid
I agree - they try too hard to be funny in the last 2 movies of the franchise. I have to confess, I hate the Leo Getz character - in the 3rd and 4th movie, I find him ridiculous (love the actor though).
In my humble opinion, all 4 films are great. And in many ways the perfect series of action films. It starts as a brooding, dark action thriller and over the series sees the hero move away from suicide and embrace a new family and eventually a new wife. And in that way the tone shift is actually correct. Because it becomes more hopeful and lighthearted as the characters move to their happy endings. I can only hope 5, if we ever get it, won’t ruin what was created. Friendship and family with the tightest bond.
If we do get it Mel Gibson is going to direct and have a lot of input in the script so it will be a proper old school action movie. NO identity politics, radical feminism or wokeness. It will be violent , action packed and have dark humour
1 and 3 feel the most Murtaugh centric of the franchise which I like. His arc in 3 is probably the best character work he's had in the franchise. Renee Ruso kicks ass too.
I have a theory about that unknown bomber. I still believe that "Lethal Weapon" movies and "Speed" happens in the same universe, and the bomber is actually Dennis Hopper's character from that movie.
Cool theory... even cooler if you consider the fact that Speed's director, Jan De Bont, was the Director of Photography on Lethal Weapon 3... it definitely "looks" like it's in the same universe. I guess that means that Die Hard could also be in the same universe???
@@billytriplett9948 Yeah. I've always thought that they are in the same universe. I like to call it "SilverVerse", because the producer on all of those movies is Joel Silver.
My 3rd favorite in the franchise Rene Russo great addition and Danny Glover best performance in the franchise and the action climax at the end is my favorite 9/10
The lethal weapon film are the perfect body cop films, and still have yet to be topped. I feel these films could use a modern remake, I know there was the show but we need more movies
I didn't enjoy it much when I was a kid, but as I got older I started enjoying it a lot. Its not as good as the previous ones, but I love the relationship with Riggs & Murtaugh, so I love it for that aspect.
Great movie! While perhaps not as refined as the previous two films, it's the fun one! This is the one you can put on, even if it's already begun, and just have on in the backgroun and still enjoy it.
Even as a child, watching Mel Gibson act like a dog with a doggie treat in mouth is my takeaway from the film. One of the forbidden vhs from my dads collection i would grab to watch with my older cousins. It’s a fun ride, from the bomb to the construction yard finale. The funeral scene was pretty rough/sobering stuff
@@BlazePiffington Interesting. I saw it as a teenager for the first time, shown to me by my mother who introduced me to them all. She took me to the theater to see the second film. I don’t really recall there being anything in that third one that would have a parent objecting.
@@SumDumGy i was 6 when the vhs tape was out. My dad had a formidable movie collection but they’d include gratuitous violence and vulgarity. My older cousins would have me sneak some out to hang out and watch. It was more about being around older, cooler figures. Probably the sex scenes and when (spoiler) gets gunned down. Unsure because i saw time cop with my mom a few years later on cable.
@@BlazePiffington There wasn’t any sex or nudity in this movie, and that gun scene was pretty tame, I think. Looks like mom was the more open of the two!
All 4 movies are fun action packed movies!!! The best action buddy movies of all-time in my opinion!!!! I really hope they make the rumored 5th movie!!!
After seeing Lethal Weapon 1 & 2 when they first came out, I was psyched to see the third installment of Riggs and Murtaugh. I remember leaving school early and racing to the theater to catch the 4 o'clock showing. I was 18. A senior in high school. I couldn't wait to see this film, I had to see it before anyone else! I sat in the theater as the lights went low. The anticipation was palpable. Then the film started and I immediately knew I was in trouble. For LW2 started with a bang with the viewer being dropped smack dab in the middle of a rollicking car chase. Part 3, however, started out with main credit sequence that neither sets the tone like Jingle Bell Rock did in LW1 or set the heart pounding like the car chase in 2. The purpose of a sequel is top the last film not make us wish we were watching it. As LW3 unfolded before me, I was struck by how disjointed the script seemed and how over the top the acting was. Everything seemed silly, played for laughs and missing any urgency. Gone was everything that made the last two movies classic. It was the biggest let down of my life at that point. I was devastated. Who knew in six years it would get even worse?
I felt everything you described about part 3. It was very very lacklustre and disappointing. Its grown on me a little more over the years though. I loved part 4 though and that was mainly because of Jet li , he was essentially the lethal weapon that Riggs was in the first film. I found Jet Li to be terrifying, intimidating and stole every scene he was in. The fact that Riggs was getting older and beat up in the movie made him very vulnerable . In my young mind when part 4 came out I actually thought Riggs and Murtaugh could possibly be killed by him lol. I loved the final showdown and fight at the docks . Another unusual thing is in part 4 Gibson loses the boots with high heels built into them that he must have worn in the other three films because now Danny Glover towers over him, and despite murtaugh being 20 years older than Riggs he has a 6 pack and muscles and the better body than Mel
@@laurarules3642 I couldn't agree with you more about that end fight in Lethal 4. It was awesome! Especially, how Riggs & Murtaugh had to team up in order to win. Loved that. However, it is immediately followed by one of that movie's stupidest scenes with Riggs "willing" Murtaugh to save him. Awful! I also loved the freeway chase with Riggs fighting in the moving house. Sadly, a few great actions scenes do not save that mess of a film.
So the studio thought that only Donner, Silver, & Gibson deserved a new car? I understand them giving it to Donner & Silver, but Glover didn't play 2nd to Gibson. He wasn't a supportive character. He was a pivotal part of the movie just like Gibson smh. I'm glad Donner invited the others which made the studio have to get cars for everyone. Don't feel bad at all for all that money they had to pay, given that Glover alongside Gibson are what made these movies big!
Although not as great as the first two movies, I did actually enjoy this entry first time out. It is surprising that this turned out to be the highest entry in the series. Despite a lot of writers it didn't hurt it much. JoBlo you haven't done your homework as the RT score recently went up to 60%. The Series is pretty solid overall, oh the bomber blowing up buildings may have been leftovers from the Simon Says Spec script that ended up getting reworked into Die Hard With A Vengeance
Lethal Weapon 3 was my least favorite in the series, but it was by no means a bad movie. It was still enjoyable (especially the opening, the freeway chase, and the final shootout.) It had funny moments, but the comedy was over done in the final two. Travis was nowhere near as terrifying as Joshua/McAllister and Vorstedt/Rudd. A great part of the movie was another great score by Michael Kamen. He slams his scores out of the park. Lethal Weapon 3 was still worth every second, it just was a step off from the first two.
@@matthewdaley746 To be honest, 2 was my favorite out of the bunch, though the South Africans were not my favorite villains. Joshua was the best villain in the series to me. I really liked the South Africans, especially when the killed all of the cops. That was extremely brutal. The accents were kinda funny, but it was nowhere near enough to ruin the movie for me. I loved Lethal Weapon 2.
One thing I've noticed a lot of people do, is use the critic's rating when talking about films. Don't do that. Use the numbers that actually matter, the audience scores. More often than not, the audience and critics disagree on the film, and since the audience can make or break a film's success, that's what's important.
Honestly i think that Lethal Weapon 3 holds up just fine because it was a great distraction for us moviegoers to either ignore or forget about Alien 3 plus it was another three years prior Mel Gibson’s Oscar winning movie Braveheart before tarnishing his career with Passion Of The Christ and his 2006 DUI. There better not be a reboot or Lethal Weapon 5 sequel or I’ll forever lose faith in humanity.
I love everything about this film except the finale. It didn’t work on any level, especially Riggs getting his ass kicked way too easily by a guy he should have mopped the floor with. This film introduced me to Rene Russo, for which I’ll always be grateful. 😍
I agree this film is not as good as the first two, I think the comedy does overshadow the action and thrills, but I do enjoy this movie and I'll watch it if its on TV
I agree Lethal Weapon 3 was a decent sequel, but to be honest the franchise's gas tank was runnin' on vapors by the time it came out, I personally think they should've called it quits after 3, 4 was really unnecessary (even though Jet Li gave an extremely memorable performance in it), I really think 4 was the weak link.
I like the lighter comedic tone with just enough heartfelt emotion in Lethal Weapon 3! It's Lethal Weapon 4 where the slapstick feels a little strained.
Huh, didn't know Warren Murphy of the long running martial arts action "The Destroyer" book series was involved in Lethal Weapon 2. Might explain why Shane Black was previously attached to an attempt as a The Destroyer movie that sadly seems to have been canceled.
Lethal Weapon 3 was the first installment in the franchise I could see in theaters because I was old enough for its R rating. It is lighter in tone to the previous but it's my favorite of the series. Sorry not sorry Rotten tomatoes 😂
The first LW was a master class in buddy cop action. I’ve never enjoyed and cared for two characters more. The second one was more violent and had some clichés, but made up for it in the magic between the two main characters. The third movie feels disconnected, a pg-13 masking as an R, the new love interest was interest but took away from the movie overall. The magic was gone. I never saw the fourth.
If there is a weak edition in this series, it would be part 3. The guy here even says it quickly. The storyline is strong like the first 2. Or the 4th for that matter
Personally I think it's a great sequel. I love it. Also, I didn't realise for years that the actor playing Jack Travis is actually English, then I saw him playing the sore-bones in Hot Fuzz.
@@cockerpoodles1238 He's also in Ninja Turtles III. I just love it when someone can pull off an accent so well that you don't know, as usually it sticks out like a sore thumb, like Hugh Laurie in House. Not a convincing accent in the slightest. Where as someone like the guy John Mahoney, who played Martin Crane in Frasier, I had no idea for years that we was actually English. Totally had me fooled.
@@thatdrewrivers Mahoney wasn't faking an American accent- he moved to the United States when he was 18 and made an effort to adopt it. He'd been living in America for more than 30 years by the time he made Frasier.
@@jonathancampbell5231 Ahhh I didn't know that and makes perfect sense. Thanks for that. One of the funnier things I find with accents is that Schwarzenegger has to use dialect coaches to keep his up, for living in America for around 50 years, he tends to lose his Austrian accent that's a major part of his brand.
I'm very glad they didn't push the love interest as Murtaugh's daughter. It's not likeable for a character to get with someone who was a teenager in the time he knew them as an adult.
I'd rank them 1 2 4 3 Always thought the first one is better than the second tbh. And I put 4 above 3 because Jet Li was a fantastic villain and the ending fight scene in the rain is phenomenal.
So the studio felt that only one of the stars of a multi-million dollar "buddy cop" movie franchise deserved to be invited to dinner and given a free car as a gift?!?! 🤨
The biggest box office doesnt mean THAT movie was good. It means the LAST movie was so good that the people went out in droves for the next one. This is a prime example. Lethal Weapon 2 is WAAAAY better than 3. But because it was so good, everyone expected 3 to be as good or even better. So they saw 3. Making its box office better than 2 despite it being the 2nd worst of the bunch (4 is the worst).
*Love the Lethal Weapon movies, watched them over with my kids recently because of the lack of movies like this in the market. They were just great with no over the top COCKY personality we get now from all the Douche cops played on TV*
I suppose I ought to watch the movie again sometime. (Though the 2nd has gotten my attention often)... Yes, there were some good sequences. But it's true, the villains were a bit, flat. Even some of the basic scenes were bleh. The sequence where Riggs thinks he has to save Riann during the movie shoot. It was cliche and had a lot of emptiness. Just look at the acting from the Director in the shot and the extras who end up clapping.... Then then suddenly that leads to Riggs discovering the drug deal? (I hate the coincidence-events within movies). The bad guys were definitely not anything special. The bank heist where the bank manager very openly points out who is who was too, well, two-dimensional. Those bud guys making the robbery were weak in reaction. The bearded guy with sunglasses, he was annoying for some reason... And the main villain. Listen closely to his demeanor... Notice how he repeats everyone's first or last name over and over again? Nonetheless, I should at least see it again for the hell of it.
This is my favorite one of the series. It gets a lot of unnecessary hate. Even in this video. The complements seem kind of back handed sometimes. I also thought Stuart Wilson did a great job as Jack Travis. It was a great decision for them to not let the villain be overshadowing like in the first two and take a backseat while focusing more on Riggs, Murtagh and Lorna. LW2 is very overrated in my opinion and gets too much praise. 4 is enjoyable but definitely the weakest of the bunch. I kinda get where all the hate comes from in that one Because you can tell the production was very rushed and it just doesn't hold up to the first 3.
There were some very strong scenes and character development but the overall story and the bad guy were indeed very weak. LW2 will always be my favorite.
All 4 were great films. I didn't love all the humor, especially the dog scene. Lacks as much logic as 4. Some great set pieces. Always remember the guy getting buried in cement as a kid. Not as good as the 1st 2 but 3 and 4 have their moments.
11:07 That's the biggest problem I have with #3. The bad guy was pretty weak, nothing special, and especially not as threatening was the bad guy from #1 and #2
1.Lethal Weapon 2. Lethal Weapon 2 3.Lethal Weapon 4 4 Lethal Weapon 3 4 or 2 was a tough pick for me but 3 is clearly the weakest link in the franchise. It doesn’t have an interesting villain and it trued to tap into the gang problem of LA at the time but I’ve never felt invested into 3 as much as the others.
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This is one of the franchises I can say all 4 of them were great in my opinion. One if my all time favorite franchises.
Agreed I just watched them not the long ago with my son who's going to be 15 and he loves Mel Gibson anyway and we love them we'd watch them when he was younger but now that he's older you know he can remember better he loved every second of it I loved it again always Plus I didn't know there's some extended version of one or two of the movies.
Agreed. I love these movies.
Yeah I mostly agree, LW4 has way too many racist Asian jokes
@@greenkoopa well ppl weren’t that soft back then. U must’ve been born after 2000
I really wish I could like the fourth film but even to this day I struggle to finish it. Everything, and I mean everything, about it feels off to me, but Jet Li was awesome and this film brought his name to the west.
Number 3 has always held a special place for me. My mother loved Lethal Weapon and its sequel. Sadly, she passed away before I could gift her the 3rd one freshly purchased from Woolworths on its release to VHS. Stayed in that carrier bag for almost a year.
My dad and I used to binge all 3 along with the available Die Hards any time there wasn't much on the TV. With only 4 channels to choose from then, this happened quite often.
Ive rewatched this franchise dozens of times over the years. I remember when this movie came out. I lived above a furniture store, and from my shower I could see the movie marquee in town, so I knew when this was coming out and went to it right after my shower.
Fun memory!
Part 4 was also great, Chris and Joe had great chemistry
Yay! Friggin love Mel, Danny and the Lethal Weapons! Amazing movies!
If the comedy was toned down, the movie might have been a little better, since the tone was a little uneven from serious to comedic. That said, the action scenes were incredible and the Glover/Gibson dynamic is still really solid
@@matthewdaley746 comma, comma, comma, comma, comma, chameleon
I agree - they try too hard to be funny in the last 2 movies of the franchise. I have to confess, I hate the Leo Getz character - in the 3rd and 4th movie, I find him ridiculous (love the actor though).
@@oliviernoir6669 it need to less edgy
In my humble opinion, all 4 films are great. And in many ways the perfect series of action films.
It starts as a brooding, dark action thriller and over the series sees the hero move away from suicide and embrace a new family and eventually a new wife.
And in that way the tone shift is actually correct. Because it becomes more hopeful and lighthearted as the characters move to their happy endings.
I can only hope 5, if we ever get it, won’t ruin what was created. Friendship and family with the tightest bond.
If we do get it Mel Gibson is going to direct and have a lot of input in the script so it will be a proper old school action movie. NO identity politics, radical feminism or wokeness. It will be violent , action packed and have dark humour
@@laurarules3642 and no CGI involvement
1 and 3 feel the most Murtaugh centric of the franchise which I like. His arc in 3 is probably the best character work he's had in the franchise. Renee Ruso kicks ass too.
And 2 ?
I love all these films. Not a bad 1 in the bunch
I have a theory about that unknown bomber. I still believe that "Lethal Weapon" movies and "Speed" happens in the same universe, and the bomber is actually Dennis Hopper's character from that movie.
Good theory but what makes you think it's the Dennis Hopper character? It seems a little inexplicable to just jump to that idea lol
Cool theory... even cooler if you consider the fact that Speed's director, Jan De Bont, was the Director of Photography on Lethal Weapon 3... it definitely "looks" like it's in the same universe. I guess that means that Die Hard could also be in the same universe???
@@billytriplett9948 Yeah. I've always thought that they are in the same universe. I like to call it "SilverVerse", because the producer on all of those movies is Joel Silver.
My fav scene was when glover shoots his gun accidentally and gibson covers for him to be a good friend
My 3rd favorite in the franchise Rene Russo great addition and Danny Glover best performance in the franchise and the action climax at the end is my favorite 9/10
The lethal weapon film are the perfect body cop films, and still have yet to be topped. I feel these films could use a modern remake, I know there was the show but we need more movies
Leathal Weapon 3 is my favorite one!
I'm going to revisit all 3, because in the 90s, I remember 3 being my favorite.
Theres 4 of them though.
It lacked a strong villian bur the action and Renne Russo make it worth watching
I didn't enjoy it much when I was a kid, but as I got older I started enjoying it a lot. Its not as good as the previous ones, but I love the relationship with Riggs & Murtaugh, so I love it for that aspect.
Great movie! While perhaps not as refined as the previous two films, it's the fun one! This is the one you can put on, even if it's already begun, and just have on in the backgroun and still enjoy it.
Even as a child, watching Mel Gibson act like a dog with a doggie treat in mouth is my takeaway from the film. One of the forbidden vhs from my dads collection i would grab to watch with my older cousins.
It’s a fun ride, from the bomb to the construction yard finale.
The funeral scene was pretty rough/sobering stuff
Why was it forbidden?
@@SumDumGy because it was a rated r film and i was a child
@@BlazePiffington Interesting. I saw it as a teenager for the first time, shown to me by my mother who introduced me to them all. She took me to the theater to see the second film. I don’t really recall there being anything in that third one that would have a parent objecting.
@@SumDumGy i was 6 when the vhs tape was out. My dad had a formidable movie collection but they’d include gratuitous violence and vulgarity.
My older cousins would have me sneak some out to hang out and watch. It was more about being around older, cooler figures.
Probably the sex scenes and when (spoiler) gets gunned down.
Unsure because i saw time cop with my mom a few years later on cable.
@@BlazePiffington There wasn’t any sex or nudity in this movie, and that gun scene was pretty tame, I think.
Looks like mom was the more open of the two!
Revisiting 90s movies as if they happened a lifetime ago? I'm getting too old for this shit
I try not to do the math on my favourite movies anymore. It's like Smashmouth says: The years keep coming, they don't stop coming.
All 4 movies are fun action packed movies!!! The best action buddy movies of all-time in my opinion!!!! I really hope they make the rumored 5th movie!!!
My first Lethal Weapon movie. Saw this in the theater when I was in fourth grade.
Lorna was a great addition and this one is my favorite.
I got to see this in theaters at the impressionable age of 8. No wonder it's my favorite in the series.
I needed a more interesting antagonist but it was good enough and it still had some good moments
I like 3 and I like 4 in fact LW as a whole holds up very well better then most flim series
The rottweiler scene is brilliant 👍 🐾 💜
Riggs ur crazy
@@blacksabbath4252 gotta love rotties 😊🐾💜
After seeing Lethal Weapon 1 & 2 when they first came out, I was psyched to see the third installment of Riggs and Murtaugh. I remember leaving school early and racing to the theater to catch the 4 o'clock showing. I was 18. A senior in high school. I couldn't wait to see this film, I had to see it before anyone else! I sat in the theater as the lights went low. The anticipation was palpable. Then the film started and I immediately knew I was in trouble. For LW2 started with a bang with the viewer being dropped smack dab in the middle of a rollicking car chase. Part 3, however, started out with main credit sequence that neither sets the tone like Jingle Bell Rock did in LW1 or set the heart pounding like the car chase in 2. The purpose of a sequel is top the last film not make us wish we were watching it. As LW3 unfolded before me, I was struck by how disjointed the script seemed and how over the top the acting was. Everything seemed silly, played for laughs and missing any urgency. Gone was everything that made the last two movies classic. It was the biggest let down of my life at that point. I was devastated. Who knew in six years it would get even worse?
I felt everything you described about part 3. It was very very lacklustre and disappointing. Its grown on me a little more over the years though. I loved part 4 though and that was mainly because of Jet li , he was essentially the lethal weapon that Riggs was in the first film. I found Jet Li to be terrifying, intimidating and stole every scene he was in. The fact that Riggs was getting older and beat up in the movie made him very vulnerable . In my young mind when part 4 came out I actually thought Riggs and Murtaugh could possibly be killed by him lol. I loved the final showdown and fight at the docks . Another unusual thing is in part 4 Gibson loses the boots with high heels built into them that he must have worn in the other three films because now Danny Glover towers over him, and despite murtaugh being 20 years older than Riggs he has a 6 pack and muscles and the better body than Mel
@@laurarules3642 I couldn't agree with you more about that end fight in Lethal 4. It was awesome! Especially, how Riggs & Murtaugh had to team up in order to win. Loved that. However, it is immediately followed by one of that movie's stupidest scenes with Riggs "willing" Murtaugh to save him. Awful! I also loved the freeway chase with Riggs fighting in the moving house. Sadly, a few great actions scenes do not save that mess of a film.
So the studio thought that only Donner, Silver, & Gibson deserved a new car? I understand them giving it to Donner & Silver, but Glover didn't play 2nd to Gibson. He wasn't a supportive character. He was a pivotal part of the movie just like Gibson smh. I'm glad Donner invited the others which made the studio have to get cars for everyone. Don't feel bad at all for all that money they had to pay, given that Glover alongside Gibson are what made these movies big!
Literally just posted the same thing. It's amazing how that little tidbit is just glossed over..
Watched number two yesterday for the first time in over 25 years. Loved these on vhs back in the day.
This was the first Lethal Weapon film I saw as a kid and still think it's the best.
My first rated R movie I saw in theaters
"Cat" tastrophe!" Riggs had me cracking up with that word!
Although not as great as the first two movies, I did actually enjoy this entry first time out. It is surprising that this turned out to be the highest entry in the series. Despite a lot of writers it didn't hurt it much. JoBlo you haven't done your homework as the RT score recently went up to 60%. The Series is pretty solid overall, oh the bomber blowing up buildings may have been leftovers from the Simon Says Spec script that ended up getting reworked into Die Hard With A Vengeance
Hell yes they do! I have been watching them all this last week… Excellent movies!
Lethal Weapon 3 was my least favorite in the series, but it was by no means a bad movie. It was still enjoyable (especially the opening, the freeway chase, and the final shootout.) It had funny moments, but the comedy was over done in the final two. Travis was nowhere near as terrifying as Joshua/McAllister and Vorstedt/Rudd. A great part of the movie was another great score by Michael Kamen. He slams his scores out of the park. Lethal Weapon 3 was still worth every second, it just was a step off from the first two.
@@matthewdaley746 To be honest, 2 was my favorite out of the bunch, though the South Africans were not my favorite villains. Joshua was the best villain in the series to me. I really liked the South Africans, especially when the killed all of the cops. That was extremely brutal. The accents were kinda funny, but it was nowhere near enough to ruin the movie for me. I loved Lethal Weapon 2.
One thing I've noticed a lot of people do, is use the critic's rating when talking about films. Don't do that. Use the numbers that actually matter, the audience scores. More often than not, the audience and critics disagree on the film, and since the audience can make or break a film's success, that's what's important.
All 4 amazing/great.
3 is my current favorite.
I actually enjoyed this movie 🎥 back in the day.
I'm too old for this shit
4 is my favorite
Honestly i think that Lethal Weapon 3 holds up just fine because it was a great distraction for us moviegoers to either ignore or forget about Alien 3 plus it was another three years prior Mel Gibson’s Oscar winning movie Braveheart before tarnishing his career with Passion Of The Christ and his 2006 DUI. There better not be a reboot or Lethal Weapon 5 sequel or I’ll forever lose faith in humanity.
Who do y'all think Riggs should've ended up with, Lorna or Rianne?
I love everything about this film except the finale. It didn’t work on any level, especially Riggs getting his ass kicked way too easily by a guy he should have mopped the floor with. This film introduced me to Rene Russo, for which I’ll always be grateful. 😍
I agree this film is not as good as the first two, I think the comedy does overshadow the action and thrills, but I do enjoy this movie and I'll watch it if its on TV
this part has best villain in series.
I was just thinking about this movie literally
My fav by far out of the series
I agree Lethal Weapon 3 was a decent sequel, but to be honest the franchise's gas tank was runnin' on vapors by the time it came out, I personally think they should've called it quits after 3, 4 was really unnecessary (even though Jet Li gave an extremely memorable performance in it), I really think 4 was the weak link.
The timing of this video is crazy because I just watched the first Lethal Weapon last night😳😂
It would be interesting if they had made a movie called:
Hour Lethal with Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Mel Gibson and Danny Glover.
I like the lighter comedic tone with just enough heartfelt emotion in Lethal Weapon 3! It's Lethal Weapon 4 where the slapstick feels a little strained.
_3_ to me benefited the best from the extended cuts. The added scenes help the story breathe
Best beginning credits. Least best of the saga. Still an excellent movie. 🍿
My list = 4,2,1,3
Very entertaining movie, lots of fun and action.
Joblo should revisit Loaded Weapon 1 next time...
Huh, didn't know Warren Murphy of the long running martial arts action "The Destroyer" book series was involved in Lethal Weapon 2. Might explain why Shane Black was previously attached to an attempt as a The Destroyer movie that sadly seems to have been canceled.
10:32 really?! Had two rewatch it cause I couldn’t believe my eyes the first time!
Lethal Weapon 3 was the first installment in the franchise I could see in theaters because I was old enough for its R rating. It is lighter in tone to the previous but it's my favorite of the series. Sorry not sorry Rotten tomatoes 😂
It was ok. Not as bad as part 4. Jet Li made that sitcom watchable
Gary Busey is a awesome actor and screen presence
Gary Busey was in the original Lethal Weapon in 1987 while Stuart Wilson was the main villain in 3rd one.
Lethal Weapon Three was awesome and action packed suspenseful I really loved it and I enjoy seeing them in action doing their roles ❤❤❤😂😂😂
The first LW was a master class in buddy cop action. I’ve never enjoyed and cared for two characters more. The second one was more violent and had some clichés, but made up for it in the magic between the two main characters. The third movie feels disconnected, a pg-13 masking as an R, the new love interest was interest but took away from the movie overall. The magic was gone. I never saw the fourth.
I. Like. ALL THE LEthal. Weapons MOVIES. LIKE DANNY GLOVER MEL GIBSON HES FUNNY. AS HELL😂😂😂😂😂😂❤
I really like that movie.
Isn't the bomber story from the unmade weapon movie that became the basis of did hard with a vengence
A personal fave is the 4th one
This instalment would have been better if the Crooked Cop element of Former LAPD Lieutenant Jack Edward Travis had been implemented better imo.
I don’t care what anyone says. I absolutely love this movie
This was my favorite of the series.
The LW. Series will always be gold
If there is a weak edition in this series, it would be part 3. The guy here even says it quickly. The storyline is strong like the first 2. Or the 4th for that matter
Me watching the lethal weapon saga just because hbo max will pull out the movies before becoming max down here in latinoamerica ....
I love lethal weapon 3 but damn does that stock footage really look bad next to it or is it just me 😅
first 2 GREAT, last 2 watchable but not so great
Personally I think it's a great sequel. I love it. Also, I didn't realise for years that the actor playing Jack Travis is actually English, then I saw him playing the sore-bones in Hot Fuzz.
He's the villain in The Mask of Zorro 😁
@@cockerpoodles1238 He's also in Ninja Turtles III. I just love it when someone can pull off an accent so well that you don't know, as usually it sticks out like a sore thumb, like Hugh Laurie in House. Not a convincing accent in the slightest. Where as someone like the guy John Mahoney, who played Martin Crane in Frasier, I had no idea for years that we was actually English. Totally had me fooled.
@@thatdrewrivers Mahoney wasn't faking an American accent- he moved to the United States when he was 18 and made an effort to adopt it. He'd been living in America for more than 30 years by the time he made Frasier.
@@jonathancampbell5231 Ahhh I didn't know that and makes perfect sense. Thanks for that.
One of the funnier things I find with accents is that Schwarzenegger has to use dialect coaches to keep his up, for living in America for around 50 years, he tends to lose his Austrian accent that's a major part of his brand.
All LW movies are fun for me, but nowadays I love 1 & 2 and think 3 & 4 are just ok. Is still prefer 4 over 3 because of Jet Li.
Wait for the Bomb Squad!!
I saw this in the theater
I love all 4 movies 🎬🎥 but hope that they keep it to the 4 and not a 5 old days movie
I'm very glad they didn't push the love interest as Murtaugh's daughter. It's not likeable for a character to get with someone who was a teenager in the time he knew them as an adult.
I hate that writers
don't know what various
POLICE DIVISIONS
actually do
INTERNAL AFFAIRS
doesn't do what she does in
LETHAL WEAPON 3
2 is peak. 3 had to much comedy
too long, too many cheesy subplots like Birthday rookie cop, and so on
I'd rank them
1
2
4
3
Always thought the first one is better than the second tbh. And I put 4 above 3 because Jet Li was a fantastic villain and the ending fight scene in the rain is phenomenal.
So the studio felt that only one of the stars of a multi-million dollar "buddy cop" movie franchise deserved to be invited to dinner and given a free car as a gift?!?! 🤨
The biggest box office doesnt mean THAT movie was good. It means the LAST movie was so good that the people went out in droves for the next one.
This is a prime example. Lethal Weapon 2 is WAAAAY better than 3. But because it was so good, everyone expected 3 to be as good or even better. So they saw 3. Making its box office better than 2 despite it being the 2nd worst of the bunch (4 is the worst).
*Love the Lethal Weapon movies, watched them over with my kids recently because of the lack of movies like this in the market. They were just great with no over the top COCKY personality we get now from all the Douche cops played on TV*
I love 3
I suppose I ought to watch the movie again sometime. (Though the 2nd has gotten my attention often)... Yes, there were some good sequences. But it's true, the villains were a bit, flat. Even some of the basic scenes were bleh. The sequence where Riggs thinks he has to save Riann during the movie shoot. It was cliche and had a lot of emptiness. Just look at the acting from the Director in the shot and the extras who end up clapping.... Then then suddenly that leads to Riggs discovering the drug deal? (I hate the coincidence-events within movies). The bad guys were definitely not anything special. The bank heist where the bank manager very openly points out who is who was too, well, two-dimensional. Those bud guys making the robbery were weak in reaction. The bearded guy with sunglasses, he was annoying for some reason... And the main villain. Listen closely to his demeanor... Notice how he repeats everyone's first or last name over and over again? Nonetheless, I should at least see it again for the hell of it.
"Diplomatic Im-mu-nity"
"Just been revoked"
I loved it and I think it holds up pretty well!
This is my favorite one of the series. It gets a lot of unnecessary hate. Even in this video. The complements seem kind of back handed sometimes. I also thought Stuart Wilson did a great job as Jack Travis. It was a great decision for them to not let the villain be overshadowing like in the first two and take a backseat while focusing more on Riggs, Murtagh and Lorna. LW2 is very overrated in my opinion and gets too much praise. 4 is enjoyable but definitely the weakest of the bunch. I kinda get where all the hate comes from in that one
Because you can tell the production was very rushed and it just doesn't hold up to the first 3.
There were some very strong scenes and character development but the overall story and the bad guy were indeed very weak. LW2 will always be my favorite.
The swan song of Mel Gibson's mullet.
I feel like it's even more glorious in this one than 2.
His hair in Braveheart is basically a mullet and that released 3 years after LW 3.
All 4 were great films. I didn't love all the humor, especially the dog scene. Lacks as much logic as 4. Some great set pieces. Always remember the guy getting buried in cement as a kid. Not as good as the 1st 2 but 3 and 4 have their moments.
Not gonna lie. Robert de niro as Jack Travis would've been cool.
11:07 That's the biggest problem I have with #3. The bad guy was pretty weak, nothing special, and especially not as threatening was the bad guy from #1 and #2
I...was......2days...from retirement
1.Lethal Weapon
2. Lethal Weapon 2
3.Lethal Weapon 4
4 Lethal Weapon 3
4 or 2 was a tough pick for me but 3 is clearly the weakest link in the franchise. It doesn’t have an interesting villain and it trued to tap into the gang problem of LA at the time but I’ve never felt invested into 3 as much as the others.
Too many ad breaks
This when the series went full comedy
I saw this one and batman returns in the theater that year. And i just realized I was 17 then. Damn I'm old. Lol