Lethal Weapon 2 [HD] DVD

Lethal Weapon 2
Lethal Weapon 2 reteams Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as, respectively, "loose cannon" LA detective Martin Riggs and Riggs' partner, the cautious family man Roger Murtaugh. The villain this time is a South African diplomat (Joss Ackland) who doubles as a drug dealer. Though Riggs knows what's going on thanks to characterless character witness Joe Pesci, he can't touch the villain because of "diplomatic immunity." After perils too numerous to mention, Riggs and Murtaugh shoot it out with the heavies on the deck of a South African cargo ship. Lethal Weapon 2, of course, contains as one of its comic high-points a now famous suspense scene: Mel Gibson agonizingly attempting to extricate a terrified Danny Glover from a booby-trapped toilet seat. Gibson, Glover, Donner and Joe Pesci would be reunited three years later for Lethal Weapon 3 and in 1998 for Lethal Weapon 4. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast Mel Gibson as Martin Riggs Danny Glover as Roger Murtaugh Joe Pesci as Leo Getz Joss Ackland as Arjen Rudd Derrick O'Connor as Pieter Vorstedt Patsy Kensit as Rika Van Den Haas Darlene Love as Trish Murtaugh Traci Wolfe as Rianne Murtaugh Stephen Kahan as Capt. Murphy

Crew Virginia Randolph - Art Director Richard G. Berger - Art Director Suzanne Todd - Associate Producer Peter Frankfurt - Associate Producer Gail Levin - Casting Marion Dougherty - Casting Art Fransen - Consultant/advisor Steve Perry - Co-producer Harry Tugend - Co-producer Richard Donner - Co-producer Joel Silver - Co-producer Jennie Lew Tugend - Co-producer Barry Delaney - Costume Designer Richard Donner - Director Stuart Baird - Editor David Sanborn - Composer (Music Score) Eric Clapton - Composer (Music Score) Michael Kamen - Composer (Music Score) Scott Eddo - Makeup Ray Delamotte - Camera Operator J. Michael Riva - Production Designer Stephen Goldblatt - Cinematographer Dianne I. Wager - Set Designer Marvin March - Set Designer Matt Sweeney - Special Effects Gary Epper - Stunts Kenny Endoso - Stunts Eddy Donno - Stunts Gilbert Combs - Stunts Jophery Brown - Stunts Tony Epper - Stunts Chad Randall - Stunts Steve Picerni - Stunts Bennie Moore - Stunts John Meier - Stunts James M. Halty - Stunts Hank Hooker - Stunts Charlie Picerni - Stunts Gary Charles Davis - Stunts David Burton - Stunts Freddie Hice - Stunts R.A. Rondell - Stunts Gregory J. Barnett - Stunts Steve M. Boyum - Stunts Danny Rogers - Stunts Mic Rodgers - Stunts Norman Howell - Stunts Gary McLarty - Stunts Frank Orsatti - Stunts Victor Paul - Stunts Chuck Picerni, Jr. - Stunts Scott Wilder - Stunts Janet Brady - Stunts Charlie Picerni - Stunts Coordinator Warren B. Murphy - Screen Story Jeffrey Boam - Screenwriter Shane Black - Screenwriter Alan Robert Murray - Sound Effects Editor

Lethal Weapon 2
As much as Lethal Weapon may have stepped outside its genre trappings to strike an unexpected chord, its sequel was the film that gave the series the legs it needed to continue onward and upward. While it still plumbs some dark, painful subject matter for its lead characters, Lethal Weapon 2 skews lighter by treating the Murtaugh-Riggs dynamic as the stuff of fruitful comedy, an approach intensified by the winning Leo Getz character, whom Joe Pesci makes all his own. The verbal ticks of Pesci's loudmouth pipsqueak took on a pop culture life of their own, with filmgoers eager to mimic his rapid-fire locutions. But it's the supreme comfort of Mel Gibson and Danny Glover, with both each other and the script, that rockets this to the top of buddy movies to such an extent that it became ripe for parody. Richard Donner again proves his command of this material with a handful of memorable set pieces, and especially his use of Gibson in Gibson's trademark bug-out scenes, which coined the franchise title. The familiarity of the recurring jokes and character traits would start to feel a little weary by Lethal Weapon 3, but here, they're the stuff sequel dreams are made of. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
 

Alan Robert Murray: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Sound Effects (nominated) Robert Henderson: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Sound Effects (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: English, French Subtitle Options: English, French, Spanish Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel DD2: Dolby Digital Stereo Additional Features: Stunts and action featurette Additional scenes Theatrical trailer DVD Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1: 2.40:1 MPAA Rating: R DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: Content Length: 114 min