Is Lethal Weapon 2 the best of the series?
There’s certainly an argument…
It begins with a dramatic, tension-filled drumroll before segueing into a cartoonish banjo-twang and a Loony Tunes-inspired fanfare.
), and Richard Donners direction feels more assured and dynamic.
These are filmmakers showing an audience what they can do rather than giving them what they think they want.
Well, up to a point, anyway… One aspect that epitomises this approach best is the handling of Martin Riggs himself.
In a funny way,Lethal Weaponis a film that doesnt really justify a sequel.
Martin says it himself at the end of the first film: Im not crazy.
The writers and producers seemed to forget that.
Martin certainly does; he refers to himself as nuts or mad throughout the sequel.
Arguably, though, this should have happened earlier.
Every scene with Riggs in the Murtaugh family home is a delight.
Although the standout scene takes place upstairs in the bathroom.
Its both sweet and incredibly macho.
Two adjectives, incidentally, that could not be used to describe Leo Getz.
Ha, can you imagine if they became, like, friends or something in the sequels?
Boggles the mind…
We need to talk about the baddies.
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As in the first film, the chief henchman is far more memorable.
A sad and sombre ending?
We could do another sequel and make even more money?
Righty-ho: change of plan.
As far asLethal Weapon 2goes, its not much of a misstep.
And take Shane Black entirely out of the equation and you get…
well…Lethal Weapon 3.
And nobody wants that.
