bkoganbing Our Rover Boys Mel Gibson and Danny Glover are riding high again. They both lose their sergeant's stripes again over their recklessness, but when they stop an armored car heist and take a prisoner, they uncover a really nasty smuggling and arms dealing racket masterminded by a cop who just went over the hill.According to LAPD's Internal Affairs Stuart Wilson racked up more complaints than about any cop on record, he was effective but reckless and brutal. Wilson just one day on a stakeout went over the hill, left after saying he was going for coffee. Just went over the bad guys, Job abandonment reaches a new high.In fact Wilson is one of the slimiest villains ever in the history of cinema. The seriousness of this guy is almost jarringly out of place with Legal Weapon style hijinks.Mel Gibson gets a surprise in that Rene Russo whom he initially thought was an uptight IA cop turns out to be the woman he's been waiting for since his wife died. The girl has some moves.One small performance you should note, that of Jason Rainwater of a young idealistic cop who tags after Gibson and Glover and gets killed in the fight with Wilson and his crew. A touching death scene that will bring a tear to the eye.

slightlymad22 Plot In A Paragraph: Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and Roger Murtaugh (Glover) pursue a former L.A.P.D. lieutenant turned ruthless arms dealer, during the six days prior to Murtaugh's retirement.There is a massive drop in quality from the first two movies, and I think it is not helped by a lame villain. Rene Russo is a good addition to the cast though. This is a much watered down Lethal Weapon movie compared to the first two movies, and for this Zoner, Lethal Weapon 3 is the low point of the franchise for me. The lack of Shane Black is obvious. They up the comedy even more this time, and it falls a bit flat for me. The humour in the first two was great, this has a female security guard chasing Murtaugh around whilst Riggs is tricking him into kicking water coolers over. Riggs is an absolute jerk at times in this one!! Gone is the man overcome with grief, looking for a reason to get through the day and is dangerously unpredictable as a result. Instead we get someone who eats raw onions and dog biscuits, threatens Jaywalkers with his gun, beats up movie directors, knocks out handcuffed suspects and makes random guesses on what Wire to cut on a bomb!! And that's without mention his treatment of his best friend and partner Murtaugh.He constantly berates him about retiring despite it being the sensible option. Especially since he can't dress himself without accidentally setting off his gun. Riggs repeatedly put him in unnecessary danger. Surely Riggs should want his best friend safe at home with his family, out of danger. But no, he is incredibly selfish!! Joe Pesci who I loved in the last one, is awful here. There is no reason for him to be here and he's just irritating. Does the movie director Riggs assaults remind anyone of Steven Spielberg?? Lethal Weapon 3 grossed $144 million to finish the 4th highest grossing movie of 1992.

davorinlonac Welcome to my review on Lethal Weapon 3, the 3rd in the series and the 3rd in my chronological compilation of reviews of where I rank all 4 films. Some of these key points maybe difficult to understand if you are just reading my reviews from this point so go back and start reading my review on the first film all the way upwards to the 4th. With that out of the way lets get started with: Lethal Weapon 3 is my favorite of the series. I really like this film and consider it one of the greatest action movies ever conceived. It's 6.6 on this website is a little under rated and is why I have personally rated it a 7. Jack Travis is the best villain of the series with some classic moments in the film. This film is just so easy to watch from the rest for some reason. And yeah, I can see why it might have gotten a 6.6, in actual fact I don't because most under rated films are in the 6's. Here are some examples, Licence To Kill (1989), Disturbia (2007)and On Her majesty's Secret Service (1969). I recommend you see these under rated films and rate them for your self to see how wrongly they were rated on this website. Anyway this film is my favorite of the series and I really suggest you view this action packed adventure.

AaronCapenBanner Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, and Joe Pesci return for this overly comedic, and routine sequel, which finds them going after a corrupt former cop, now illegal arms dealer, whose guns have gotten on the streets in Muratugh's own neighborhood, hitting him personally, while Riggs meets his female counterpart in the form of policewoman Lorna(played by Rene Russo) who is just as tough as he is, and with prodding, just as reckless.Overlong and too preachy, sequel feels watered down with a misdirected "family" feel to the story, rather than the hard edged action of before, though that won't stop Lorna and Riggs from threatening a suspect with being crushed by a car! Not a "cat"astrophe, but a disappointment.