Lethal Weapon movie

A veteran detective is partnered with a young detective with a suicidal death wish.

Lethal Weapon is the first of a series of American movies that were released in 1987, 1989, 1992, and 1998, all starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as a mismatched pair of Los Angeles police officers. These movies fall into the action-comedy genre (though the first is less of comedy), and are generally considered to typify the "buddy cop" plot device.PlotThe story begins on the night of December 14, 1987 with the apparent suicide of Amanda Hunsacker (Jackie Swanson), the daughter of Michael Hunsacker (Tom Atkins), an old friend and former army buddy of LAPD Detective Sergeant Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover). A veteran cop of 20 years, Roger Murtaugh gets stuck with a new partner on his 50th birthday. That partner is 37-year-old Detective-Sergeant Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson), whose wife was killed in a car accident three years earlier (it is later revealed in the sequel that she was killed by an assassin in an attempt on Riggs life.) As a result, Riggs is considering suicide, has become a borderline alcoholic, and has become so reckless and violent in his law-enforcement methods that he is considered a "lethal weapon".

Sergeant Murtaugh is not happy about having a partner on the ragged edge and with a death wish, but is soon indebted to his new partner for saving his life.While investigating Amanda Hunsackers death, the two uncover a heroin-smuggling operation organized by Vietnam War veteran special forces troops, known as Shadow Company, through their war-era CIA contacts in Air America. The scheme is masterminded by the evil, ruthless General Peter McAllister (Mitchell Ryan) - the former commander of Shadow Company - and his malevolent right-hand man, Mr. Joshua (Gary Busey). Murtaugh and Riggs - both Vietnam War veterans - discover that Michael Hunsacker was "laundering" the profits through his bank, and McAllister engineered the murder of Amanda Hunsacker to keep Michael from confessing all he knows about the heroin-smuggling ring; shortly after the pair confront Michael Hunsacker, Mr. Joshua makes a surprise appearance in a helicopter and kills him.As Riggs and Murtaugh discover more about Shadow Companys network, the increasingly violent members of Shadow Company kidnap Murtaughs daughter Rianne to pressure him to reveal everything Michael Hunsacker had told him. Riggs, though initially captured by McAllister and tortured via electrocution, frees himself and then liberates both Murtaugh and Rianne.

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Lethal Weapon Cast

• Bill Kalmenson
• Damon Hines
• Danny Glover
• Darlene Love
• Don Gordon
• Ebonie Smith
• Gary Busey
• Jackie Swanson
• Jimmie F. Skaggs
• Lycia Naff
• Mitch Ryan
• Patrick Cameron
• Tom Atkins
• Traci Wolfe