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I am glad to have purchased this gift set; with the exception of Lethal Weapon 4, I owned the director’s cuts of the first three films and I think the director’s cuts were detrimental to the theatrical cuts. Why Warner Bros continues to release the director’s cuts is beyond me, but I am so grateful that I bought the theatrical cuts for the first three Lethal Weapon films.
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LETHAL WEAPON is the first movie in the series and introduces the unlikely cop team of Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) and Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson). Murtaugh is fifty-years old and a veteran officer. Riggs is an up-and-coming star of the police force, known for his atypical style. They are partnered together and become close friends while working to bring down a major drug cartel. Besides being just a good movie, LETHAL WEAPON is also notable for being the movie that made Mel Gibson a box officer superstar in the United States. Mel became famous because of Mad Max, but it was LETHAL WEAPON that made him a household name in the U.S. LETHAL WEAPON 2 continues a few years after LETHAL WEAPON. Murtaugh and Riggs are still partners. Once again they are on a drug case, but this time it's an international drug ring of diplomats from South Africa with diplomatic immunity. They are also put in charge of protecting a key witness and informant, Leo Getz (Joe Pesci) who becomes a great secondary character in the series. Also, Riggs falls in love and pulls a house off a cliff. As a bit of trivia, Riggs was supposed to die in this one, but the studio called for a rewrite knowing how successful the franchise would be. The Lethal Weapon series was going to be a trilogy wrapped up with the retirement of Murtaugh at the end of LETHAL WEAPON 3. After thirty-years on the force, Murtaugh is finally going to retire. However, eight days before the big event he and Riggs become involved in a case of gun running and cops gone bad. Riggs finds lasting love with an internal affairs officer, Lorna Cole (Rene Russo). Leo Getz also returns. This film is the weakest of the Lethal Weapon movies and the studio wisely decided to bring everyone back for one last film. LETHAL WEAPON 4 brings back the entire cast of the Lethal Weapon films for one last go-around. Lorna Cole is pregnant with Riggs' child. Murtaugh's eldest daughter, Rianne (Traci Wolfe) is secretly engaged to Detective Lee Butters Chris Rock) and has a baby on the way, too. Meanwhile, Murtaugh and Riggs get entangled in bringing down a Chinese king pin, Wah Sing Ku (Jet Li) determined to move his operations from the Orient to Southern California.Read full review
These movies never get old! In the original, "Lethal Weapon"... Mel Gibson and Danny Glover establish that all-important "bond" (much like the bond that exists between partners in most "real" police departments, nationwide.) With that unique chemistry forever associated with "Weapon One," we find an even more compelling, and well written, plot-line in "Lethal Weapon II." In "Weapon Two," we get to meet "Leo," ...quite possibly the most endearing character to appear in this "four DVD set." All of that aside, the element that makes each one of these motion pictures so entertaining (and great sellers separately, I'm sure), is the ability of the script writers to deliver a unique and unpredictable story each time. I wish there were five or more.
Arrived in good shape and early. I've preview the DVDs and all play fine
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I've always like the lethal weapon series it's got alot of action and some comedy in it too great movies to watch
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