Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)

Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh pursue an arms dealer who is a former LAPD officer.

Director:

Richard Donner

Writers:

Shane Black (characters), Jeffrey Boam (story),

Stars:

Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci

3 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mel Gibson	...	Martin Riggs
Danny Glover	...	Roger Murtaugh
Joe Pesci	...	Leo Getz
Rene Russo	...	Lorna Cole
Stuart Wilson	...	Jack Travis
Steve Kahan	...	Captain Murphy
Darlene Love	...	Trish Murtaugh
Traci Wolfe	...	Rianne Murtaugh
Damon Hines	...	Nick Murtaugh
Ebonie Smith	...	Carrie Murtaugh
Gregory Millar	...	Tyrone
Nick Chinlund	...	Hatchett
Jason Rainwater	...	Young Cop (as Jason Meshover-Iorg)
Alan Scarfe	...	Herman Walters
Delores Hall	...	Delores

Storyline

Martin Riggs finally meets his match in the form of Lorna Cole, a beautiful but tough policewoman. Together with Roger Murtaugh, his partner, the three attempt to expose a crooked former policeman and his huge arms racket. The crooked cop (Jack Travis) thwarts them at every turn, mainly by killing anyone who is about to talk, but Murtaugh has personal problems of his own as his family are brought into the equation.

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Plot Keywords:

police | internal affairs | gun | police officer | lapd | 

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Taglines:

The magic is back again!

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 May 1992 (USA)

Also Known As:

Arma mortal 3

Filming Locations:

Burbank, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$144,731,527 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros, Silver Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min 121 min (director's cut)

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) Dolby (35 mm prints)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The lines between Riggs and Lorna about "semantics" and "some antics" were originally filmed inside Lorna's car.

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Goofs

When Riggs puts a cop-killer cartridge into the chamber of his gun during the demonstration of the bullet, the gun is cocked back. In the next cut, he is seen cocking it back before shooting it.

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Quotes

Roger Murtaugh: I'm too old for this shit!

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Crazy Credits

The credits thank the city of St. Petersburg, Florida, where the last bomb explosion was filmed and the hotel Soreno destroyed, but they misspell the name of the city 'St. Petersberg'.

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Connections

References Car 54, Where Are You? (1961)

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Soundtracks

"Latin Lingo"
Written by Lawrence Muggerud, Louis Freeze and Senen Reyes
Performed by Cypress Hill
Courtesy of Ruffhouse / Columbia Records by arrangement with
Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

Definitely worth watching if you liked the first two

'Lethal Weapon 3' has the best opening sequence of all 'Lethal Weapon'-movies, although the opening of the fourth installment comes close. Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) try to disable a bomb and what happens in the end can probably only happen in a movie like this. It is hilarious and spectacular anyway.

The movie starts eight days before Murtaugh's retirement. He and Riggs must find an ex-cop named Jack Travis (Stuart Wilson). He steals weapons and ammunition from the police. At first they thought it was an inside job so Lorna Cole (Rene Russo) from Internal Affairs is put on the case. She is the perfect match for Riggs, beautiful but tough. We also meet Leo Getz (Joe Pesci) again. He kind of helps them with this case and again he is very good for the comedy.

This is a fine installment although things get more and more familiar. Still, as long as it is spectacular and funny that doesn't really matter. The fun Gibson, Glover and director Richard Donner must have making this movie is clearly visible on the screen.