Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with a deadly Chinese crimelord trying to get his brother out of prison.

Director:

Richard Donner

Writers:

Shane Black (characters), Jonathan Lemkin (story),

Stars:

Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci

4 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mel Gibson	...	Martin Riggs
Danny Glover	...	Roger Murtaugh
Joe Pesci	...	Leo Getz
Rene Russo	...	Lorna Cole
Chris Rock	...	Detective Lee Butters
Jet Li	...	Wah Sing Ku
Steve Kahan	...	Captain Ed Murphy
Kim Chan	...	Benny 'Uncle Benny' Chan
Darlene Love	...	Trish Murtaugh
Traci Wolfe	...	Rianne Murtaugh Butters
Eddy Ko	...	Hong, Chinese Refugee
Jack Kehler	...	State Department Man
Calvin Jung	...	Detective Ng
Damon Hines	...	Nick Murtaugh
Ebonie Smith	...	Carrie Murtaugh

Storyline

Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh, after escaping death from the previous movies are put on a hit list by The Triads. When blood thirsty mercenaries are on their tail they team up again with Leo Getz and Lorna Cole, a newcomer (Chris Rock) to finally put an end to the Triads for good.

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Plot Keywords:

triad | private investigator | immigrant | lapd | baby | 

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Taglines:

The Gang's All Here.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and language

Details

Official Sites:

Warner Bros. [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Cantonese Mandarin

Release Date:

10 July 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

Lethal 4

Filming Locations:

Bradbury Building - 304 S. Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$140,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£2,049,606 (UK) (18 September 1998)

Gross:

$129,734,803 (USA) (30 October 1998)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros., Silver Pictures, Donner/Shuler-Donner Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

127 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Started filming in January, seven months before its release date. The shoot ended exactly 33 days before the release date. According to editor Frank J. Urioste, to meet the deadlines he had to use Avid, even though he had never edited a whole movie using digital technology before.

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Goofs

In the tail credits, there is a film crew photo. The photo purports to be the crew of "Lethal Weapon 4", but is actually crew photo of "Fortress" with Christopher Lambert. Photo taken December 1991.

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Quotes

Martin Riggs: Plus they shot at me and Rog, and that pisses us off.
Uncle Benny: Really? Ha, too bad they missed!

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Crazy Credits

A picture accompanies almost every crew and cast member in a large photo album. It includes pictures from all 4 Lethal Weapon movies with outtakes and posed pictures. It closes on a large group shot of the crew, with a back cover with a red "4" on it.

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Connections

References The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

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Soundtracks

"Premonition"
Written and Performed by John Fogerty
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products

User Reviews

great

There are some movies where you get sick and tired of sequels, but the Lethal Weapon series isn't one of them, all are full of action and humor, with Chris Rock and Joe Pesci. Lethal Weapon 4 has some awesome sequences of action and lots of explosions, guns, blood, fighting, and everything you would expect out of a action flick. I seen a lot of action movies this ranks up there with the best I have seen, well worth your money.