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Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

 -  Action | Crime | Thriller  -  10 July 1998 (USA)
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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.

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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. Written by Brian H <hershey@visuallink.com>

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and language | See all certifications »

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Release Date:

10 July 1998 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Lethal 4  »

Box Office

Budget:

$140,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£2,049,606 (UK) (18 September 1998)

Gross:

$129,734,803 (USA) (30 October 1998)
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2.35 : 1
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Trivia

Promotional television ads and the theatrical trailer featured Chris Rock wearing a police uniform doing a comedy act (he is referring to himself as Riggs being cast with a different actor - himself). His character never wore a police uniform in the movie. During the photo album credits, a picture of him wearing the uniform can also be seen. See more »

Goofs

During the shoot out between the boats, a pan from the freighter to the "Code 7" shows a lighting array obviously not on either vessel. See more »

Quotes

Leo Getz: Hey Riggs, who's the perp? What did ya bust him for?
Lee Butters: Oh, I'm a perp? You see a young brother in the back of a police car, automatically I'm a perp. Look at my suit, look at my tie. What do I look like, the fuckin' Crip's accountant? Look at this badge, bitch. Check out the gun.
Leo Getz: Whoa, hey hey hey, put the gun down, put the gun down.
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Crazy Credits

The previous Lethal Weapon movies, Lethal Weapon, Lethal Weapon 2, and Lethal Weapon 3, are featured in the end credits as film stills. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Undercover Brother (2002) See more »

Soundtracks

"Pilgrim"
Written and Produced by Eric Clapton and Simon Climie
Performed by Eric Clapton
Courtesy of Reprise Records
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
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Perfect balance between comedy and action
17 March 2006 | by (Portugal) – See all my reviews

Well, the script in the film is brilliant. Joe Pesci, as always, makes the crowd laugh until they have tears in their eyes. Just by having Chris Rock in the cast makes the film worthy of watching. Just like the other lethal weapon films, there's the great duo that makes this film shine, and of course that i am talking about Mel Gibson and Danny Glover. My favorite part of the movie is where Joe Pesci has a little "argument" with Danny Glover, and the constant mistakes by Mel saying the name of Cris Rock's character are hilarious. The roof top jumping and the last fight with Jet Li was also great. So if you haven't seen this, get some some money from your parents and go and rent it!!!


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