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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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Action | Crime | Thriller

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Rated R for violence and language | See all certifications »

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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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Trivia

In the first movie, they decided not to let Danny Glover bare his chest because they felt it looked too good for a 50 year old. Now in this one he not only bared it, he strips down twice. See more »

Goofs

The scratches on Leo's face come and go in the final scenes. See more »

Quotes

Martin Riggs: You sure picked a strange angel, baby. But I got the message.
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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. See more »

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Referenced in Jet Li Is 'The One' (2002) See more »

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"Premonition"
Written and Performed by John Fogerty
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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.


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