Lethal Weapon 2 - Brennpunkt L.A.

Originaltitel: Lethal Weapon 2

1989
R
1 Std. 54 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,3/10

192.957

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

3.897

995

Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in Lethal Weapon 2 - Brennpunkt L.A. (1989)

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Action Crime Thriller

Riggs und Murtaugh sind den südafrikanischen Diplomaten auf der Spur, die ihre Immunität für kriminelle Aktivitäten nutzen.Riggs und Murtaugh sind den südafrikanischen Diplomaten auf der Spur, die ihre Immunität für kriminelle Aktivitäten nutzen.Riggs und Murtaugh sind den südafrikanischen Diplomaten auf der Spur, die ihre Immunität für kriminelle Aktivitäten nutzen.

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,3/10

192.957

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

3.897

995

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Für 1 Oscar nominiert
- 1 Gewinn & 3 Nominierungen insgesamt

Wissenswertes
During production, Richard Donner was shocked when Mel Gibson confided that he was drinking five pints of beer for breakfast. Despite his alcohol problems, Gibson was known for his professionalism and punctuality.

Patzer
The MythBusters - Die Wissensjäger (2003) duplicated the toilet bomb and showed that, by freezing the battery with liquid nitrogen, the explosion would have been delayed by about 15 minutes.

Zitate
[Rudd fires at Riggs, hitting him several times. Riggs falls, writhing in pain. Arjen's gun clicks empty. Roger aims at him]
Roger Murtaugh: [shouting] DROP IT, ASSHOLE!
Martin Riggs: [weakly] Rog...
Arjen Rudd: [holds up his wallet] Diplomatic immunity.
[Roger slowly rolls his head on his neck, takes aim, and fires - his bullet goes through Rudd's wallet, and then his head]
Roger Murtaugh: It's *just been revoked*!

Crazy Credits
The Merrie Melodies theme is briefly heard during the opening sequence.

Alternative Versionen
To receive a 15 certificate, the UK cinema version was cut by the BBFC. These cuts included:
Reduced violence in the scene where Murtaugh kills two thugs with a nail gun (a shot showing blood on a thug's head was shortened and another showing nails embedded in the other thug's chest was optically darkened).
Most of the sex scene between Riggs and his girlfriend was cut.
Riggs' vengeful killing of the villains who killed his girlfriend on the pier was entirely cut.
Riggs' repeated shooting of a villain during the final shootout was reduced.
Kicks to Riggs' face by villain in climax were reduced.
Later video and DVD releases had some cuts waived but were raised to an 18, whilst retaining the edits of the pier killing and repeated shooting of a villain by Riggs. The cuts were fully waived in 2010 and the certificate downgraded to a 15. The uncut version is only available on Blu-Ray, while the DVD still has an 18 certificate but is missing the killing of the two thugs on the pier and of the guards on the container.

Verbindungen
Edited into Alias: Die Agentin: The Box: Part 2 (2002)

Soundtracks
Cheer Down
Performed by George Harrison
Produced by George Harrison and Jeff Lynne
Courtesy of Dark Horse Records
Music by George Harrison
Lyrics by George Harrison and Tom Petty

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A really lethal sequel

Mel Gibson and Danny Glover return to kick heads and shoot bad guys for the second time, as Riggs and Murtaugh, the "Oscar and Felix" of law enforcement in "Lethal Weapon 2." This time

around, the boys are forced to become the 3 Stooges when they are assigned to guard a feisty, foul-mouthed federal witness named Leo Getz (the frantic Joe Pesci) from a group of sadistic Afrikaner thugs (led by the usually dark-natured character actor Joss Acklund). At the same time, Riggs meets a new love named

Rika (the hot Patsy Kensit), who happens to be a pawn in the

villain's dangerous games.

The action is faster and more furious in this sequel to the

slam-bang original. Even the banter gets a boost, thanks to the

added comedic riff by Pesci. Watch for his slightly annoying,

yet hilarious speech on a Subway tunafish sandwich!