Lethal Weapon is a UK VHS release by Warner Home Video. It was released on Rental on 8th January 1988. It was re-released on Sell Through on 27th January 1989 as part of the Cops (Handcuffs) collection. It was re-released again on 6th November 1989. It was also re-released by Warner Home Video on 7th September 1992, 3rd July 1995, and 7th June 1999.
It was originally released in the UK theatrically on 28th August 1987.
Description[]
Mel Gibson is LA cop Martin Riggs; reckless, relentless and lethal. His Vietnam training and sub-zero flashpoint are a volatile combination for a man with such chilling credentials. Recently widowed, Riggs is a time-bomb waiting to explode. The only question is who will he take with him?
Riggs' new partner Roger Murtaugh fears he knows the answer. . . Mel Gibson and Danny Glover's unlikely partnership takes cop thrillers into a new dimension.
Lethal Weapon's hairtrigger excitement and stunning setpieces perfectly frame the Gibson/Glover relationship so that the film will not only be remembered as a superb thriller but also as one of the great buddy-buddy movies.
Cast[]
- Mel Gibson as Martin Riggs
- Danny Glover as Roger Murtaugh
- Gary Busey as Mr. Joshua
- Mitchell Ryan as Peter McAllister
- Tom Atkins as Michael Hunsaker
- Darlene Love as Trish Murtaugh
- Jackie Swanson as Amanda Hunsaker
- Traci Wolfe as Rianne Murtaugh
- Damon Hines as Nick Murtaugh
- Ebonie Smith as Carrie Murtaugh
- Steve Kahan as Captain Murphy
- Mary Ellen Trainor as Dr. Stephanie Woods
- Ed O'Ross as Mendez
- Lycia Naff as Dixie
- Jimmie F. Skaggs as Drug Dealer #1
- Jason Ronard as Drug Dealer #2
- Blackie Dammett as Drug Dealer #3
- Al Leong as Endo
- Jack Thibeau as McCaskey
- Grand Bush as Boyette
- Henry Brown as Plainclothes Cop
Credits[]
- Directed by Richard Donner
- Written by Shane Black
- Produced by Richard Donner and Joel Silver
- Director of Photography Stephen Goldblatt
- Music by Michael Kamen and Eric Clapton
- Film Editor Stuart Baird
- Production Designer J. Michael Riva
- A Silver Pictures Production
Gallery[]
Trailers and info[]
1995 Re-release[]
- Warner Home Video Screen Classics Collection trailer from 1994 with clips of "The Fabulous Baker Boys", "Tequila Sunrise", "The Mission", "Baby Boom", A Cry in the Dark", "Graffiti Bridge", The Delinquents", "Superman", "Mannequin", "Innerspace", "Poltergeist 1, 2 and 3", "Friday the 13th", "Quigley Down Under", "The Pope of Greenwich Village", "Blood Sport", "Rocky 1 and 2", "Cobra", "Spaceballs", "Blazing Saddles", "Arthur", " A Fish Called Wanda", "National Lampoon's European Vacation", "The Green Berets", "McQ", "Rio Bravo", "The Cowboys", "The Train Robbers", "Dirty Harry", "Heartbreak Ridge", "Every Which Way But Loose", "Any Which Way You Can", "Honky Tonk Man" and "Bronco Billy".
- VSC 18 Warning (Warner Home Video)