Lethal Weapon (film series)

Lethal Weapon is a series of buddy cop action films starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as a pair of L.A.P.D. detectives. All four films in the series were directed by Richard Donner and also share many of the same core cast members.

During a car chase, Riggs and Murtaugh stumble upon a trunk full of smuggled South African Krugerrands. This sparks a series of attempts at their lives, forcing them to take a less dangerous case, protecting Leo Getz Joe Pesci, a loudmouthed whistleblower. However, they realize that Getz was involved in the same South African illegal activities. As a result, they become entangled in a drugsmuggling operation involving South African diplomats in Los Angeles, using their immunity as a shield. Riggs kills the murderer of his wife who is among the criminals.As Murtaugh, who is one week from retiring, and Riggs investigate a robbery committed using a duplicate armored car, they find themselves in the middle of an Internal Affairs investigation led by Sergeant Lorna Cole Rene Russo. The subject of the investigation is a rogue AWOL cop Stuart Wilson who is stealing impounded weapons and selling them on the black market. During the investigation, Murtaugh shoots and kills a teenager who attacks him and Riggs he turns out to be a friend of his own son. This prompts Murtaugh to capture the man responsible for the distribution of illegal firearms and to rethink his retirement. ........

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