Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

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	Year of first release: 1989
	Director: Richard Donner (Superman, The Goonies, Lethal Weapon 1-4)
	Actors: Mel Gibson (Braveheart, Payback), Danny Glover (Predator 2, Saw), Joe Pesci (Casino, Home Alone)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Action, Polar
	Conditions of visioning: 14.03.2017, VOD, 32" TV
Synopsis: Murtaugh and Riggs (Glover and Gibson) and now friends more than partners. A bust turning bad puts them on the tracks of South-African gold. A corrupt diplomat will not let them disturb his business.
Review: This is one of the very rare occasions in which I find a sequel better than the original movie, in that case Lethal Weapon released in 1987. Thanks to the events of that first movie, the relationship between the characters has evolved: Riggs is less crazy and Murtaugh less old for this shit. OK it is still very 80's in its characterization of the bad guys, and this viewing make me notice that the staging of some cult scenes is not very subtle (the nail gun, the shoulder...) but the annoying traits of the first movie have been corrected (editing, music) for a result that I find more harmonious. The story is prone to deliver a lot of memorable Action scenes, tense confrontations between the Good and Bad guys, and a series of revenge, counter-revenge... that increase in intensity until the Finale, a bit too much I would even say (the fate of the policemen). And the one great idea of the movie is the nervous character of Leo Getz played appropriately by Joe Pesci. He does bring comedy moments and completes well the couple Murtaugh/Riggs.
Rating: 7 /10