- Actors: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Chris Rock
- Directors: Richard Donner
- Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language English
- Subtitles: English, French
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 2.35:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Warner Home Video
- DVD Release Date: 15 Dec 1998
- Run Time: 127 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
- ASIN: 0790738953
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 73,047 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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In the fourth and reportedly final film of the Lethal Weapon series, director Richard Donner reunites with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover, who reprise their roles as Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh for one last hurrah in a film that is decidedly better than the third and first chapters. This time the pair are pitted against Jet Li, who plays the leader of a Chinese organised crime unit. Li, a veteran of hundreds of Hong Kong action films, more than holds his own against the more established team of Gibson, Glover, Rene Russo and Joe Pesci with his subtle yet strong portrayal of the quietly irrepressible Wah Sing Ku. As always with the Lethal series, the plot is incredibly simple to follow: someone steals something, someone gets killed and Murtaugh is reluctantly thrown into the mix while Riggs dives into the case with gleeful aplomb. As with the previous movies, we watch for the sheer action and chemistry alone. The action sequences throughout the fourth instalment are exquisite, from the opening scene involving a flame-thrower, a burning building and a half-naked Murtaugh strutting like a chicken (don't ask, just watch), to the climactic showdown that pays genuine tribute to Jet Li's masterful martial art skills. As for chemistry, the bond between these characters is so strong by now that you sometimes feel like you're watching a TV series in its sixth season, such is the warm familiarity between the audience and the personalities on the screen. The humour is more fluid than ever, aided immeasurably by the casting of comedian Chris Rock, who like Li does a great job of making his presence known in some memorable verbal tirades that would bring a smile out of the Farrelly brothers. But it's the verbal and emotional jousting between Glover and Gibson that makes this fourth episode especially appealing; both are in peak form with great physical and verbal timing. One can only hope that if this is indeed the last of the Lethal films, that it won't be the last time we see Glover and Gibson together on screen. --Jeremy Storey
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
P>Riggs (Gibson) and Murtaugh (Glover), now considering their retirement from the LAPD, are unexpectedly thrown into a gunfight, and it just has to happen when they're out sea fishing in Murtaugh's brand new boat. As you'd expect, the cops win the gunfight and most of the enemies either jump off the boat or try to continue to win. After Riggs has climbed aboard and taken out almost all the remaining enemies, he hears a noise coming from down below, as he opens the covering, he sees a room full of Asian Immigrants, that can mean only one thing. The heat is back on for a fourth time.
LETHAL WEAPON 4 is just more of the same as the other three movies, but Donner has injected a couple of new ideas into the franchise, the countless funny one-liners of Chris Rock and the deadly Martial Arts of Jet Li as the evil, menacing exporter Wa Sing Ku. Gibson and Glover just do what they do all the time as the faultless pairing, fight, shoot and talk their way out of the many catastrophes that they get themselves into throughout the saga. Russo is just as beautiful and seductive as she is in all of her films and Pesci puts in a performance that never fails to amuse and laugh as he makes it through the film being his trademark wimpish self.
LETHAL WEAPON 4 is more of the same, but Donner still makes it work through his use of violence, humour and one-liners that keep on getting better and better, but he tries a couple of new things this time around, and it still works through the entwinement that makes Lethal Weapon a top action collection that should be a part of every film lovers collection.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
After having seen a US version of this film I was disappointed to realise that a great deal of the action is cut in the UK 15 cert version. This is made doubly annoying when some of the scenes are shown in the "making of" documentary. Although I loved the film I would not recommend buying this version.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
The 4th outing from Lethal Weapon brings the best performance since the original, with all that is expected from them. The action is fast and furious including several great actions with the altogether predictable dislocation of the shoulder scene (just like Yipee kiyah M! F!, from the Die Hard Trilogy). The comedy moments are excellant and those who have seen the trailer with oil truck scene will know that this i just a sample of the humour to come. The film is the perfect mix between comedy and action a real treat. Hopefully not the last we have seen of Glover, Pesci and Gibson.
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a great and well timed ending to the series
The wheels haven't quite come off but there's a definite feeling of something loosening in this most recent, and what seems to be the last instalment in the Lethal Weapon... Read more
Published 2 months ago by bizmandan
brilliant
recieved d.v.d and watched it,it was brilliant.thanks
when ever i order from here i never get any
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when ever i order from here i never get any
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Published 11 months ago by karen
They are back, again.
The Lethal Weapon team return for a third sequel which sees them involved with Chinese gangsters running a people smuggling ring. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Spike Owen
Funny movie
It is a great movie. I don't really care for fighting, death or action movies, but I have to say this is one movie I do like and purchased for my husband. Read more
Published on 5 Jan 2010 by sweetnativewoman
Far from great
This is just about entertaining enough to not completely overpower the viewer with irritation. It's basically family values plus the odd car chase and murder. Read more
Published on 20 Jun 2008 by CJ
always puts a smile on my face.
Im giving this film a 5 stars becuase wenever I watch it, it puts a huge smile on my face.
Again its the whole genre of cop vs bad guys but the lethal weapon franchise... Read more
Again its the whole genre of cop vs bad guys but the lethal weapon franchise... Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2007 by Amo, UK
TYPICAL RIGGS + MURDOCH
ONCE AGAIN THE TROUBLESOME DUO RETURN FOR MORE KICK ASS CRIME FIGHTING. THERES NOTHING NEW HERE SAME OLD S**T DIFFERENT MOVIE (TITLE)HOWEVER IF YOU'RE A FAN OF THE LETHAL WEAPONS... Read more
Published on 3 Mar 2004
The greatest action movie ever?
What a way to end the story. Lethal Weapon 4 is the final and by far the best of the 4, which are all undoubtedly superb. Read more
Published on 23 April 2003
A Great Movie but.....
Lethal Weapon 4 is a pretty good rounder off to the end of the series, action, comedy, rehashed one liners aand all the other things that made the other 3 great are all present. Read more
Published on 31 Aug 2001
Movie ruined by cutting scenes
Who ever made this DVD ruined the movie by cutting several scenes. Having seen the VHS version this DVD is very disapointing. This is not what I'd expected.
Published on 10 Sep 2000
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