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Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)  link to Lethal Weapon 2 on IMDb  

Number: 240

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IMDb Rating:
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7.2/10 (138.6K votes)

Country: United States, 114 minutes

Spoken languages: English

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Director(s): Richard Donner

Storyline:
Riggs and Murtaugh are trying to take down some drug dealers but the they turn out to be not run of the mill drug dealers; they have automatic weapons and helicopters. Eventually they grab one of their vehicles and find a million dollars worth of gold coins or Krugerrands in the trunk. Later Murtaugh is threatened by the men they're pursuing. That's when the Captain reassigns them to protect a man named Leo Getz who is suppose to testify in a big case. When they get to where Leo is, someone tries to kill him and that's when they learn he laundered half a billion dollars worth of drug money. He then takes them to a place he once went to and that's when the people there start shooting at them. Later when they come back with back up they learn that the men work for the South African consulate and have diplomatic immunity. They deduce that they are the ones they were looking for, but because of they have diplomatic immunity they can't do anything.

Cast:

Mel Gibson Martin Riggs
Danny Glover Roger Murtaugh
Joe Pesci Leo Getz
Joss Ackland Arjen Rudd
Derrick O'Connor Pieter Vorstedt

Medium: DVD R/RW, Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Location: On the Shelf (4 Disk Collection)

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.55:1