#293 - Lethal Weapon (1987)

Subject: Lethal Weapon (1987) Observers: John Pavlich, Jimmy Brown Record Date: September 07, 2013, 12:43 AM Plot Summary: An aging cop is assigned a young, reckless partner, believed by the department to be mentally unstable. Note: All the way from Scotland, Jimmy Brown (co-host of the Extended Edition podcast) returns to discuss the quintessential, buddy cop movie. We talk about the Christmas setting as a writing trademark, explore the franchise and its genre and I manage to tack on a decades-long plot contrivance that ends up being totally false! Remember to listen for the preemptive countdown before starting the movie on your DVD, and please support the podcast by clicking on the "Donate" button at the top of the homepage. Buy: The Lethal Weapon Collection on Blu-ray at Amazon.com!