Lethal Weapon (1987)

THE prototypical buddy cop movie has just reached its 35th-anniversary as directed by the late great Richard Donner. It stars Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as the iconic Riggs & Murtaugh – they’re assigned as partners for the first time and needless to say, things are pretty tense off the bat.  But as they get enveloped in a complicated murder case involving the death of the daughter of one of Murtaugh’s war buddies, they start to uncover a dangerous conspiracy involving ex-military, drug dealers, and a particularly intimidating mercenary named Mr. Joshua played by Gary Busey.  And then things start to get increasingly LETHAL….WARNING: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE AND MENTIONS OF SUICIDEHost: Geoff Gershon Producer: Marlene Gershonhttps://livingforthecinema.com/Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Living-for-the-Cinema-Podcast-101167838847578Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/livingforthecinema/Letterboxd:https://letterboxd.com/Living4Cinema/Send us Fan MailSupport the showhttps://livingforthecinema.com/Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Living-for-the-Cinema-Podcast-101167838847578Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/livingforthecinema/Letterboxd:https://letterboxd.com/Living4Cinema/