Lethal Weapon 4 Movie Review 1998

It's old home week as Gibson, Glover, Pesci, and Russo all reunite for one more escapade, six years after 1992's "Lethal Weapon 3." Rock joins the veterans as junior detective Lee Butters, who has some unexpected ties to Murtaugh. They're investigating Asian crimelord Wah Sing Ku (Chinese action star Li) who's involved in smuggling and counterfeiting and has no problem with violence, including kicking the bejeezus out of Riggs on more than one occasion. Russo had to do her action sequences with a prosthetic belly since her character, Lorna Cole, and Riggs are about to become parents. It's the same old-same old but it's still a good time.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 125 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Triads, Buddy Cops, Funny Money, Screen Teams: Gibson & Glover, L.A., Pregnant Pauses, Family Ties, Director/Star Teams: Donner & Gibson, Boom!, Top Grossing Films of 1998

Screenplay

Channing Gibson

Cast

Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Chris Rock, Jet Li, Steve Kahan, Darlene Love, Mary Ellen Trainor, Jack Kehler, Damon Hines, Traci Wolfe, Richard Libertini, Richard Riehle

Cinematography

Andrzej Bartkowiak

Director

Richard Donner

Music

Michael Kamen, Eric Clapton, David Sanborn

Producer

Joel Silver, Richard Donner, Warner Bros.