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Film · 1987 · Action comedy
Lethal Weapon
Directed by Richard Donner
1987
★ 5.3 editorial score
Shane Black sold the script at twenty-three and set the buddy-cop template for two decades: one cop is counting down to his pension, the other is a widower nobody trusts to be careful.
“It's a buddy movie about two homicide cops who chase a gang of drug dealers all over Southern California...All of the elements of this movie have been seen many times before - the chases, the explosions, the hostage negotiations - but this movie illustrates a favorite belief of mine, which is that the subject of a movie is much less important than its style.”
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