Lethal Weapon 4

Lethal Weapon 4
Directed by	Richard Donner
Produced by	Richard Donner Joel Silver
Written by	Shane Black Jonathan Lemkin Alfred Gough Miles Millar Channing Gibson
Starring	Mel Gibson Danny Glover Joe Pesci Rene Russo Chris Rock Jet Li
Music by	Michael Kamen Eric Clapton David Sanborn
Cinematography	Andrzej Bartkowiak
Editing by	Dallas Puett Kevin Stitt Eric Strand Frank J. Urioste
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	July 10 1998 (USA)
Running time	127 min.
Language	English Cantonese Mandarin
Budget	$140,000,000 (est.)
Preceded by	Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
IMDb profile

Lethal Weapon 4 is a 1998 film starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Chris Rock and Jet Li. It is a sequel to Lethal Weapon, Lethal Weapon 2 and Lethal Weapon 3.

Taglines:

• "The Gang's All Here"
• "Next summer is lethal."
• "The faces you love. The action you expect."
• "With 4 you get Kung Fu."
• "Get ready to get lethal."

Plot

In the most recent installment of the Lethal Weapon series, Lorna Cole is pregnant with Martin Riggs' baby. Rianne, who has secretly married Lee Butters, a young cop who works at the same precinct as Roger Murtaugh and Martin Riggs, is also pregnant. The story revolves around Riggs, Murtaugh, Butters, Cole's and Getz's investigation of a Chinese immigrant smuggling ring. The arch-nemesis is a martial arts expert named Wah Sing Ku (played by Jet Li), who is organizing the release of the four overlords, called Four Fathers and among them including his own brother, of Triads from Chinese prison from a corrupt general in exchange for false money. By exposing this plot the cops enrage the Chinese who respond with a small war. The cops win, and the movie ends with Lorna and Martin marrying, and Lee and Rianne informing Roger of their secret marriage. Two babies are born to Rianne and Lorna, as Martin Riggs is finally settling down.

Trivia

• Jackie Chan was initially offered the role of Wah Sing Ku, but he declined since he doesn't like to play villain roles.
• This film is Jet Li's American film debut. It is also the first film where he's played the villain.
• Mel Gibson was reluctant to revisit the franchise. He was paid $25 million.
• After appearing in this film, Pesci announced that he was leaving acting in order to pursue his musical career and to enjoy life away from the camera. Finally in 2004-2005, he announced that he was coming out of retirement and is going to play a cameo role in his good friend Robert De Niro's The Good Shepherd.
• Was the most expensive entry of the Lethal Weapon franchise with a $140 million budget. It was not as financially successful as Lethal Weapon 2 and Lethal Weapon 3.
• Riggs and Murtaugh are both promoted to Captain in this film, albeit temporarily.
• The images seen during the end credits are a collage of screenshots and snapshots taken during production from all four movies in the series.
• There have been rumors about a Lethal Weapon 5, but none have been confirmed.
• The UK version is heavily edited by the BBFC, with 93 seconds of cuts to violence. Ninety shots are removed in 38 separate cuts.

External links

• Lethal Weapon 4 at the Internet Movie Database

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