Lethal Weapon: The Complete Collection [4 Film] [Blu-ray] [1987] [2005] [Region Free][Cover May Vary]

I loved these films so much I just couldn't resist getting them on DVD, even though they do see airtime on terrestrial TV. I was very pleased to find 1-3 were "Director's Cut" and the snippet of extra film I had seen only once before from the original, I got to see in context.The first film 'forces' Riggs and Murtaugh together as partners, the unlikely pairing finding getting along rather difficult. As they progress through the investigation. film and indeed series their bonding becomes further, until such a point distrust has become trust, even if they don't appreciate it for some time. The cast also utilises Gary Busey very well, and the beauty of the film is there are a lot of terrific characters no matter how central or secondary. The latter scenes are excellent, remind me of Die Hard in its action packed finaleThe sequel sees a war between police and criminals hiding behind their diplomatic credentials. It becomes increasingly personal, and reveals a lot more about our central characters which you may note from the first film if you look closely. It is action packed, funny and brilliantly scripted. Joe Pesci is introduced and becomes a third central character for this and the rest of the series. The only question I'm left pondering is how they can shoot so many people with diplomatic immunity and get away with it!The third is perhaps my favourite, the very moving scenes when Murtaugh finds law enforcement is a lot closer to home than he'd like. He then sets out to right wrongs, a rather more personal vendetta than we've seen before. The film brings in yet another central character in Rene Russo without overburdening the film with too many leads, as other films and comedy series can do. The bad guys as usual are great, love to hate them types. This film has a lot more feeling and emotion to it than perhaps the previous two had even looked at.The final film suffered from the time elapsed since the previous film. 1987, 1989, 1992 and then 1998 before the quadrilogy ran its course. They did manage to retain the original cast, and the plot wasn't too bad, but this is the weaker link of the four and further evidence that series need to be sustained and not someone decide to go back and make another years later. Chris Rock is introduced as a new character, the plot meanders a bit and something doesn't quite click. Maybe it tries too hard, maybe. As Riggs has now become a has-been in the context of being the "lethal weapon" of the title, it is rather a wind-down film reliant on elements it doesn't deliver. Jet Li as the bad guy is way too wooden for me, a lot doesn't add up, and please someone tell me why, when a car is pushing you onto a level crossing in front of a train, you don't simply ACCELERATE?!?!?!?I've given it five stars, it is a thoroughly excellent collection even if the last film might only get a 3.5 to 4.0 rating. Own it now.

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This is a very good collection for fans of the Lethal Weapon Series.The 1st two films are brilliant 'Buddy Cop' movies from the 80's, and the Interplay between Mel Gibson and Danny Glover really adds to the whole thing. On top of which both characters are keenly observed and have interesting personal lives of their own. The villains are memorable, even if there schemes are not, and overall you have 2 very entertaining films.The third film changed the formula a little to tap into the 90’s wisecracking action genre, so the explosions are more dramatic, the jokes are sillier and more obvious, and a female is drafted onto the team, all of these freshen up the series somewhat and make what is probably my favourite film of the series.The forth film is pretty rubbish, although Jet Li does liven things up a bit in his scenes, and Joe Pesci is given one chance to shine as the best actor in the series with his friendly frog speech.The extras across all 4 discs are interesting and include commentaries from Richard Donner which I found to be entertaining and enlightening, and the 5th disc contains a greater wealth of extra information about the series as a whole which most fans will enjoy.Overall this was great value for money and I recommend it highly

Lethal Weapon.I’m a huge fan of the Lethal Weapons film series and 80’s action movies in general and decided to buy the series on Blu Ray after my DVD collection got lost.The story is the standard buddy cop formula with the Good and always about to retire cop, Murtaugh who gets teamed up with a loose canon and the always unpredictable Riggs. They take down the bad guys in over the top action scenes that many times will leave you rolling your eyes while at the same time enjoying every second of it. Not a series of films that takes it self too seriously and that’s a good thing!The first film is about taking down a drug ring in LA all while Murtaugh reluctantly teams up with Riggs who he quickly finds out longs for death. However, they work together and become friends by the end.The second and arguably the best one of the series and sees our duo take down a corrupt South African diplomat who is smuggling drugs into the US. It is good to see a second movie try to be something else rather then just remake the first movie that many films from that era did (Ghostbusters 2 for example)The third film sees the duo once again team up to take on a gang who are smuggling ‘cop killer’ bullets and it’s up to Riggs and Murtaugh to once again save the day in a fantastic finale.And last and maybe least is the fourth entry in which the Riggs and Murtaugh take on the Chinese Cartel who are forging money but for what reason? The movie was filmed in 1998 and during that time, due to the handing over of Hong Kong, many movies had a Chinese influence from this to Rush Hour. Sort of a movie of its time. It is the weakest entry for me many due to Chris Rock who is annoying in this film (Yet I like his stand up) and Joe Pesci who is a little over the top at times. Still a good movie but after watching the other three, this is certainly the weakest.There is a bonus disk but truth be told, I never watch it so can’t really give an opinion on it.However, the extra price for the Blu Ray version is not justifiable I’m sad to say. The quality of the first three movies is not improved at all with the first one being even more fuzzy and blurry then I remember. The last film looks pretty good but it is certainly not much better then the DVD versions. Also I think they are the standard versions whereas the DVD set I had included extra scenes. Very disappointed by that.So would I recommend these movies? Well, if it was a review of just the movies then I would give it 5 stars but this box set is not worth the extra money over the standard DVD versions.However, if you have not seen these movies yet then you really should if you like action movies.

Omg my partner is like a child with new bike ,he had to watch 1+2as soon as it cameVery happy with product