Word: lethality
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sentimentality: this is how Hollywood has finally solved the family-values conundrum, the question of how to entertain the blood- and sex-starved masses and be morally proactive at the same time. Well, dig this: Explosions are cool, and so are intact families! That's the message promulgated by Lethal Weapon 4, in which the above-mentioned scene takes place. As Mel Gibson's character comes to terms with impending fatherhood and Danny Glover's with impending grandfatherhood, the film wends its curious way, alternating crashes and neck breakings with scenes of limp domestic comedy--scenes that wouldn...
...LETHAL WEAPON...
That's all the lessons you'll learn in yet the latest Lethal Weapon, and all you'll need to know. Fourth in a chain, this movie is lightweight and lighthearted, out not to change but to entertain the world and doing a fine...
...photogenic violence is a legacy of earlier Lethal Weapon's, albeit not the only one. Leo is a retainer from the second, Riggs' girlfriend Lorna (Rene Russo) from Lethal Weapon 3, and the partners' past actions color every scene at LAPD head quarters. But never does the movie rest on the laurels of its predecessors. Many jokes are funny for the uninitiated even as they take on added resonance for those who have followed Riggs and Murtaugh through the years, and no jokes exclude those who are not die-hard fans. Old characters and running gags are neatly integrated into...
...sort of homage to longtime Lethal Weapon fans, the film ends with a not-quite-maudlin finale that merges with a multi-picture photo album underlay of the credits, but the real end of the movie comes fifteen minutes earlier, when Murtaugh and Riggs clasp each other and pause for a moment after vanquishing the last villain. They have come a long way from their early days, and the scene captures that feeling even for those who don't know the duo's history. Like that scene, the movie as a whole takes both characters a step past their development...