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Lethal Weapon 2

Lethal Weapon 2 is a 1989 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Richard Donner, and starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Joss Ackland, Derrick O'Connor and Patsy Kensit. It is a sequel to the 1987 film Lethal Weapon and the second installment in the Lethal Weapon film series.

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Based on
Characters by Shane Black
Box office
$227.3 million
Budget
$30 million
Cinematography
Stephen Goldblatt
Country
United States
Directed by
Richard Donner

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Lethal Weapon 2

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Avg. degree1.98
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Lethal Weapon 2

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related to Jeffrey Boam's final script · 21
Lethal Weapon 2 → Although, Boam, Donner, He, However, Indiana Jones, January, Jeffrey Boam, Last Crusade, Lethal Weapon, Murtaugh, Nazi, October, Riggs, Screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen, Shane Black, South African, The, The Lost Boys, Warner Bros
related to Critical reception · 16
Lethal Weapon 2 → Army Air Corps, Before, Danny Glover, If, Krugerrands, Lethal Weapon, Los Angeles Times, Mel Gibson, Metacritic, Michael Wilmington, On, Rotten Tomatoes, The, The New York Times, Though, Vietnam War
related to Home media · 10
Lethal Weapon 2 → Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, DVD, DVDs, LaserDisc, Lethal Weapon, Since, The, The Director's Cut, VHS
Starring · 6
Lethal Weapon 2 → Danny Glover, Derrick O'Connor, Joe Pesci, Joss Ackland, Mel Gibson, Patsy Kensit
related to Box office performance · 6
Lethal Weapon 2 → Batman, Indiana Jones, Last Crusade, Lethal Weapon, North America, US
related to External links · 4
Lethal Weapon 2 → AFI Catalog, Feature FilmsLethal Weapon, IMDb, Lethal Weapon
Music by · 3
Lethal Weapon 2 → David Sanborn, Eric Clapton, Michael Kamen
Story by · 2
Lethal Weapon 2 → Shane Black, Warren Murphy
Based on · 1
Lethal Weapon 2 → Characters by Shane Black
Box office · 1
Lethal Weapon 2 → $227.3 million

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Lethal Weapon 2Based onCharacters by Shane Black1.00infobox
Lethal Weapon 2Box office$227.3 million1.00infobox
Lethal Weapon 2Budget$30 million1.00infobox
Lethal Weapon 2CinematographyStephen Goldblatt1.00infobox
Lethal Weapon 2CountryUnited States1.00infobox
Lethal Weapon 2Directed byRichard Donner1.00infobox
Lethal Weapon 2Distributed byWarner Bros.1.00infobox
Lethal Weapon 2Edited byStuart Baird1.00infobox
Lethal Weapon 2LanguagesEnglish Afrikaans1.00infobox
Lethal Weapon 2Music byMichael Kamen1.00infobox
Lethal Weapon 2Music byEric Clapton1.00infobox
Lethal Weapon 2Music byDavid Sanborn1.00infobox
Lethal Weapon 2Produced byRichard Donner Joel Silver1.00infobox
Lethal Weapon 2Production companySilver Pictures1.00infobox
Lethal Weapon 2Release dateJuly 7, 1989 (1989-07-07)1.00infobox
Lethal Weapon 2Running time114 minutes1.00infobox
Lethal Weapon 2Screenplay byJeffrey Boam1.00infobox
Lethal Weapon 2StarringMel Gibson1.00infobox
Lethal Weapon 2StarringDanny Glover1.00infobox
Lethal Weapon 2StarringJoe Pesci1.00infobox
Lethal Weapon 2StarringJoss Ackland1.00infobox
Lethal Weapon 2StarringDerrick O'Connor1.00infobox
Lethal Weapon 2StarringPatsy Kensit1.00infobox
Lethal Weapon 2Story byShane Black1.00infobox
Lethal Weapon 2Story byWarren Murphy1.00infobox
Lethal Weapon 2is a1989 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Richard Donner0.90text

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