Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) 33 pages
Lethal Weapon 2 — Index
The 1989 sequel that turned the buddy-cop formula outward: instead of a partner who needs saving, a case that turns out to be the partner's own history. The hub page is Lethal Weapon 2 (1989).
Plot
Cast
- Cast and Characters (Lethal Weapon 2)
- Mel Gibson (Lethal Weapon 2)
- Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon 2)
- Joe Pesci (Lethal Weapon 2)
- Joss Ackland (Lethal Weapon 2)
- Derrick O'Connor (Lethal Weapon 2)
- Patsy Kensit (Lethal Weapon 2)
Production
- Production History (Lethal Weapon 2)
- Richard Donner (Lethal Weapon 2)
- Jeffrey Boam (Lethal Weapon 2)
- Stephen Goldblatt (Lethal Weapon 2)
- Michael Kamen (Lethal Weapon 2)
- Shane Black, Murphy, and Boam — Sequel Authorship
Analysis & Reception
- Themes and Analysis (Lethal Weapon 2)
- Critical Reception and Legacy (Lethal Weapon 2)
- Physical Media Releases (Lethal Weapon 2)
Essays
Signature scenes
- The Vorstedt-Killed-Vicki Reveal
- The Stilt-House Pull
- The Helicopter Trailer Attack
- The Toilet-Bomb Setpiece
- The Just-Been-Revoked Climax (Lethal Weapon 2)
Themes and motifs
Structure and authorship
Era and lineage
All Pages
- Action Sequels of 1989
- Backbeats (Lethal Weapon 2)
- Cast and Characters (Lethal Weapon 2)
- Critical Reception and Legacy (Lethal Weapon 2)
- Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon 2)
- Derrick O'Connor (Lethal Weapon 2)
- Diplomatic Immunity as Theme
- Jeffrey Boam (Lethal Weapon 2)
- Joe Pesci (Lethal Weapon 2)
- Joe Pesci as Leo Getz
- Joss Ackland (Lethal Weapon 2)
- Krugerrands and South-African-Apartheid-Era Cinema
- Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
- Mel Gibson (Lethal Weapon 2)
- Michael Kamen (Lethal Weapon 2)
- Patsy Kensit (Lethal Weapon 2)
- Physical Media Releases (Lethal Weapon 2)
- Plot Structure (Lethal Weapon 2)
- Plot Summary (Lethal Weapon 2)
- Production History (Lethal Weapon 2)
- Richard Donner (Lethal Weapon 2)
- Riggs and Rika
- Shane Black, Murphy, and Boam — Sequel Authorship
- Stephen Goldblatt (Lethal Weapon 2)
- The Helicopter Trailer Attack
- The Just-Been-Revoked Climax (Lethal Weapon 2)
- The Sequel-Structure Problem
- The Stilt-House Pull
- The Toilet-Bomb Setpiece
- The Vorstedt-Killed-Vicki Reveal
- Themes and Analysis (Lethal Weapon 2)
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