1987 · action · crime
Lethal Weapon
Directed by Richard Donner1h 50m1987
A veteran cop and an unstable detective become partners who must put their differences aside in order to bring down a heroin-smuggling ring run by ex-Special Forces.
Our read: Lethal Weapon (1987) reads as a neutral, breathless, grounded action · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured action / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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- intense
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