With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with a deadly Chinese crime lord trying to get his brother out of prison.

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Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

The gang's all here.

★ 6.6/10 July 10, 1998 127 min

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Director: Richard Donner  ·  Writers: Channing Gibson, Miles Millar, Alfred Gough, Jonathan Lemkin

With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with a deadly Chinese crime lord trying to get his brother out of prison.

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Mel Gibson Mel Gibson Martin Riggs Danny Glover Danny Glover Roger Murtaugh Joe Pesci Joe Pesci Leo Getz Rene Russo Rene Russo Lorna Cole Chris Rock Chris Rock Det.Lee Butters Jet Li Jet Li Wah Sing Ku Steve Kahan Steve Kahan Captain Murphy Kim Chan Kim Chan Benny Chan Darlene Love Darlene Love Trish Murtaugh Traci Wolfe Traci Wolfe Rianne Murtaugh Eddy Ko Hung Eddy Ko Hung Hong Jack Kehler Jack Kehler State Department Man

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CinemaSerf September 5, 2025
★ 6/10

With their joints creaking almost as much as the script, this instalment of the franchise sees “Riggs” (Mel Gibson) and “Murtaugh” (Danny Glover) start they way they mean to go on - pyrotechnically! This time, it’s the encroaching Triad gangs from China who are involved in some people smuggling and currency forging that could end up facilitating an all-out war in Chinatown between the menacingly stylish “Wah Sing Ku” (Jet Li) and local mobster “Uncle Benny” (Kim Chan). Just to add to the mayhem, IAD detective “Lorna” (Rene Russo) is about to have a baby (with “Riggs”); his partner is soon to be a grandfather courtesy of his daughter and another fellow cop, “Butters” (Chris Rock) and then there is the wacky “Leo” (Joe Pesci) whose words of wisdom and frenetic techniques have to be heard/seen to be believed. “Murtaugh” takes pity on the recently arrive…