

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.
Stunts
Jet Li's first Hollywood role — he outshines everyone in 10 minutes
Acting
Glover and Gibson's genuine chemistry carries this tired franchise
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI freeway chase that actually destroys real cars

Director
Richard Donner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jet Li was paid only $1 million while Gibson got $25 million plus gross points, allegedly because studio executives couldn't pronounce his name. Li almost refused the role.
This was Richard Donner's final Lethal Weapon and his last major studio film — the franchise exhaustion mirrors Hollywood's broader 90s action fatigue before The Matrix changed everything.