Lethal Weapon

Lethal Weapon is a high-energy buddy cop film that shines bright despite its light on plot and character development. Roughly an hour and forty-five minutes of quips, action, villainy, heroics, and cross generational/cultural divides make up the core of this classic 1987 action thriller. Directed by Richard Donner and starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as a volatile former Special Forces soldier and a seasoned homicide sergeant, respectively, the film follows their unlikely partnership to bring down a heroin-smuggling ring run by ex-Special Forces.