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Lethal Weapon 3

1992

Richard Donner

Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, René Russo ...

5.7

51,166

Action Martin Riggs finally meets his match in the form of Lorna Cole, a beautiful but tough policewoman. Together with Roger Murtaugh, his partner, the three attempt to expose a crooked former policeman and his huge arms racket. The crooked cop (Jack Travis) thwarts them at every turn, mainly by killing anyone who is about to talk, but Murtaugh has personal problems of his own as his family are brought into the equation.

	Author	Review
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"[It] isn't that much worse than the two earlier films, though the gags quickly wear thin and the back-and-forth banter is now so fast-paced that the overlapping dialogue may be more unintelligible than intended"	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Mindless entertainment. If you think about what you just wasted two hours watching, you won’t be entertained anymore. 'Lethal Weapon 3' offers mediocrity wielded by experts. It’s not a movie, it’s a machine"	NEU
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"A hyped-up movie in love with its own cuteness, this shows gratuitous police violence"	NEU
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"There are elements in the movie that make it worth seeing, and that set it aside from the routine movies in this genre (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Joanna Berry Empire	"This film, although as action-packed, fast-paced and funny as its predecessors, doesn't really go anywhere (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Brian Lowry Variety	"A movie that’s really more about moments–either comic or thrilling–than any sort of cohesive whole. Even with some flat stretches in the middle, the third 'Weapon' has plenty of ammunition"	POS
United Kingdom	John Ferguson Radio Times	"Disengage the brain and enjoy (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"The movie zips around without any true forward momentum. The stars carry you along, though"	NEU
United States	Hal Hinson The Washington Post	"Donner still hasn't learned the first thing about directing action so that it has any coherence or beauty."	NEG

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