Massive spoilers will be indicated ... you can read the first paragraphs without fear! :o)
Murtaugh & Riggs are one of the funniest and best on-screen "couple"! ;o) Seriously though: If you're looking for a good buddy movie, look no further! Lethal Weapon is your weapon of choice (forgive the pun)!
The chemistry still works here, you have an intriguing story, some very good action scenes and some funny moments too. Jet Li plays a very good villain in this, so why only 7/10?!
That's were the spoilers come into play. Don't read any further if you haven't watched the movie yet! Not that you would be surprised that the good guys win (a fifth part in the instalment would be great, but a recent EMPIRE interview with Mel Gibson did not indicate anything in this direction, what a shame). Or that the bad guys lose ... but that is the point were it was too much for me. It was hard to swallow, that Jet Li's thugs wouldn't shoot the Murtaugh and Riggs, but keep them tied up and start a fire. It's like "dough", don't you know they will eventually escape?! But seriously though: this is a fact that you can accept. The death of Jet Li is another thing you have to accept, but for me it was not acceptable. As a big Li Fan, I was more than disappointed how he got killed. It was ... just to cheap! Murtaugh & Riggs had no chance against him ... I like them both too, but I just couldn't bear the fact that they killed him like that ... although it was a struggle it seemed to easy ...
That's the only reason why I didn't rate it higher. Other than that, there is nothing bad I could say about the film :o)
Murtaugh & Riggs are one of the funniest and best on-screen "couple"! ;o) Seriously though: If you're looking for a good buddy movie, look no further! Lethal Weapon is your weapon of choice (forgive the pun)!
The chemistry still works here, you have an intriguing story, some very good action scenes and some funny moments too. Jet Li plays a very good villain in this, so why only 7/10?!
That's were the spoilers come into play. Don't read any further if you haven't watched the movie yet! Not that you would be surprised that the good guys win (a fifth part in the instalment would be great, but a recent EMPIRE interview with Mel Gibson did not indicate anything in this direction, what a shame). Or that the bad guys lose ... but that is the point were it was too much for me. It was hard to swallow, that Jet Li's thugs wouldn't shoot the Murtaugh and Riggs, but keep them tied up and start a fire. It's like "dough", don't you know they will eventually escape?! But seriously though: this is a fact that you can accept. The death of Jet Li is another thing you have to accept, but for me it was not acceptable. As a big Li Fan, I was more than disappointed how he got killed. It was ... just to cheap! Murtaugh & Riggs had no chance against him ... I like them both too, but I just couldn't bear the fact that they killed him like that ... although it was a struggle it seemed to easy ...
That's the only reason why I didn't rate it higher. Other than that, there is nothing bad I could say about the film :o)