After a botched bomb disposal job, Riggs and Murtagh find themselves on foot patrol (which they both aren't happy about). After witnessing a murder at the hands of a bogus security team, Riggs sets off in hot pursuit with Murtagh not far behind in the 'real' security vehicle. Riggs and Murtagh contain the situation following a pursuit and some fisticuffs and arrest the driver Billy Phelps (Mark Pellegrino). When they examine his weapon, it turns out that it is a special type of gun that is able to pierce 'armour'. However, before Riggs and Murtagh manage to question Phelps, a man comes into the police station and shoots Phelps and calmly walks away. Riggs, Murtagh and internal affairs officer Lorna Cole (Russo) discover that Phelps has been shot and promptly examine the CCTV footage where Cole identifies the killer as 'Jack Travis' - a former police officer who is into arms in a big way. Riggs, Murtagh and Cole find that they must all work together to try and find out why Travis has murdered Phelps and how the 2 of them are linked;
For me, the main problem with this Lethal Weapon entry is that there is very little in the way of a plot. The plot is basically Travis steals lots of arms and uses them against the police and that's pretty much it. We learn very little about Travis's motivations and we get no background information about him. Why did he get involved with arms? Why did he have a vendetta against the police? Who knows?
Second we come to Leo Getz - OK,OK,OK,OK,OK,OK,OK,OK,OK (sorry I couldn't resist). I thought it was quite refreshing when he was introduced in the second film and found him to be tolerable in that film. Getz character also had more relevance to the plot in LW2. I found his character beyond irritating in this film and what exactly was the point of him being in this film? Oh yeah, he's an Estate Agent. Really? I like Joe Pesci and I've enjoyed every other film that he's been in, but I really couldn't stand him in LW3 - as I mentioned he was tolerable in the second film, but I felt he was a bit OTT here.
There were other absurd scenes as well like where Cole and Riggs are both showing each other scars from where they've been shot and injured in various places. Why? Not only was it pointless, but it was also unfunny.
At least, LW3 still had its funny moments and the chemistry is still strong between Riggs and Murtagh. As far as entertainment goes, this is good. But if you are the sort of person who enjoys a film with a well thought out and coherent plot then this may come as a disappointment. I gave it 5/10 purely for its entertainment value.
For me, the main problem with this Lethal Weapon entry is that there is very little in the way of a plot. The plot is basically Travis steals lots of arms and uses them against the police and that's pretty much it. We learn very little about Travis's motivations and we get no background information about him. Why did he get involved with arms? Why did he have a vendetta against the police? Who knows?
Second we come to Leo Getz - OK,OK,OK,OK,OK,OK,OK,OK,OK (sorry I couldn't resist). I thought it was quite refreshing when he was introduced in the second film and found him to be tolerable in that film. Getz character also had more relevance to the plot in LW2. I found his character beyond irritating in this film and what exactly was the point of him being in this film? Oh yeah, he's an Estate Agent. Really? I like Joe Pesci and I've enjoyed every other film that he's been in, but I really couldn't stand him in LW3 - as I mentioned he was tolerable in the second film, but I felt he was a bit OTT here.
There were other absurd scenes as well like where Cole and Riggs are both showing each other scars from where they've been shot and injured in various places. Why? Not only was it pointless, but it was also unfunny.
At least, LW3 still had its funny moments and the chemistry is still strong between Riggs and Murtagh. As far as entertainment goes, this is good. But if you are the sort of person who enjoys a film with a well thought out and coherent plot then this may come as a disappointment. I gave it 5/10 purely for its entertainment value.