LETHAL WEAPON 4 is a crowd-pleasing final instalment of the long-running franchise, one with a Chinese twist that gives it freshness and momentum. This time around, Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of a murderous Triad organisation, and all of the regular players come back. I saw this on release at the cinema and really enjoyed it; Gibson and Glover successfully recapture the old magic and Jet Li is simply phenomenal as the best villain of the series. It certainly improves on the forgettable LETHAL WEAPON 3.I will make this clear, though: LETHAL WEAPON 4 isn't a perfect film. The script is sub-par at times and Chris Rock's shtick soon wears thin. Joe Pesci and Danny Glover are reliably good, but Gibson's character is a bit off and obnoxious at times. Rene Russo also has too much screen time with a one-note gag and that never-ending ending threatens to reach RETURN OF THE KING levels of cheesiness at times. However, the plot is solid and the action scenes are quite remarkable, the inventive freeway chase giving Gibson's stand-in some proper stunts to work with. Li is kept in the background but shines in his fight scenes, and that dockside brawl at the climax is a real zinger.

Lethal Weapon 4 is the last of the Lethal Weapon movies and it also got some mixed reviews but here's why i loved LW4 more than the previous films. The humor was still great and Chris Rock was totally great in this movie also Jet Li as the bad guy? Best Lethal Weapon Villain ever. Also the thing that we see Riggs getting older and getting tired of this whole thing is kinda good because we were going to see that happen anytime in the future in the first 3 he had longer hair he was a jackass but a cool jackass which he still is but now he's older he needs help just like Murtaugh. Also the Opening Titles are so freaking cool and i loved it. Sure there are problems just like the older ones my biggest problem is the chase scene where we can obviously see that it's not Mel Gibson it's a stunt man not that it's a problem but you get it. Also the ending was sweet were they said that they are Family and we see the end titles and we watch all 4 movies and it's sweet because a journey ended and we hope it ends there but i guess Fox just couldn't let it go could they? We're too Old for this Guys!!!

Disclaimer: If you are a viewer that mainly prefers art-house-type movies, then you might as well ignore this review. In addition, if you're not able to take a buddy cop action movie the fourth installment in the "Lethal Weapon" series, ignore this review, as well. We'll both be better off.Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) is the fourth installment in the Lethal Weapon series. It is the last installment in the franchise and it is a good one. It is the last movie in the series and it ended perfectly. I am glad there wasn't a fifth movie. I heard they are planning to reboot the original movie. The same is with Die Hard and those reboots are stupid! This is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen, this is entertaining funny action film I've ever seen. Best part: I wish I had a siren right about now Rog: Really hilarious!! I could watch it over and over again! It is my at least favorite movie in the series but it is still a lot of fun. The gangs are all back: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci and Rene Russo, there are some new additions in the cast Chris Rock and Jet Li./: Jet Li is such a bad ass and in this movie you have Chinese Triads, I was disappointed with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in this, I seriously think those two guys become a soft pussy's in this film. I think wife's and baby coming on their way making them a really wuss, don't get me wrong, Riggs and Murtaugh were both a bad ass in the whole trilogy. In this film they are fighting like a pussy's. But still I like this movie a lot, I still like Rene Russo I am happy that Riggs and Lorna get's married at the end of the movie and I also love that both Rianne Murtaugh and Lorna gives a birth to their baby's. The action sequences were not that great but Jet Li was a damn bad ass and that was his first American movie. It was one of the first roles I saw him as a villain, I was used more to see Jet Li been the good guy. I think it was hard to convince him to play the bad guy. Even for a villain he did a good job playing his character. This was the last movie in the Lethal Weapon series and I am glad the movie showed the different site of the characters. Especially the movie explained and made a perfect ending with what happened with all our favorite characters. The rest of the crew did a solid job and I like it a lot. I have all Lethal Weapon movies on Blu-ray and I also have 2 & 3 on DVD the director's cut. I couldn't got Lethal Weapon the directors Cut on DVD but I got Theatrical cut on Blu-ray. I also have the trilogy on VHS tape they are all Director's Cut. Seeing Director's Cut on DVD and VHS tape for 2 Hrs. 07 Mins the same running time is this film Lethal Weapon 4, I was really disappointed. I thought the movie was set too long than the theatrical cut I grew up with it. The theatrical cut was always my favorite of the first one. I am glad I own the original first movie on Blu-ray with theatrical cut. I am big fan of Lethal Weapon movies and I love all of them. The same is with Rambo franchise I love all four of them. Lethal Weapon 4 get's the same score by me as Lethal Weapon 2 did a 9. I am glad I know what happened with all the characters that I care for and the scenes in the hospital were beautiful, I love Leo Getz (Joe Pesci) in this movie as private detective. Who helped Martin Riggs when his wife is getting a baby. Lethal Weapon 4 was a by the numbers rehash of the franchise's formula, but the Martin Riggs character had lost his edge from the previous movies. A big disappointment. Tough I have enjoyed this movie considering its a 4th in the series, I thought Chris rock was funny especially his scenes with Joe Pesci = "NO means NO..!", I'd agree in that I'd be hard pressed to choose between number 1 and number 3. Also like the idea of Chris Rock having his own movie. Perhaps in the same character he could take on a young partner and they become the next generation albeit different\their own characters within the "Lethal weapon universe". Lethal Weapon 4 is the fourth installment in the Lethal Weapon film franchise. The 1998 sequel follows Riggs (Mel Gibson) and Murtaugh (Danny Glover) as they uncover a smuggling ring involving Chinese immigrants. Rene Russo and Joe Pesci also return and the cast includes newcomer to the series Chris Rock and Jet Li, who made his American film debut. 9/10 Grade: A- Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures, Silver Pictures Starring: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Chris Rock, Jet Li Director: Richard Donner Producers: Richard Donner, Joel Silver Screenplay: Channing Gibson Story: Jonathan Lemkin, Alfred Gough, Miles Millar Rated: R Running Time: 2 Hrs. 7 Mins. Budget: $100.000.000 Box Office: $285,444,603

Riggs and Murtaugh are back in "Lethal Weapon 4, which thankfully gets the franchise back on track after the misfire of "lethal weapon 3"Plot In A Paragraph: With old age creeping up on them, Riggs (Gibson) and Murtaugh (Glover) face personal problems whilst they do battle with some Chinese triads.I'll get what I don't like out the way first. There is an awful use of stunt doubles which are glaringly obvious when watching this on Blu-ray. Chris Rock, whilst OK. Seemed to be just doing his stand u routine through most of his time on screen. And Murtaugh saying "please let him be black" when referencing his grandchilds father, bothers me a lot more than it probably should have. I've never been a fan of that type of humour!! It's OK for Glover to say it cos he's Black, but if Gibson had have said "Please let him be white" all hell would have broken loose over racism!! Especially after what followed!! But hey ho!! That's just me, and it probably doesn't bother many other people. Now onto the good. It is always good to see Gibson and Glover together on screen as Riggs and Murtaugh, as they have a real chemistry together. I wonder how their friendship is now, I don't recall Glover speaking publicly about "those tapes" and think it would be a shame if they no longer got on. It is nice to see Rene Russo back and after his awful role in 3, I loved Joe Pesci's turn here, especially the scene at the cemetery at the end of the movie. Jet Li is brilliant and is the deadliest and best villain of the franchise in my opinion, he is a definite step up from Travis in Lethal Weapon 3.One of my favourite things about the Lethal Weapon franchise is the cast. It has not changed throughout the four movies. Aside from Gibson and Glover as Riggs, Darlene Love plays Murtaugh's wife, Traci Wolfe, Damon Hines, and Ebonie Smith are Murtaugh's kids, Steve Kahan (who I forgot to mention was also in Conspiracy Theory) is Captain Murphy, and Mary Ellen Trainor is the police psychiatrist. This is the final film in which composer Michael Kamen composed the music for producer Joel Silver. Kamen would pass away from multiple sclerosis in 2003.Lethal Weapon 4, ended things on a high with $130 million grossed at the domestic box office to end the year the 11th highest grossing movie of 1998.