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Lethal Weapon

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A veteran cop and an unstable detective become partners who must put their differences aside in order to bring down a heroin-smuggling ring run by ex-Special Forces. From TMDB

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  • Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.comBluesky · Jul 23, 2026

    Danny Glover was 40 years old when he filmed Lethal Weapon. The same film in which he says, “I’m too old for this shit.” 40.

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  • August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 28, 2025

    Elon Musk does not have diplomatic immunity. That was the South African guy from Lethal Weapon 2. That was a movie. In real life you are allowed to arrest someone when they commit a crime especially when he tells you exactly when and where he will be committing it! It can’t be easier honestly!

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  • Rock @ricosblues.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 20, 2025

    “We have LETHAL WEAPON 2 at home.” #filmsky

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  • Dan "Mr. Bones and Me" Greene @dmgreene.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 18, 2024

    Die Hard is a solid Christmas action movie but it takes up way too much space in the culture. You can and should celebrate Christmas with - Batman Returns - Police Story - Lethal Weapon - The Last Boy Scout - The Long Kiss Goodnight - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - ok every Shane Black movie

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  • Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 29, 2024

    I mean, it’s an above-average action movie but “scam callers” are the best movie villains since Lethal Weapon 2 took on apartheid-era South Africans

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  • Rock @ricosblues.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 19, 2025

    Now (re)watching: LETHAL WEAPON (1987) Got the day off, spending it with Murtaugh and Riggs. #filmsky

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  • Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 24, 2025

    Die Hard 2: Die Harder is also a Christmas movie, and I think it's the best Die Hard sequel. I know a lot of folks are partial to Die Hard With A Vengeance, but to me that one comes off more like a really good Lethal Weapon sequel.

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  • Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 24, 2024

    Seriously. They were the bad guys in a Lethal Weapon movie! Even Mel Gibson got in his shots! So to speak.

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  • Rock @ricosblues.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 19, 2025

    Now (re)watching: LETHAL WEAPON 2 (1989) #filmsky

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  • FrostedLit @onesockoff.orgBluesky · Dec 14, 2025

    Diehard is a Christmas movie because "Christmas Movies" don't need a plot central to Christmas but simply be set within the Christmas season. Oh, uh, and Lethal Weapon is a Christmas movie too.

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  • Drew McWeeny @drewmcweeny.comBluesky · Aug 10, 2025

    Nothing like watching LETHAL WEAPON for the first time in 20 (??) years and realizing Danny "I'm Too Old For This Shit" Glover's character is five years younger in this film than I am right now. *sigh*

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  • 🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 8, 2026

    Look, I don't want to be a hall monitor here, but it feels like a stretch to call Scary Movie a horror movie. It's like of like saying "Both Lethal Weapon and Naked Gun had strong openings showing the cop genre is going strong."

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  • Down Here For Your Soul @bombsfall.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2026

    watching Lethal Weapon 2 and you could NOT make this movie today (anti-aparteid, insensitive to south africans)

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  • Crockett Houghton @crocketthoughton.comBluesky · Dec 9, 2025

    It’s the time of year where everyone debates Die Hard being a Christmas movie (it is) but so is Batman Returns, Eyes Wide Shut, Lethal Weapon, Gremlins, and Rambo First Blood. If I see a tree, lights, presents, or even a single chubby bearded guy eating a cookie, it counts.

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  • Rebecca Watson @skepchick.orgBluesky · Dec 8, 2025

    maturity is this: *rewatching Lethal Weapon bc it rules despite Mel Gibson being a piece of shit * knowing it is a Christmas movie * realizing Danny is JACKED and has a perfect family and is a good person IRL and mel only beat gary busey by squeezing his neck w his thighs then cuddling Danny

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  • RealAmanda 🍁 @realamandalive.comBluesky · Mar 10, 2026

    TIL Danny Glover was only 41 in the first Lethal Weapon movie. I need to lie down.

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  • Big Papa Nito @bigpapanito.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 27, 2026

    #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Vertigo - MichaelFassbenderPerfection.gif Lethal Weapon - A Classic Shane Black Patented Buddy Buddy Banter Movie™ Excalibur - Glorious. 2nd watch in as many weeks. Must be alright. The Nice Guys - A Classic Shane Black Patented Buddy Buddy Banter Movie™

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  • Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.socialBluesky · May 12, 2025

    Shoutout to Lethal Weapon 2 for being an explicitly anti-Apartheid movie by the way (the regime was on its last legs by late 1989, so we can’t credit the movie with the end of Apartheid but the film depicted them as The Bad Guys with no quarter given)

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  • Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 21, 2024

    Honestly, it’s the best new choice for action movie villains since Lethal Weapon 2 targeted apartheid era South Africans

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  • Amy Koto, TV Fanatic Girl @tvfanaticgirl.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 15, 2025

    Movie Of The Day... Lethal Weapon (1987) 🎄

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  • Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 6, 2024

    Best choice for action film villains since Lethal Weapon 2 targeted white South African politicians

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  • Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 23, 2026

    Glover is best known for his role as the cautious veteran homicide detective Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film franchise. He has also earned Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his standout work as Nelson Mandela in Mandela (1987) and Joshua Deets in Lonesome Dove (1989). /8

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  • Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 13, 2025

    I was just re-watching the "Lethal Weapon" movie series, and I am fairly certain that there were times that Riggs was not following proper police procedure.

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  • Sam Barlow 🔥 @mrsambarlow.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 25, 2025

    Wild that people talk about Lethal Weapon being a classic "buddy cop movie" but it's just a film about Danny Glover doing things on his own??

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  • Tim Williams Art @timwilliamsart.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 5, 2026

    If the MAGA GOP continues to assault both the Constitution and US even after Trump is DEAD, I'll probably end up as an Molotov cocktail-throwing socialist. I'm like Danny Glover in the first Lethal Weapon movie: "I'm getting too old for this shit."

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  • Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 27, 2025

    Now watching: ‘Lethal Weapon’, dir. Richard Donner, 1987; written by Shane Black. I'm pretty sure the last time I saw this was on ITV c.1994 with the swearing dubbed out: “I’m a real cop, that's a real badge, and this is a real firing gun.” 🎬🎥

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  • Scott Tobias @scotttobias.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 10, 2024

    Watched LETHAL WEAPON 2 last night for a thing. How mad would Elon be at the end of that movie? “But he had diplomatic immunity!”

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  • Amy Koto, TV Fanatic Girl @tvfanaticgirl.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 15, 2026

    Movie Of The Day... Lethal Weapon (1987)

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  • Noah Antwiler @thespoonyone.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 2, 2025

    YOU KNOW LETHAL WEAPON IS A CHRISTMAS MOVIE TOO

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  • Jooli-AHH! Boolia 👻🍂🎃 @jooliaghoulia.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 7, 2025

    Lethal Weapon is a Christmas movie 🎄🎅🎁☃️❄️

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  • Amy Koto, TV Fanatic Girl @tvfanaticgirl.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 1, 2026

    Movie Of The Day... Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

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  • Pazuzus fathers brothers nephews cousins former roommate @mark-80.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2025

    #NowWatching Lethal Weapon (1987) Dir: Richard Donner #Movies #Film

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  • Jooli-AHH! Boolia 👻🍂🎃 @jooliaghoulia.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 7, 2026

    Lethal Weapon is a movie about two people falling in love. I will not be taking any questions at this time

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  • Mathew Buck @filmbrainbmb.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 2, 2025

    Tired: Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? Wired: Is Lethal Weapon a Christmas film?

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  • Amy Koto, TV Fanatic Girl @tvfanaticgirl.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 25, 2026

    Movie Of The Day... Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)

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  • Retroist @retroist.comBluesky · Aug 29, 2026

    My obsession of the day is the Kodak disposable camera and film vending machine in Lethal Weapon 4. I have seen other more boxy film vending machines, but nothing with this form factor.

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  • Cav(R), Gentleman Rogue @combatcavscout.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 7, 2024

    My annual soap box is that while everyone argues over whether or not “Die Hard” is a Christmas movie, nobody even mentions “Lethal Weapon.”

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  • Clinton of the Damned 🎃👻 @puritythrufire.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 29, 2025

    Picking a random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Day #320 "Lethal Weapon" (Richard Donner/1987) One of the greatest buddy cop action/sort-of comedies out there and that's all I've got to say about that. Check it out if you haven't already, which you probably have!

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  • Hollywood After Dark @hollywoodad.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 21, 2025

    The year was 1991, and America was still hungover from Lethal Weapon marathons and Reaganomics. Enter The Last Boy Scout: the film where Bruce Willis chain-smokes his way through nihilism while Damon Wayans dunks on the plot. Football, bullets, and bad vibes. #filmsky #moviesky

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  • Andy Karl-Son of Wolfman @andykarlson.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 10, 2025

    Just think of the priceless pieces of film memorabilia that we've lost: -authentic Australian outback piss jar from Mad Max -an empty hair spray can from each of the first three Lethal Weapon movies -antisemitic decoder ring from Conspiracy Theory -spare merkins (used) from Braveheart

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  • Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.socialBluesky · May 6, 2024

    It’s the best new choice for an action movie villain since Lethal Weapon 2 went after apartheid era South Africans

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  • Amy Koto, TV Fanatic Girl @tvfanaticgirl.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 18, 2026

    Movie Of The Day... Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

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  • weinberg @weinbergs.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 2, 2025

    we established years ago that Die Hard is a Christmas movie. and so is Lethal Weapon. and Gremlins. and Krull. just kidding about Krull.

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  • Andy Thompson @mexicola25.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 28, 2026

    The British right and Twitter have officially jumped the shark of sanity now, as they have started posting proper nonsense about this incident in Gloucester, and using the the plot from the movie Lethal Weapon. This guy worked for Richard Tice... Proper mental @mrjamesob.bsky.social @jamesrball.com

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  • Amy Koto, TV Fanatic Girl @tvfanaticgirl.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 23, 2026

    Share an ACTION movie title that begins with the letter “L” 🎥 L is for… Lethal Weapon 🖤

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  • geauxblue.bsky.social @geauxblue.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 22, 2026

    I recently rewatched Lethal Weapon 2 and had the same thought. The villains are racist South African diplomats and the movie has several explicitly anti-apartheid bits. If it was released today the right would probably call it “woke DEI.”

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  • Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 30, 2025

    Non Lethal Weapon Part A thrilling non action movie

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  • Sprockey 🔞 (Commissions Full- Check again soon!) @sprockey.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 10, 2024

    Man I Wish I Knew Where I Put My Lethal Weapon 4 Film Blu-Ray Set

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  • Horror & Coffee @foundfootagefan.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 7, 2025

    Share a movie or TV character wearing a towel. My Choice: Danny Glover in Lethal Weapon 2 🖤

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  • KemperB @akakemperb.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 22, 2024

    I'm completely bored by this annual 'debate'. But I do demand consistency, so if you consider Die Hard a Xmas movie, you MUST also call Lethal Weapon a Xmas movie.

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  • Siskel and Ebert Bot @siskel-ebert-bot.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 30, 2026

    Lethal Weapon (1987) Director: Richard Donner Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Joan Severance, Darlene Love Watch Review wp / wd

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  • Son of Herby @sonofherby.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 9, 2026

    Lethal Weapon is also a Christmas movie, but for some reason doesn't get the same mentions Die Hard does.

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  • Esoteric Collector @vcreedsabretooth.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 9, 2025

    It's time for a Christmas Movie marathon: Die Hard Die Hard 2 Lethal Weapon Lethal Weapon 2 Ho Ho Ho I have a machine gun now

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  • 𝔻𝕁 𝕊𝕦𝕓𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕟 @djsubterrain.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 13, 2025

    Poor old Mel is stuck in a Lethal Weapon movie. Fucking idiot.

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  • Dart Adams @dartadams.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 25, 2024

    “Beat Street” is a Christmas/New Year’s movie “Just Friends” is a Christmas/New Year’s movie “Strange Days” is a New Year’s movie “200 Cigarettes” is a New Year’s movie “Life With Mikey” is a Christmas movie “Lethal Weapon” is a Christmas movie “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” is a Christmas movie

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  • Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.socialBluesky · Dec 25, 2024

    Nice argument... I'm sold. How much backdrop is really required to qualify? Depending on the level, Lethal Weapon is a Christmas flick. And Goodfellas is at least a Christmas-adjacent film (a few Christmas holiday scenes). Between these and newcomer The Holdovers, that's a nice set.

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  • jaykeeley @doomedparade.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 18, 2024

    The Omen. 1976. Richard Donner spent 2 decades directing TV shows before making a name for himself with Superman & Lethal Weapon — but his debut feature was The Omen. It’s also his only horror film, and possibly one of the best in cinema history. Thanks also to Jerry Goldsmith’s “Ave Satani” score.

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  • Moviesky @moviesky.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 6, 2025

    Lethal Weapon was released on this day in 1987 #movies #film #moviesky #filmsky #action #actionsky 🎬 🎥

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  • furnace (haunt) 🏚️❤️‍🔥🕷️🕸️🦹🦇 @furnace.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 23, 2026

    Siri I want to watch a bad movie, like, the shittiest movie imaginable, Also it has to have Joe Pesci. "Sounds like you want to watch Lethal Weapon 3

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  • Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 25, 2023

    Exactly! Lethal Weapon is a Christmas movie, not least because Darlene Love is Murtaugh’s wife

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