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Lethal Weapon 2

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Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats using their immunity to engage in criminal activities. From TMDB

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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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  • 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 2 (1989) #filmsky

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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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  • 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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  • Talib Kweli @talibkweli.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 27, 2025

    The party that wants to stop the flow of immigrants into this country sure seems to have no problem with a white South African immigrant billionaire imposing his will on our government and telling us how to run our agencies. I liked this movie better when it was called Lethal Weapon 2.

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • David Hughes @filmcritic.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 19, 2023

    He appeared in more than 130 film/TV roles. His glistening career includes an onstage stint alongside stars like Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Judi Dench & Tom Courtenay He also appeared with Alec Guinness in TV serial Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy & films The Sicilian, Lethal Weapon 2 & Hunt for Red October

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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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  • 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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  • It's Lydia! @butchgoldberry.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 11, 2026

    He's literally working with a guy who's a Nazi's kid in the comics and is portrayed as an *Afrikaner arms dealer* in the movie! I have seen Lethal Weapon 2 I know what that means! (only kinda tongue in cheek there)

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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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  • 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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  • Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 23, 2026

    #MarchMovieChallenge #Moviesky #Filmsky Day 23: Someone says ok or okay in a movie Lethal Weapon 2

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  • Siskel and Ebert Bot @siskel-ebert-bot.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 12, 2026

    Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) Director: Richard Donner Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Joss Ackland, Derrick O'Connor Watch Review wp / wd

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  • Bill-a Lugosi's Dead @neokefka99.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 10, 2026

    LETHAL WEAPON 2. Wild movie. Wants you to buy a cop played by Mel Gibson hates white supremacists, nobody involved knows how diplomatic immunity works, a scene with an exploding toilet is a surprisingly touching moment of friendship and loyalty and guy gets decapitated by a surfboard.

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  • Anita 🎬🎥📺🎶📚 @gemini53.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 23, 2026

    #MarchMovieChallenge Day 23 - someone says "OK" or "Okay" in a movie Leo Getz - Lethal Weapon 2 #filmsky #moviesky

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  • matt lynch @colonelmortimer.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 2, 2025

    I am not really subject to nostalgia in almost any case, especially when a fun but terrible movie is involved. That said, LETHAL WEAPON 2 is my favorite movie whenever I am watching it.

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  • Matt Frost @mattfrostie.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 30, 2026

    ‘Lethal Weapon 2’ must have been on TV again because that’s more or less the plot of that film.

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  • On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 8, 2026

    On this night (8th September) in 1990, the Scala Cinema was showing Lethal Weapon (1987), Tango & Cash (1989), Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) and Deadly Pursuit (1988) as ‘Fair Cop’ All-nighter.

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  • Jon Maki @jonpaulmaki.comBluesky · May 22, 2026

    Thinking about movie franchises in which the sequels were the only movies I saw in the theater. In some cases, before seeing the originals. ALIEN 3 LETHAL WEAPON 2 GREMLINS 2 INDIANA JONES AND THE KNGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL THE TWO TOWERS and RETURN OF THE KING STAR TREK II, IV, V, and VI

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  • Bill-a Lugosi's Dead @neokefka99.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 15, 2023

    Dad's watching LETHAL WEAPON 2 in the other room...a fantasy film where Mel Gibson fights against white supremacists.

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  • Halcyon Ember @halcyonember.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 27, 2024

    Shitty Movie Details Lethal Weapon 2 had to use Apartheid South Africans as villains because it's one of the few groups more recognisably racist than US police

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  • 2strong2silence.bsky.social @2strong2silence.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2025

    Godfather II was superior to the original & everyone knows this. Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade was the best film in the series & Lethal Weapon 2 is fun even though Mel Gibson is scum.

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  • Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 22, 2025

    Well the orginal guy saying that. Obviously Lethal Weapon 2 isn’t the first film

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  • J°o°hnny S @zoidberg1977.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 18, 2026

    First R rated movie I saw in theaters was LETHAL WEAPON 2 (I was 12). First one I saw that I can remember was probably PURPLE RAIN. But, my dad let us watch R- rated movies a lot, even PORKY’S. Also, that was the same man who let me watch XXX pornography at 11. No wonder I’m screwed up.

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  • Ben Guilfoy @bkguilfoy.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2026

    So I noticed that the subtitles for LETHAL WEAPON 2 on the digital version are clearly for the edited version of the movie. None of this film's many swears appear in the subtitles. "Hello, asshole" is "Hello, airhead" and "Leo, shut the fuck up" becomes "Shut your mouth," etc

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  • omacolt.bsky.social @omacolt.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 14, 2026

    #SeptemberMovieChallenge Day 14 Birth Control in a movie Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) youtu.be/KPTv7la2jm0?...

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  • omacolt.bsky.social @omacolt.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 22, 2026

    #AprilMovieChallenge Day 22 Environmentalist or Conservationist in a movie Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

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  • Odie Henderson @odienator.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 21, 2025

    Last night at the bar, my bartender told the White guy I was talking to that I am the film critic of The Boston Globe. Dude gave me that LETHAL WEAPON 2 look: Guy: I won't listen to your friend here! You can't possibly be writing for The Boston Globe! Me: Why not? Guy: Because you're BLICK!

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  • CrimeReads @crimereads.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 16, 2025

    “’Lethal Weapon 2’ is both a doubling-down on a few chosen dynamics from the first film that worked well, and a knowing expansion of those dynamics into something new, without trying too hard or going too far.” crimereads.com/chekhovs-nai...

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  • The Cabin in Pete Woods @thatpetewoods.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 10, 2025

    My take is - if I owned it before I learned the person was evil then continuing to interact with it isn’t going to help them in any way. Like if I pop in my ancient Lethal Weapon 2 dvd that doesn’t benefit Mell Gibson, but if I stream the movie it does. But also lots of good folks are impacted too

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  • alexander-sims.bsky.social @alexander-sims.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 15, 2026

    Iconic Movie Scenes: The Toilet Bomb scene. Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) youtu.be/mUg3wTfmoiY?...

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  • Lamont Price @lpizzle.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 5, 2025

    Lethal Weapon 2 is hilarious now when you realize Mel Gibson agreed with everything the villains in the movie had to say

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  • GKNTiC - Air Groove appreciation account @gekinetic.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 4, 2025

    Yoshi-P's movie inspirations: ET, Goonies, Rocky 2, First Blood, The Terminator, Becerly Hills Cop 2, Lethal Weapon 2, Back to the Future (best trilogy, and he prefers BTTF not be remade)

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  • Berg on a Wire @bergonawire.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 4, 2025

    #AprilFilmChallenge Film I loved in High School Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade (1989) The summer of 1989 was a monster summer for films: Batman Ghostbusters 2 Back to the Future 2 Lethal Weapon 2 Being a huge Indy fan, this was the flick for me

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  • Matt McClure @mattmcclure.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 3, 2025

    Apropos of zero current events, Lethal Weapon 2 is a cool movie. Here's Danny Glover being awesome.

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  • Bill Sayers @sundermeijer.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 2, 2024

    Time to revisit Lethal Weapon 2. The Riggs comment at the end of the movie sums up Elon and X. " Who's the ........... now?" Bluesky will more than compete with X, and he knows it.

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  • Bee @letmebebee.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 2, 2024

    using MOVIE as an acronym, recommend 5 films m - aybe you'll enjoy Lethal Weapon 2 o - h, Gibson's a problem? How about Alien? v - ery good, wanna watch Naked Gun? i - did it again. OJ, huh. Uhhh, Suburban Commando? e - vidently I forgot about Hulk Hogan's controversies. Let's call this off. 📽

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  • David Fleischer @fleischmarket.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 21, 2026

    Famously, this movie opened the same weekend as When Harry Met Sally amid the same summer that saw Batman, Lethal Weapon 2,Ghostbusters II and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (among others). Few saw it in the theatre but I did, dammit.

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  • omacolt.bsky.social @omacolt.bsky.socialBluesky · May 9, 2026

    #MayMovieChallenge Day 9 Contraceptives in a movie Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

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  • Andrew Harrell @harrell76.bsky.socialBluesky · May 3, 2026

    1)Lethal Weapon 2) One being serious and the other one being comic relief, that pretty much started with this movie 3) 4 Rivers BBQ Carryout #HATM

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  • Imran Sheikh @indieimmy.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 11, 2025

    My ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review of Lethal Weapon 2 boxd.it/c0Gfd5

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  • Joe Unseen @joeunseen.bsky.socialBluesky · May 16, 2025

    Lethal Weapon 2 was a really good movie. We need more people like that in our country. By Kristi Noem

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  • Nathan Hoover @smurfwarsher.bsky.socialBluesky · May 13, 2025

    Remember that movie Lethal Weapon 2, where Mel Gibson fought the white supremacist South African dudes?How things have changed. Mel's probably having them over for dinner and after dinner mass.

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  • Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 29, 2025

    What took you so long? Best villains in an action film since Lethal Weapon 2

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  • 16 bit banana @goodmetric.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 11, 2025

    That part was at the end. Pretty sure this image is when he is flaunting his immunity much earlier in the film (Lethal Weapon 2) And the bad guy is from South Africa where Riggs calls him Adolf instead of Arjen

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  • SeanLikeConnery @seanlikeconnery.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 11, 2024

    My ranking of Shane Blacks writing/directing filmography: 1- The Nice Guys 2- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 3- The Last Boy Scout 4- Iron Man 3 5- Last Action Hero 6- Lethal Weapon 7- Lethal Weapon 2 8- The Monster Squad 9- The Long Kiss Goodnight 10- The Predator #Film #FilmSky #FilmThreads #ShaneBlack

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  • 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚜 🖊️ 🎥 #𝕎𝔾𝔸𝕨 @thepeterbriggs.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 20, 2023

    Joss Ackland just died aged 95. Three roles are his for me: DeNomolos in @ed_solomon's "Bogus Journey"; the Russian Ambassador in "Hunt For Red October"...and the South African monster with a very memorable line in "Lethal Weapon 2". Sad to see him go. www.theguardian.com/film/2023/no...

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  • Alan Dorich @whatalanwatches.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    He grew his own Kong beard. (GODZILLA VS. KONG is still my favorite film of his, especially with the LETHAL WEAPON 2 reference)

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  • Mario Bava's A Jay of Blood @jaycoyle.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 31, 2026

    Lethal Weapon 2: The script doesn't quite have that Shane Black sparkle but that aside this is very nearly the equal of the first film. The budget matches the sheer scope (the stilted house, the toilet scene) and it's a masterstroke to have apartheid era white South Africans as villains. So good.

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  • Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 18, 2026

    Kamen played with it in the first LETHAL WEAPON, too, though that movie isn't exactly trying to be sophisticated. By the time LETHAL WEAPON 2 came along it was fully a cartoon, complete with a Carl Stalling-esque opening theme!

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  • phirstand10.bsky.social @phirstand10.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 13, 2026

    I remember our film buyer having to overbid for Lethal Weapon 2 and us playing it wayyyyyyyyyyy past when interest had died down in desperation to cover his bid. I do miss word of mouth, discount houses, etc.

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  • EmployeeAMillion @employeeamillion.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 28, 2026

    I didn’t know there was a Lethal Weapon 2. I assume, having seen neither, that the first movie reveals the eponymous “lethal weapon” is his fist, and in the sequel, “lethal weapon 2” is revealed to be his other fist.

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  • Andy Khouri @andykhouri.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 17, 2026

    I’m pretty sure the first one I saw in the theater was LETHAL WEAPON 2 when I was 9. I recall being hypnotized by the ads and my mom forcing my dad to take me. He didn’t like going to movies and fell asleep in the theater and I had to keep waking him up because he snored so loud. I love that movie.

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  • Pin-up Guy @thesheepmafia.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 13, 2026

    Haha, it's like the hallways from that movie that everyone is talking about, Lethal Weapon 2

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Martin Riggs
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