Lethal Weapon
Action! If there’s one word associated with cinema, the tension of movie sets, and the focus of attention, it’s this one. Action is very often at the heart of popular cinema: Harold Lloyd hanging from the clock hands in Safety Last! (1923), Cary Grant threatened and strafed by a plane in North by Northwest (1959), Franka Potente gasping for air in Run Lola Run (1998)... Westerns, swashbuckler films, martial arts or adventure flicks, thrillers, all these genres rely on action—sometimes frenetic, sometimes meticulously measured.
From movies by Sergei Eisenstein to Gilles Carle, from John Ford to John Boorman and Werner Herzog, via Paul Verhoeven, Kathryn Bigelow, Park Chan-wook, Érik Canuel, and Nicolas Winding Refn, this series will take you through the full range of emotions, from laughter to thrills, from fear to satisfaction.
Roger Murtaugh, a laid-back cop in his fifties, is assigned a new partner: Martin Riggs, a hot-headed, reckless young officer. The unlikely duo must learn to get along and work as a team, especially when Rianne, Murtaugh’s eldest daughter, is kidnapped. This buddy film, featuring characters who are polar opposites, is fueled by wild action scenes backed by memorable performances from Mel Gibson and Danny Glover.
Richard Donner
Richard Donner was an American film director, producer, and actor. After directing the horror classic The Omen, he rose to fame in 1978 with Superman, one of the biggest hits in cinema history that helped establish the superhero film genre in Hollywood. In addition, he revived the taste for buddy movies with the Lethal Weapon film series he directed. He has also produced numerous films by other directors via the production company The Donners' Company set up with his wife Lauren Shuler Donner. It is most successful for producing the Free Willy and X-Men film franchises. He also produced the TV series Tales from the Crypt.
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