Three years after the 2nd one, the boys are back at it again for a third Lethal Weapon. In this edition to the trilogy, Riggs (Mel Gibson) and Murtaugh (Danny Glover) go after an intelligent but ruthless former cop of their own, Lt. Jack Edward Travis (Stuart Wilson), who’s been stealing weapons and ammo from their Police Department depot. Helping them is always the irritating Leo Getz (Joe Pesci) and a beautiful but aggressive Internal Affairs Sgt. Lorna Cole (Rene Russo), who Riggs believes he’s finally met his match. I consider this one my favorite out of all of them because I liked both the story and the action and it was very dramatic in some points where it involved a teenager getting killed. Stuart Wilson, who I’ve seen in such movies like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, Enemy of the State, and The Mask of Zorro, was fantastic as the film’s bad guy. My favorite scene would have to be the film’s climax at the Mesa Verde housing development. Like in Lethal 2, there’s a scene which is only on the Director’s Cut that features Riggs watching a Three Stooges short “Calling All Curs” with his dogs and features a cameo appearance of Jack McGee as Mickey the contractor, who worked on Murtaugh’s Hobby Room in Lethal 2. One of the songs on the film’s soundtrack “Runaway Train”, performed by Elton John and Eric Clapton, is fantastic and like in the 2nd one, it is one of my favorite songs. Great Entertaining three-quell and when you watch this movie, be sure to watch the end credits for one more surprise!
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