@@RyanCarrington hey there, at 30:11 cars and wood paneling were a symbol of status in America from the 40's onwards all the way to the 80's meaning that it was short hand of saying a man or woman is doing alright for themselves.
You will do all of them, because you will love the characters and will want more and more with each movie. Also, the director cuts of the first and third movie add some scenes that really give a better depth to the characters and story.
I saw this movie back in the '80 when i was 13. I Still remember how heavy and heart-wrenching the begining was for me. Keep with the other three, they are really good.
You definitively have to watch all 4 to get the full experience. Aside from being brilliant movied on their own, what makes the series special is that you get to see the characters grow over time.
Oh man, you’ve really got to do the next three. This is from when they knew how to do a sequel without ruining the whole thing. Each one of these is better than the last, fantastic series.
You should do them all. The chemistry between them just gets better. I seriously think they are one of the best film duos of all time. Oh, and a heads up. Part 3 has a post-credits scene.
One of my favorite Christmas films. I watch it every year around this time. "Was he actually gonna do it?" He actually *did* it. He had to put his thumb in the way of the falling hammer to keep the gun from going off. Al Leong was not only in Last Action Hero, but another of my favorite Christmas films, Die Hard, and makes a return in the fourth installment of the Lethal Weapon series. He's also a lot of fun in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.
Lethal Weapon is a series in which you must do all 4. You don't get the resolution for the characters until the end of 4, and each movie builds more characterization. Mel Gibson recommendation: Payback. I've been trying to watch this one for half a year and it's finally on Prime Video now.
AirAmerica, the secret group of air pilots during Vietnam, is very true. Coincidentally Mel Gibson stard in the 1990 movie AirAmarica. Along with Robert Downy Jr.. I enjoyed the movie for many different reasons & I'm sure you would enjoy it in its own totality.
Fun Fact: Air America is a real thing. A CIA operation during the Vietnam War. Also Air America is a great movie starring Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr.
Thanks man! Well worth the extra 20 minutes, putting it together then! I think you're the first one to mention it 🙌 I did find it funny once it was done tbf 😂
The Warner Bros. Ranch has been demolished since this reaction, Murtaugh's house is no more. An episode of Young Sheldon created a backstory where a tornado destroyed the neighborhood, in reality it was the wrecking crews. Murtaugh's phone was a small size for the time, check out Lee Van Cleef's one in Escape from New York just six years earlier, the thing was about double the size.
43:00 Love how you say that there wasn't "anything groundbreaking" when the majority of action movies after LW and Die Hard took so many elements from them. I think you watch the older movies forgetting they are usually the first and that others copy them, making it seem that the older movies are cliché.
After having watched this movie several times since its initial release, I enjoy listening to Mel let slip his Australian accent here and there. Although born and raised in America til he was 12, he spent the following 20 years in Australia and had the accent to prove it!
The last time I was here, this guy was called Ryan Carrington, now he’s gone all Hollywood and just goes by simply ‘Carrington’. I’ll be very disappointed if I come back in a few months and he’s not transitioned into ‘the TH-camr formerly known as Carrington’.
"Was it really like this in the '80s?" Mental health had a huge stigma that still lingers. Going to counseling or seeing a shrink would get you shunned. People mostly treated mental illness as a personal defect of character or morality. If you haven't seen the movie Patton there is a famous historical event there that depicts this attitude.
This movie series is so good. The Murtaugh house is the Neighbors house in Christmas Vacation. The houses are in a studio in LA California. Whenever you watch the first 2 Lethal Weapon movies you have to check out the movie National Lampoon’s Loaded Wepon 1. It is a spoof movie of the Lethal Weapon movies. It’s very funny. It has Samuel L Jackson and Emilio Estevez in it. There is a cameo in the movie that is very funny too
This was before the Helicopter Loudening Act of 1990. Used to read about folks waking up and wandering out to pee without realizing a helicopter had gotten into the house fairly often. Glad they sorted it.
This movie was the grandfather of all buddy cop movies to follow. I actually knew the British meaning of bonnet, but I know that is rare for an Ameican.
6:08 - actually police are not required to read Miranda rights during the arrest or detainment. They are required to do so before speaking with the suspect.
The guy you recognised from Last Action is none other than Al Leong. One of the most recognisable faces of 80’s and 90’s action cinema and television. He made a career out of playing the henchman. Famously it is said he stood on the street with a sign saying "Will Hence for food" during hard times. Yeah the other LW movies are great, the direct sequel is a banger. "Mad Max 2 The Road Warrior" with Mel Gibson is f-ing brilliant... "Okay".
i haven't seen this in decades. gotta watch your full length version some time. this time however i noticed something i hadn't previously -- at 21:38 Danny's character is leafing through a high school yearbook he pulls out of a package. Palos Verdes. my dad taught at that high school back in the 70s. we had a crazy house there. one entire wall of the living room was glass. looked out down the hillside and straight to the ocean. he died in april, not even a year ago. that yearbook was an unexpected trip. really put my head in a spin. thanks for all you do, bro.
Great reaction! If you want another buddy cop film, check out 48 Hours (1982) and the sequel Another 48 Hours (1990). Both star Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte. The first film is generally credited as being the first film in the buddy cop genre, though Lethal Weapon is usually the one that's considered to have perfected the formula and tropes.
Solid start to the series. I really enjoy Danny Glover's reaction to Mel's crazy. The scene where they argue about how Riggs should 😵 himself is comedy gold right up until Riggs actually tries it 😅 2 is my fave, but watch all 4. There is also a parody - Loaded Weapon 1 (with Sam Jackson and Emilio Estevez), but you should wait until after 3 to watch. Basic Instinct is also parodied in it quite heavily, so watch that one too 🦫 😉
Endo, aka the electrical torturer who apparently was also in Last Action Hero (not a film I have fully watched) is a stunt man that plays in a lot of action films. He was also in the original Die Hard as one of the terrorists. He hesitantly grabs a candy bar at one point from under a glass counter, which is funny as he second guesses stealing candy when he's already well beyond that at that point...lol
Hell yeah!!!! Merry Christmas. My brother and I would always do the “Riggs” roll when playing guns! - When I was 19, I did a guy in Laos from a thousand yards out. It was a rifle shot in high wind. Maybe eight or even ten guys in the world could have made that shot. It's the only thing I was ever good at. It is sad... but an important part of the film for the audience to experience. Riggs revealed to us the darkest image of himself and the shame he carries by having to look down and away. That mixed with Eric Clapton just hits hard and in that moment, the dark aspect of ourselve relates to is pain.
You'll be interested to know Rorion Gracie was the fight choreographer for the film which is why you see Riggs attempting(pretty terribly) to perform a triangle choke. The director wanted a fighting style nobody had ever seen in films before and his AD was a student of Rorion's. 6 years before UFC 1.
"I'm too old for this shit!" This movie would NEVER have been made today as it is right now. It would have been called pro-police and boycotted. Fun Fact: Theatrical film debut of Joan Severance. Good Frienemies Fact: To add tension between the actors, the director told both Gary Busey and Mel Gibson it was the other who kept eating the last waffle. Gun Enthusiast Fact: The Beretta 92F Mel Gibson uses in this film is the same gun that would be used by Bruce Willis in Die Hard (1988). The gun has since been retired. Second Chance Fact: Gary Busey says he was hired to play Joshua because they were looking for someone big and menacing enough to be a believable foe for Mel Gibson. Busey also credits the film for reviving his failing movie career. Done For Real Fact: Jackie Swanson performed the high fall on her own, trained by legendary stuntman Dar Robinson. Also, the stunt was done using an airbag covered with a life-size painting of the driveway and cars, which, like a foreground miniature, visually blends into the real scene. Thus, the editor is able to hold the shot until just as Swanson makes contact with the airbag, for greater realism.
It's a good "buddy cop" movie, that nailed a solid recipe for the genre. 2 is great. 3 is good. 4 is not terrible. I think there are talks of 5 coming in 2025.
This movie is mostly about a serious topic people are not allowed to talk about on TH-cam with action and crime drama mixed in. Subsequent films become increasingly generic action comedy. Not that they're bad. Surprisingly the franchise maintains very good quality throughout just like Carrington reactions.
One of the funniest buddy cop action comedy movies ever made! Shane Black's original 1985 script was a lot darker and more violent than the final cut of the movie: The Sniper scene, which is in the Director's Cut, was very different as a kid was shot and killed by the sniper, taken away in a gurney, and while Riggs used his Beretta and gunned him down, he used a rocket launcher to blow the guy away. The draft ended with a helicopter chasing Joshua who shoots down the chopper with a napalm missile and causes the chopper to crash into the Hollywood Sign. Murtaugh kills General McAllister driving a tanker truck filled with heroin which explodes over the Hollywood Hills next to the Sign. Riggs kills Joshua by ripping out his eyes with his fingers. It was revealed that Riggs was an assassin for the CIA and had been mentally unstable since the Vietnam War ended.. Murtaugh actually killed a fellow soldier in training with his bare hands before he went to fight in Vietnam.
Not to get to technical but a Police officer has to state 'you are under arrest' prior to Mirandizing. Also there were multiple subjects. And it's movie magic too 😉
I can really recommend you watch the sequels too. They get less dark and more funny, but still great. This was a series where it felt like an extra birthday every time one was released.
Yes sequel !...yes Christmas movie... Carrington: "they've made improvements in mental health treatments since the 80's" Me: have you looked out your windows lately ?...🤣... Happy Christmas Carrington...🌿🎄🌿
Dude! I recommend watching the "Director's Cut" of this movie, but also to watch the other 3 movies in this franchise. The Director's cut fleshes out Riggs' character a bit more than the theatrical version. But also, the 4 movies have a wonderful character arc/story progression for all of the characters. I'll tell you WHY I relate to Riggs as much as I do, but you might find it a bit depressing. Also, Lethal Weapon is DEFINITELY a Christmas movie! As is Gremlins (another one you don't really hear about being one, since that "other" movie hogs the spotlight.... and yes, I HATE "Die Hard". Come at me.) 3:45 - The original Mad Max series with Mel is fantastic. I can't recommend them enough, if you haven't seen them. Braveheart (later in his career) is another top notch movie. I can't think of many others off the top of my head at the moment, though. 7:10 - THIS is where I identify with Riggs so much. While his wife was killed in a car accident (as is explained a few scenes later)... I lost my first wife to Ovarian Cancer. But the result was pretty much the same. For a long time after she died, I literally didn't care if I lived or died, and behavior backed that up. I was reckless as Hell, because I didn't care. I eventually moved past it, and Rose (my first wife) lived up to a promise she made before she died, that she would send me someone when the time was right, so that I wouldn't be lonely for the rest of my life. She sent me Katina (my current wife), whom I've been married to for over 12 years, now. Rose chose well, and I can't say otherwise. If it wasn't for Katina, I would be dead long before now. But she's with me, loves me, and supports me, so I'm not dead yet. 8:50 - Actually, work became my saving grace. Rose and I had worked at the same company, and had been allowed to work together for much of it. We made a great team, if I'm honest. The company helped us out when she went "terminal", and made sure that her "end of life care" wasn't interrupted. I took off 5 days after she died, then went back to work (I was told I could take off as much time as I needed to, to grieve), because had I stayed home and just kept going down that abyss I was going down... the company would have been mourning TWO employees, instead of just one. I never would have survived that, so I went back to work, and literally threw myself head first into doing my job as best I could. I had loved that job, and honestly wish I could still do it (I'm disabled now, and simply can't). But I appreciate what the company did for us. They are good people, and I am forever in their debt for it. Truth be told, had I NOT gone back to work when I did...... it would have ended badly for me. Work helped me focus on something other than her death. It wasn't the same, because like I said, we had worked together there... but it helped me to "move on". 15:55 - Not ALL Americans are stupid.... I knew what you meant by "Bonnet". :p 28:20 - Those "Bad Boys" movies are nothing compared to the original with Sean Penn. Different stories, being honest..... but they should have found a different name for them. 32:10 - Heh.... the "wood paneled Station Wagon".... we nicknamed them "Grocery Getters", because they were MOST popular for going grocery shopping (or hauling a LOT of kids back then, because seat belts weren't required), Not even joking, right now... but you could fit about 10 kids in the back of those things, as well as a weeks worth of groceries. I think the "wood paneling" part was because Wood Paneling was popular in homes back in the 1970s, so it likely extended outside of the home, all the way to cars. But I can't confirm that (I was too young at the time). 33:45 - Exactly. Which is why it isn't a valid method of extracting information from someone. Yet it's still used to this day..... 38:40 - MINOR spoiler: Remember that..... there WILL be a callback to it, later in the series. I won't say WHEN.... just that it will. 41:30 - My first wife chose to be cremated, so I have her urn about 5 feet from me as I sit at my computer. So I don't need to go to a cemetery to visit her. But I totally get how Riggs is feeling right now. I didn't when this movie came out, but I learned that lesson in 2006 when Rose died. I don't wish that level of emotional pain on anyone. 41:55 - I paused, so I don't know if you "get it" or not, yet. The bullet Riggs gave to Murtaugh, was the one was had specially chosen to end his own life with. (Riggs had earlier claimed it was a "hollow point", but the bullet shown both then, and at this point of the movie, is NOT a hollow point (I'm an American, and we can tell the difference)). Still, the message is clear.... Riggs is no longer "looking to end his own life" (hence the scene at the cemetery), and has chosen to live, and to "prove" that to Roger (including how much HE (and his family) meant to Riggs), gave him (Roger) the exact means of his own demise. Much like I myself did a couple of years after Rose had died. I can't define exactly WHEN it happened, but I had decided to choose living over "not giving a shite" if I lived or died. THAT was when everything changed for me. It's a long process, and can't be forced. I don't know HOW Mel Gibson knew how to play this part of the script... but he did an AMAZING job at it! 42:28 - Okay, VERY minor spoiler, because you asked (and it's not key to the plot).... the dog's name is "Sam".
It looked like UFC because the Gracie family that started the UFC choreographed the fight. First time a mainstream Hollywood movie had a Triangle choke in it.
The debate never really started until the internet. And it was started by kids who didnt grow up inthe 80's. We all know these are Christmas movies because the tv networks played them all throughout the season. @@RyanCarrington
@@RyanCarrington yeah no rush it also reference some of the lethal weapon sequels and has ninja turtles scene that is more funny if you saw the 90s film so woulnt watch it for now until you watched those but its defently worth a watch if you like parody or comedy like naked gun or hot shots
He does not have to read them their Miranda warning. That's a misconception. Miranda is more to do with interrogation than arrest. As long as he's not gathering statements from them for the purposes of building a case against them, it's fine. It's not unusual for it to be given in an interrogation room at the police station by someone completely different hours later.
At least watch the second one - though they're all pretty enjoyable. For me its the Chemistry between Gibson and Glover with the Dialogue by Shane Black that makes it. In fact Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and the Nice Guys go pretty well with Lethal Weapon (both by Shane Black). Even Dead Heat (basically Zombie version of Lethal Weapon - Shane Black is the Don of buddy films) is a fun watch I don't see many people reacting to. Funny you mention Last Action Hero too (Shane Black again). What I mean to say is just look up Shane Black.
For Mel Gibson movies, The Patriot and Braveheart are iconic must sees. What Women Want is also a fun watch if you are looking for something on the lighter side.
I'm not a big Mel Gibson fan but I like several of the movies he was in. There's been nothing of note in the past several years, imo, but some of his old stuff is good. I'd recommend any of these: Signs; We Were Soldiers; Payback; Conspiracy Theory; Ransom; Maverick; Air America. Of these I think Payback and Air America are the most fun. ✌🏽 Air America is a place that's actually mentioned in this movie, in the scene that ends in Hunsaker being shot. It's a fun movie with Mel and Robert Downey, Jr.
Ryan…EVERYONE had the faux wood paneling on their station wagons, man.😃 Ours was maroon w/the “wood” bc u know…u need to pretend to have wood on the side of ur car. Lol This was before minivans were invented. Kids, back in the day, would lay sleeping bags or thick blankets in the back & we’d lie down back there on long car trips. My sister & I went from Syracuse NY to Disneyworld in FL like every year. 18 hours or so down & 18 hrs back. Nobody cared ab seatbelts or car seats. No. We rode in the back.🤭 And had a flippin’ blast, btw. Horrible parenting was also everywhere in the 80’s🤘
One thing about the US I'm jealous of is that you can hop in a car and see mountains, beaches, deserts, swamps etc Although I say this without a driving licence 😂
watch all the sequels please there awesome ps can't wait till the 5th one comes out as well sadly Richard donner passed away but he did tell mel gibson to direct the 5th and final lethal weapon
This was fun one!
Let's hear your movie recommendations for next year 🤙
Mel movies from this era should include the road warrior trilogy
Have you seen 1996 Ramsom? You were asking about Mel Gibson movies & I think there's a lot to choose from but this one is underrated in my opinion..
*DONNIE BRASCO (1997)*
*TRUE ROMANCE (1993)*
*THE LOST BOYS (1987)*
*DUSK TILL DAWN (1996)*
For more Mel Gibson movies
Ransom
Maverick
What Women Want
Also if you like war movies.. starring Mel Gibson...
We Were Soldiers
Air America
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@@sillyvance2202 A really underrated Mel Gibson movie is 'Conspiracy Theory' from 1997
This is one of the most action packed AND genuinely heartwarming action franchises ever. Mel and Danny were meant to do these flicks ❤
They had great chemistry!
@@RyanCarrington hey there, at 30:11 cars and wood paneling were a symbol of status in America from the 40's onwards all the way to the 80's meaning that it was short hand of saying a man or woman is doing alright for themselves.
True. Also the rest of the Murthaugh family is just so sweet. As a kid I was legit envious of them. :D
You will do all of them, because you will love the characters and will want more and more with each movie. Also, the director cuts of the first and third movie add some scenes that really give a better depth to the characters and story.
" I'm to old for this shit" started here ,part 2 is worth it.
I saw this movie back in the '80 when i was 13. I Still remember how heavy and heart-wrenching the begining was for me.
Keep with the other three, they are really good.
You definitively have to watch all 4 to get the full experience. Aside from being brilliant movied on their own, what makes the series special is that you get to see the characters grow over time.
Oh man, you’ve really got to do the next three. This is from when they knew how to do a sequel without ruining the whole thing. Each one of these is better than the last, fantastic series.
Ryan pumping out the good stuff. First Leon, now Lethal Weapon. I like it 😊
You should do them all. The chemistry between them just gets better. I seriously think they are one of the best film duos of all time. Oh, and a heads up. Part 3 has a post-credits scene.
One of my favorite Christmas films. I watch it every year around this time.
"Was he actually gonna do it?"
He actually *did* it. He had to put his thumb in the way of the falling hammer to keep the gun from going off.
Al Leong was not only in Last Action Hero, but another of my favorite Christmas films, Die Hard, and makes a return in the fourth installment of the Lethal Weapon series. He's also a lot of fun in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.
The torturer also played the infamous Candy Thief in Die Hard, and Ghengis Khan in Bill & Ted
It's amazing how often he appeared
Oh wow, it's him!
Al Leong - a true badass. He has survived brain cancer and a stroke. Check out his documentary - Henchman: The Al Leong Story.
All of them is a must.
That bullet was the special one Riggs told Murtaugh he had specifically to unalive himself. It was symbolic of him deciding he wanted to live.
Lethal Weapon and Die Hard are on par as Christmas, and also as great action movies (not just for the action, but great characters, dialogue, etc.).
Lethal Weapon is a series in which you must do all 4. You don't get the resolution for the characters until the end of 4, and each movie builds more characterization.
Mel Gibson recommendation: Payback. I've been trying to watch this one for half a year and it's finally on Prime Video now.
The house next door at the end fight is the Griswald's from Christmas Vacation.
AirAmerica, the secret group of air pilots during Vietnam, is very true. Coincidentally Mel Gibson stard in the 1990 movie AirAmarica. Along with Robert Downy Jr.. I enjoyed the movie for many different reasons & I'm sure you would enjoy it in its own totality.
Love this franchise…you must continue. I think you’ll really enjoy the second one for sure!
33:15-that guy was also the candy bar thief in Die Hard.
Fun Fact: Air America is a real thing. A CIA operation during the Vietnam War. Also Air America is a great movie starring Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr.
That rush hour cut scene was magnificent my friend 😂😂
Haha Thank you! I think you're the first one to mention it. I'm under-appreciated in my time 😂
Came here to say this. Had to rewind a few times because it caught me off guard 😅
Now you can watch national lampoons loaded weapon one
Watch them all! They are all brilliant!
Great to hear this! You never know with sequels.
Man that Scrubs Guy Love reference was absolutely perfect, bravo 👏
Thanks man!
Well worth the extra 20 minutes, putting it together then! I think you're the first one to mention it 🙌
I did find it funny once it was done tbf 😂
michael kamen's score featuring Eric Clapton's guitar. is amazing.
They're all all really good.
The Warner Bros. Ranch has been demolished since this reaction, Murtaugh's house is no more. An episode of Young Sheldon created a backstory where a tornado destroyed the neighborhood, in reality it was the wrecking crews. Murtaugh's phone was a small size for the time, check out Lee Van Cleef's one in Escape from New York just six years earlier, the thing was about double the size.
43:00 Love how you say that there wasn't "anything groundbreaking" when the majority of action movies after LW and Die Hard took so many elements from them.
I think you watch the older movies forgetting they are usually the first and that others copy them, making it seem that the older movies are cliché.
Valid point. Food for thought!
After having watched this movie several times since its initial release, I enjoy listening to Mel let slip his Australian accent here and there.
Although born and raised in America til he was 12, he spent the following 20 years in Australia and had the accent to prove it!
Absolutely! See Lethal Weapon 2,3 and 4. All, in their own rights, are unique good. The companionship grows. Thanks for sharing.
i agree, if Die Hard is a Christmas movie the so is this one
The last time I was here, this guy was called Ryan Carrington, now he’s gone all Hollywood and just goes by simply ‘Carrington’. I’ll be very disappointed if I come back in a few months and he’s not transitioned into ‘the TH-camr formerly known as Carrington’.
Don't give me any ideas 😂
When you search 'Carrington' in the search bar the only result is for some other tosser...
OK, my new goal for this year is to beat that dude. He doesn't even know what's happening 👀
he could just pick a rap name and call himself MC RC
"Was it really like this in the '80s?" Mental health had a huge stigma that still lingers. Going to counseling or seeing a shrink would get you shunned. People mostly treated mental illness as a personal defect of character or morality. If you haven't seen the movie Patton there is a famous historical event there that depicts this attitude.
Road Warrior is fun.
Definitely need to check it out.
@@RyanCarringtonDo the original with Mel.
and weird lol
This movie series is so good. The Murtaugh house is the Neighbors house in Christmas Vacation. The houses are in a studio in LA California. Whenever you watch the first 2 Lethal Weapon movies you have to check out the movie National Lampoon’s Loaded Wepon 1. It is a spoof movie of the Lethal Weapon movies. It’s very funny. It has Samuel L Jackson and Emilio Estevez in it. There is a cameo in the movie that is very funny too
Yes, this is a Christmas movie. The joke is that "Lethal Weapon" was released in the summer of 1987.
This was before the Helicopter Loudening Act of 1990. Used to read about folks waking up and wandering out to pee without realizing a helicopter had gotten into the house fairly often. Glad they sorted it.
Now you have to watch the parody of this franchise called Loaded Weapon 1.
This movie was the grandfather of all buddy cop movies to follow. I actually knew the British meaning of bonnet, but I know that is rare for an Ameican.
27:21-FYI-that vest wouldn’t stop rifle rounds
6:08 - actually police are not required to read Miranda rights during the arrest or detainment. They are required to do so before speaking with the suspect.
After watching "The Other Guys" with Samuel Jackson and the Rock I wasn't necessarily expecting an air bag to catch their fall.
Aim for the bushes.
I was told that movie was shit. Watched it anyway and howled the whole way through.
Lost all respect for that person.
The guy you recognised from Last Action is none other than Al Leong. One of the most recognisable faces of 80’s and 90’s action cinema and television. He made a career out of playing the henchman. Famously it is said he stood on the street with a sign saying "Will Hence for food" during hard times. Yeah the other LW movies are great, the direct sequel is a banger. "Mad Max 2 The Road Warrior" with Mel Gibson is f-ing brilliant... "Okay".
i haven't seen this in decades. gotta watch your full length version some time. this time however i noticed something i hadn't previously -- at 21:38 Danny's character is leafing through a high school yearbook he pulls out of a package. Palos Verdes. my dad taught at that high school back in the 70s. we had a crazy house there. one entire wall of the living room was glass. looked out down the hillside and straight to the ocean.
he died in april, not even a year ago. that yearbook was an unexpected trip. really put my head in a spin. thanks for all you do, bro.
Great reaction!
If you want another buddy cop film, check out 48 Hours (1982) and the sequel Another 48 Hours (1990). Both star Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte. The first film is generally credited as being the first film in the buddy cop genre, though Lethal Weapon is usually the one that's considered to have perfected the formula and tropes.
Solid start to the series. I really enjoy Danny Glover's reaction to Mel's crazy. The scene where they argue about how Riggs should 😵 himself is comedy gold right up until Riggs actually tries it 😅
2 is my fave, but watch all 4.
There is also a parody - Loaded Weapon 1 (with Sam Jackson and Emilio Estevez), but you should wait until after 3 to watch. Basic Instinct is also parodied in it quite heavily, so watch that one too 🦫 😉
Always a pleasure, Ryan!
Endo, aka the electrical torturer who apparently was also in Last Action Hero (not a film I have fully watched) is a stunt man that plays in a lot of action films. He was also in the original Die Hard as one of the terrorists. He hesitantly grabs a candy bar at one point from under a glass counter, which is funny as he second guesses stealing candy when he's already well beyond that at that point...lol
That was era when law enforcement was switching from revolvers to semi-automatic pistols. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk Carrington 😉
Ahhhh gotcha!
Hell yeah!!!! Merry Christmas. My brother and I would always do the “Riggs” roll when playing guns!
- When I was 19, I did a guy in Laos from a thousand yards out. It was a rifle shot in high wind. Maybe eight or even ten guys in the world could have made that shot. It's the only thing I was ever good at.
It is sad... but an important part of the film for the audience to experience. Riggs revealed to us the darkest image of himself and the shame he carries by having to look down and away. That mixed with Eric Clapton just hits hard and in that moment, the dark aspect of ourselve relates to is pain.
Hahaa awesome!
You'll be interested to know Rorion Gracie was the fight choreographer for the film which is why you see Riggs attempting(pretty terribly) to perform a triangle choke. The director wanted a fighting style nobody had ever seen in films before and his AD was a student of Rorion's. 6 years before UFC 1.
The whole franchise is very worth watching and reacting to. I sincerely hope that you react to all four.
“Braveheart” and “The Patriot”
"I'm too old for this shit!"
This movie would NEVER have been made today as it is right now. It would have been called pro-police and boycotted.
Fun Fact: Theatrical film debut of Joan Severance.
Good Frienemies Fact: To add tension between the actors, the director told both Gary Busey and Mel Gibson it was the other who kept eating the last waffle.
Gun Enthusiast Fact: The Beretta 92F Mel Gibson uses in this film is the same gun that would be used by Bruce Willis in Die Hard (1988). The gun has since been retired.
Second Chance Fact: Gary Busey says he was hired to play Joshua because they were looking for someone big and menacing enough to be a believable foe for Mel Gibson. Busey also credits the film for reviving his failing movie career.
Done For Real Fact: Jackie Swanson performed the high fall on her own, trained by legendary stuntman Dar Robinson. Also, the stunt was done using an airbag covered with a life-size painting of the driveway and cars, which, like a foreground miniature, visually blends into the real scene. Thus, the editor is able to hold the shot until just as Swanson makes contact with the airbag, for greater realism.
Mad Max and Road Warrior are good Mel Gibson movies from this era
15:00 - this is the first "modern" cell phone usage in Hollywood movies.
You must watch all of them now.
It's a good "buddy cop" movie, that nailed a solid recipe for the genre. 2 is great. 3 is good. 4 is not terrible. I think there are talks of 5 coming in 2025.
This movie is mostly about a serious topic people are not allowed to talk about on TH-cam with action and crime drama mixed in.
Subsequent films become increasingly generic action comedy. Not that they're bad. Surprisingly the franchise maintains very good quality throughout just like Carrington reactions.
Too kind as always!
One of the funniest buddy cop action comedy movies ever made!
Shane Black's original 1985 script was a lot darker and more violent than the final cut of the movie:
The Sniper scene, which is in the Director's Cut, was very different as a kid was shot and killed by the sniper, taken away in a gurney, and while Riggs used his Beretta and gunned him down, he used a rocket launcher to blow the guy away.
The draft ended with a helicopter chasing Joshua who shoots down the chopper with a napalm missile and causes the chopper to crash into the Hollywood Sign. Murtaugh kills General McAllister driving a tanker truck filled with heroin which explodes over the Hollywood Hills next to the Sign.
Riggs kills Joshua by ripping out his eyes with his fingers.
It was revealed that Riggs was an assassin for the CIA and had been mentally unstable since the Vietnam War ended..
Murtaugh actually killed a fellow soldier in training with his bare hands before he went to fight in Vietnam.
13:49 He DID it. He pulled the trigger, that why the hammer snapped Murtaugh's hand.
Not to get to technical but a Police officer has to state 'you are under arrest' prior to Mirandizing. Also there were multiple subjects. And it's movie magic too 😉
I can really recommend you watch the sequels too. They get less dark and more funny, but still great. This was a series where it felt like an extra birthday every time one was released.
I'm really hoping you do the rest of these, the whole franchise is great!
This is one of those franchises where all of the films are good. First will always be the best, but the other 3 are a thumbs up.
Yes sequel !...yes Christmas movie...
Carrington: "they've made improvements in mental health treatments since the 80's"
Me: have you looked out your windows lately ?...🤣...
Happy Christmas Carrington...🌿🎄🌿
Great reaction! Please do all the lethal weapon movies, they are all just as good or better.
Now you gotta watch:
1) Lethal Weapon II
2) Basic Instinct
3) Loaded Weapon I
Dude! I recommend watching the "Director's Cut" of this movie, but also to watch the other 3 movies in this franchise. The Director's cut fleshes out Riggs' character a bit more than the theatrical version. But also, the 4 movies have a wonderful character arc/story progression for all of the characters. I'll tell you WHY I relate to Riggs as much as I do, but you might find it a bit depressing.
Also, Lethal Weapon is DEFINITELY a Christmas movie! As is Gremlins (another one you don't really hear about being one, since that "other" movie hogs the spotlight.... and yes, I HATE "Die Hard". Come at me.)
3:45 - The original Mad Max series with Mel is fantastic. I can't recommend them enough, if you haven't seen them. Braveheart (later in his career) is another top notch movie. I can't think of many others off the top of my head at the moment, though.
7:10 - THIS is where I identify with Riggs so much. While his wife was killed in a car accident (as is explained a few scenes later)... I lost my first wife to Ovarian Cancer. But the result was pretty much the same. For a long time after she died, I literally didn't care if I lived or died, and behavior backed that up. I was reckless as Hell, because I didn't care. I eventually moved past it, and Rose (my first wife) lived up to a promise she made before she died, that she would send me someone when the time was right, so that I wouldn't be lonely for the rest of my life. She sent me Katina (my current wife), whom I've been married to for over 12 years, now. Rose chose well, and I can't say otherwise. If it wasn't for Katina, I would be dead long before now. But she's with me, loves me, and supports me, so I'm not dead yet.
8:50 - Actually, work became my saving grace. Rose and I had worked at the same company, and had been allowed to work together for much of it. We made a great team, if I'm honest. The company helped us out when she went "terminal", and made sure that her "end of life care" wasn't interrupted. I took off 5 days after she died, then went back to work (I was told I could take off as much time as I needed to, to grieve), because had I stayed home and just kept going down that abyss I was going down... the company would have been mourning TWO employees, instead of just one. I never would have survived that, so I went back to work, and literally threw myself head first into doing my job as best I could. I had loved that job, and honestly wish I could still do it (I'm disabled now, and simply can't). But I appreciate what the company did for us. They are good people, and I am forever in their debt for it. Truth be told, had I NOT gone back to work when I did...... it would have ended badly for me. Work helped me focus on something other than her death. It wasn't the same, because like I said, we had worked together there... but it helped me to "move on".
15:55 - Not ALL Americans are stupid.... I knew what you meant by "Bonnet". :p
28:20 - Those "Bad Boys" movies are nothing compared to the original with Sean Penn. Different stories, being honest..... but they should have found a different name for them.
32:10 - Heh.... the "wood paneled Station Wagon".... we nicknamed them "Grocery Getters", because they were MOST popular for going grocery shopping (or hauling a LOT of kids back then, because seat belts weren't required), Not even joking, right now... but you could fit about 10 kids in the back of those things, as well as a weeks worth of groceries. I think the "wood paneling" part was because Wood Paneling was popular in homes back in the 1970s, so it likely extended outside of the home, all the way to cars. But I can't confirm that (I was too young at the time).
33:45 - Exactly. Which is why it isn't a valid method of extracting information from someone. Yet it's still used to this day.....
38:40 - MINOR spoiler: Remember that..... there WILL be a callback to it, later in the series. I won't say WHEN.... just that it will.
41:30 - My first wife chose to be cremated, so I have her urn about 5 feet from me as I sit at my computer. So I don't need to go to a cemetery to visit her. But I totally get how Riggs is feeling right now. I didn't when this movie came out, but I learned that lesson in 2006 when Rose died. I don't wish that level of emotional pain on anyone.
41:55 - I paused, so I don't know if you "get it" or not, yet. The bullet Riggs gave to Murtaugh, was the one was had specially chosen to end his own life with. (Riggs had earlier claimed it was a "hollow point", but the bullet shown both then, and at this point of the movie, is NOT a hollow point (I'm an American, and we can tell the difference)). Still, the message is clear.... Riggs is no longer "looking to end his own life" (hence the scene at the cemetery), and has chosen to live, and to "prove" that to Roger (including how much HE (and his family) meant to Riggs), gave him (Roger) the exact means of his own demise. Much like I myself did a couple of years after Rose had died. I can't define exactly WHEN it happened, but I had decided to choose living over "not giving a shite" if I lived or died. THAT was when everything changed for me. It's a long process, and can't be forced. I don't know HOW Mel Gibson knew how to play this part of the script... but he did an AMAZING job at it!
42:28 - Okay, VERY minor spoiler, because you asked (and it's not key to the plot).... the dog's name is "Sam".
It looked like UFC because the Gracie family that started the UFC choreographed the fight. First time a mainstream Hollywood movie had a Triangle choke in it.
I have a great down-staircase shot on my instagram.
You should watch the 1990 Mel Gibson movie Bird on a Wire. That is a classic action movie but very underrated
No definitely. Die hard and Leathal Weapon were watched EVERY Christmas since 1989. And Multiple times!!
Lethal Weapon being a Christmas movie just completely past me by!
The debate never really started until the internet. And it was started by kids who didnt grow up inthe 80's. We all know these are Christmas movies because the tv networks played them all throughout the season. @@RyanCarrington
hehe me and my brother watched this film endlessly when we were kids
37:51 none of them tried to help because they were all OD'ing on the herroin dispursed into the air from the grenades. Lol
The Bounty is probably Gibson's best 80s movie -aside from The Road Warrior.
Endo was also in Die Hard. He was the terrorist eating candy bars in the lobby.
I implore you to react to the entire franchise. Every sequel gets better. In my personal opinion.
My favorite movie ever.
All 4 are excellent. They couldn't talk to the police and risk his daughter.
there is a great parody film of this called loaded weapon , one of the funniest films i ever saw lol
How many of these movies and other movies does it parody?
@@RyanCarrington mostley lethal weapon ,and bit basic instinct , silence of the lambs and die hard
@evilalex8327 still need to watch Basic Instinct. It's been on polls before but never won.
@@RyanCarrington yeah no rush it also reference some of the lethal weapon sequels and has ninja turtles scene that is more funny if you saw the 90s film so woulnt watch it for now until you watched those but its defently worth a watch if you like parody or comedy like naked gun or hot shots
all the Lethal Weapon movies are fantastic
My favorite action series, buddy cop movies and Shane Black movie.
He does not have to read them their Miranda warning. That's a misconception. Miranda is more to do with interrogation than arrest. As long as he's not gathering statements from them for the purposes of building a case against them, it's fine. It's not unusual for it to be given in an interrogation room at the police station by someone completely different hours later.
At least watch the second one - though they're all pretty enjoyable. For me its the Chemistry between Gibson and Glover with the Dialogue by Shane Black that makes it. In fact Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and the Nice Guys go pretty well with Lethal Weapon (both by Shane Black). Even Dead Heat (basically Zombie version of Lethal Weapon - Shane Black is the Don of buddy films) is a fun watch I don't see many people reacting to. Funny you mention Last Action Hero too (Shane Black again). What I mean to say is just look up Shane Black.
For Mel Gibson movies, The Patriot and Braveheart are iconic must sees. What Women Want is also a fun watch if you are looking for something on the lighter side.
I'm not a big Mel Gibson fan but I like several of the movies he was in. There's been nothing of note in the past several years, imo, but some of his old stuff is good. I'd recommend any of these: Signs; We Were Soldiers; Payback; Conspiracy Theory; Ransom; Maverick; Air America. Of these I think Payback and Air America are the most fun. ✌🏽
Air America is a place that's actually mentioned in this movie, in the scene that ends in Hunsaker being shot. It's a fun movie with Mel and Robert Downey, Jr.
I take it you're not a Mad Max fan?
@@charlesedward5047 Meh
Ryan…EVERYONE had the faux wood paneling on their station wagons, man.😃 Ours was maroon w/the “wood” bc u know…u need to pretend to have wood on the side of ur car. Lol This was before minivans were invented. Kids, back in the day, would lay sleeping bags or thick blankets in the back & we’d lie down back there on long car trips. My sister & I went from Syracuse NY to Disneyworld in FL like every year. 18 hours or so down & 18 hrs back. Nobody cared ab seatbelts or car seats. No. We rode in the back.🤭 And had a flippin’ blast, btw. Horrible parenting was also everywhere in the 80’s🤘
One thing about the US I'm jealous of is that you can hop in a car and see mountains, beaches, deserts, swamps etc
Although I say this without a driving licence 😂
I love this movie, and the franchise does get cheesier and cheesier, in a way, but it's always fun and also always has a heart.
I really like all 4!
Mel Gibson later made a movie called "Air America." I think it is about the same smuggling operation. I never saw it.
Hot damn, here we go!
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Good Lord Vader I love this movie!!! Lethal Weapon 2 is a must watch and is just as good as this one!
is Burbank a human name?..should've named the cat Purrbank..
Sounds like a surname.
Purrbank is for when he's been good.
Burbank is the “suburb” in the Valley just North of Hollywood where Warner Brothers and NBC and Disney snd many studios exist.
Mel Gibson plauys a raging lunatic so well. You can almost believe he's not even acting, but is just that insane
The Patriot is another good Mel a Gibson movie
Yes, there was a time when movies were made just to be fun. Not to make social commentary or champion a cause. Just entertainment
You definately SHOULD check out the next one 😁
Awesome Dogma reference!!!!!!
watch all the sequels please there awesome ps can't wait till the 5th one comes out as well sadly Richard donner passed away but he did tell mel gibson to direct the 5th and final lethal weapon
Blue Streak cutaway in Leon followed up with a Bad Boys 2 one here, very choice sir. Magnificent work. 😎
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