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Actors: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Stuart Wilson
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Lethal Weapon 3 |
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Detectives Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) return for a third outing. When the two detectives foil an armored-car robbery and arrest a career-criminal named Billy Phelps (Mark Pellegrino), they become understandably upset when Sergeant Lorna Cole (Rene Russo) of the Internal Affairs Bureau tries to take the case away from them with no explanation.
The three are forced to team-up, however, when Phelps is shot to death in the stationhouse interrogation room. The killer is Jack Travis (Stuart Wilson), a former crooked police officer who is peddling assault weapons and drugs stolen from the LAPD's evidence lock-up to street gangs and investing the money in a housing development.
As the three pursue Travis with the aid of fast-talking hustler/real estate agent Leo Getz (Joe Pesci), Murtaugh is forced to deal with his feelings of guilt over shooting a teenage street thug and Riggs and Cole begin to realize their feelings for one another.
Realizing that Travis' development is nearing completion and that the mastermind needs one more payday to finish the job and retire, the detectives race to the station, where Travis and his men are forcing their captain (Steve Kahan) to help them out with one last score...
--James Craver, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Lethal Weapon 3 |
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 50%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Criminal enemy is...
- law enforcement gone bad
- arms dealer
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- wild
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- longhair/girliemon (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- criminal
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Misc setting
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 2 (a little)
Kind of violence:
- karate chop
- hand to hand
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- asphyxiation
- flamed
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
- exploding bombs
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