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Lethal Weapon 3

1992 • 1h 58m •
Action Thriller Crime
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★ 6.7/10
3,371 reviews
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Lethal Weapon 3

Riggs and Murtaugh pursue a former officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies to steal and sell confiscated guns and ammunition to local street gangs.

"The magic is back again!"

Top Billed Cast

Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson
Martin Riggs
Danny Glover
Danny Glover
Roger Murtaugh
Joe Pesci
Joe Pesci
Leo Getz
Rene Russo
Rene Russo
Lorna Cole
Stuart Wilson
Stuart Wilson
Jack Travis
Steve Kahan
Steve Kahan
Captain Murphy
Mary Ellen Trainor
Mary Ellen Trainor
Stephanie Woods
Darlene Love
Darlene Love
Trish Murtaugh

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

J John Chard Verified TMDB Critic
2019-09-29

The public get what they want.

In this third instalment of the popular Lethal Weapon series, Murtaugh is counting down the days till he finally hangs up his badge, but he and Riggs run into an ex-cop who is dealing in special cop-killing bullets.

In total there were four Lethal Weapon films, regardless of quality (they declined in quality with each release) each film made gargantuan amounts of money. Who could blame those involved for milking it for all it was worth if the paying public demanded it eh? Made for $35 million, part 3 went on to make Worldwide $321 million, thus ensuring tha...

W Wuchak Verified TMDB Critic
2023-04-03

**_More fun and dynamic police action with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover_**

Riggs & Murtaugh (Gibson and Glover) team-up with a kick-axx internal affairs officer (Rene Russo) to take down an ex-cop (Stuart Wilson) who’s smuggling confiscated guns to L.A. gangs. Joe Pesci is also on hand.

"Lethal Weapon 3" (1992) is more-of-the-same in the successful series helmed by Richard Donner. Like the first two, it’s an over-the-top cop thriller with amusing camaraderie and rapid-fire banter. You have to roll with the outrageousness in order to enjoy it, just as you do with similar cop thrillers,...

C CinemaSerf Verified TMDB Critic
2025-09-05

With barely more than a week to go until “Murtaugh” (Danny Glover) retires, he and his now uniformed (and pony-tailed) partner “Riggs” (Mel Gibson) thwart an armoured car robbery and arrest the culprit. Before he can be rigorously interrogated, though, his brains get splattered against the walls of the interview room and our intrepid duo are charged by “Murphy” (Steve Kazan) to work with the IAD detective “Lorna” (Rene Russo) and track down the perpetrator. It takes them all of five minutes to work out that they have to track down rogue “Lt. Travis” (Stuart Wilson) who is i...