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Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

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Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

Overview

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.


Starring Cast


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Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate

Viewer Rating
7.4

Overview

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Apple TV logoApple TV
Google Play logoGoogle Play
Fandango
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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

The film leans left due to its central conflict involving the critique of the South African apartheid regime and its agents abusing diplomatic immunity, even though the solution is an individualistic, extra-legal pursuit of justice by police officers.

The movie features a diverse lead cast with a Black and a white male protagonist. Its narrative addresses themes of racial injustice through its portrayal of white South African villains involved in apartheid and criminal activities, though it does not broadly critique traditional identities.

Secondary

Lethal Weapon 2 does not include any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes within its narrative. Consequently, there is no portrayal to evaluate, resulting in an N/A rating for its depiction of LGBTQ+ elements.

Lethal Weapon 2 does not include any transsexual characters or explore related themes. The narrative focuses on police action, drug trafficking, and diplomatic immunity without engaging with transgender identity in any capacity, resulting in no depiction.

The film does not feature any female characters engaging in or winning close-quarters physical combat against male opponents. Female characters are either not involved in action sequences or are portrayed as victims.

Lethal Weapon 2 is a direct sequel that continues the narrative with the same established characters from the original film. All returning characters maintain their previously established genders, and no new characters are introduced as gender-swapped versions of prior canon.

Lethal Weapon 2 is a direct sequel where all established characters from the first film, such as Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh, are portrayed by the same actors of the same race. No new characters introduced in this installment were established as a different race in prior canon.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.4

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.3
The Movie Database logo
7.0

Critic Ratings

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8.2
Metacritic logo
7.0

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