Jill Rosenblum Post #1: Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)

Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) directed by Richard Donner is probably one of the best action films I have seen. I'm not normally a huge fan of action films but this movie incorporates comedy and action into one. This movie kind of reminded me of the Rush Hour movies which I am a huge fan of as well. This movie made me want to keep watching it although it is a bit lengthy at an hour and 58 minutes which I felt some scenes could have been cut out or shortened, it was still a great movie.

Martin Riggs played by Mel Gibson and Roger Murtaugh played by Danny Glover, are both LAPD cops and have been partners in the business for some number of years. However, this movie starts showing the last week of Roger's retirement and the movie continues to count down the days until his retirement. Throughout the days the audience is shown a number of action packed adventures that both partners go through from bombs in buildings to being shot at on a car chase this movie has it all!

This movie shows a number of up close shots that really gets the audience involved in the movie and feel like they are almost there. Almost every scene starts off with the showing of a building, house or etc. to make sure the audience knows where the scene is taking place. There are also full body shots as well to and medium close up shots to get the viewer intrigued in what might happen next in the film.

Although this movie is an awesome action film, I felt like the ended was easy to figure out within the first few scenes of the film. My guess on the ending was correct. I felt the movie lacked in that department because they let the viewer guess the ending right from the very start however, the scenes throughout the film made you want to keep watching it more just because there is so much action packed in the movie as well as a few puns to keep the viewer amused. I thought this movie was better than I would have expected.