Okay, so you know I am just about the biggest Mel Gibson fan there is.  But, you have to admit, that the Lethal Weapon series is one of the best action films out there.  EVeryone is funny and everyone is jam packed with action!  But it is perhaps the chemistry between Sgt. Marty Riggs (Gibson) and Sgt. Roger Murtaugh, that makes these films probably the best of the best in terms of their genre.  Here in Toronto, we have a new TV station called Toronto 1.  Since two Mondays ago, and everyone after it, they have been airing the Lethal Weapon Series in order.  I am extatic. Next Monday will be the final installment (thus far- I think Mel is amking the 5th one soon...ya!), Lethal Weapon 4.  However, Lethal Weapon II is my all time fav, as it is both political and funny/action packed.  I mean, it speaks out about the problem that plauged S.Africa the early 90's- apartheid.  It totally denounced the idea and villianized all who believed in it.  It was a big step in terms of getting the world to realize the existence of such a dieased thought still kicking around back then, as many people refused to act on it, and stop it's reign in South Africa.  The movie did a lot to get the message out that apartheid was still in existence and truly unjust and needed to be stopped.  The movie is not only political, but it introduces us to Leo Gets (as in: anything u want Leo gets...you get the joke...LOL!) played by a hilarious Joe Peschi.  He really made the boys into a great triumverate of comedy, and really raised the bar in terms of chemistry between the stars and characters. I mean, riggs is always going on about the Three Stooges, well, with the addition of Gets (Peschi) we witness the completion of a new comedy trio.  Leo Gets is the Curly to Riggs's Moe, and Murtauhg's Larry!! All around it is an entertaining flick, and perhaps the best in the quadrilogy!!

Here for you enjoyment are some quotes from the first Lethal Weapon, courtesy of GARNERCLASSICS.com.
Warning: some of the quotes may be offensive in terms of language another material.  I  am personably not responsible for any offense taken as I am not the author

Memorable Quotes from Lethal Weapon (1987)

Riggs: You want me to drive? Murtaugh: No, you're supposed to be suicidal, remember? I'LL drive. Riggs: Anybody who drives around in this town IS suicidal. Martin Riggs: We both know why I was transferred. Everyone thinks I'm suicidal, in which case, I'm fucked and nobody wants to work with me; or they think I'm faking to draw a psycho pension, in which case, I'm fucked and nobody wants to work with me. Basically, I'm fucked. Roger Murtaugh: Guess what? Martin Riggs: What? Roger Murtaugh: I don't want to work with you! Martin Riggs: Hey, don't. Roger Murtaugh: Ain't got no choice! Looks like we both are fucked! Martin Riggs: Teriffic. Roger Murtaugh: God hates me. That's what it is. Martin Riggs: Hate him back; it works for me. Murtaugh: Okay, clown, no bullshit! You wanna kill yourself?! Riggs: Oh, for Chriss--- Murtaugh: Shut up! Yes or no--you wanna die?! Riggs: Oh, I got the job done! What the hell do you want?! Murtaugh: JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION! Riggs: Well, what do you wanna hear, man?! Do you wanna hear that sometimes I think about eatin' a bullet?! Huh? Well, I do! I even got a special bullet for the occasion with a hollow point, look! Make sure it blows the back of my goddamned head out and do the job right! Every single day I wake up and I think of a reason not to do it! Every single day! You know why I don't do it?! This is gonna make you laugh! You know why I don't do it?! The job! Doin't the job! Now that's the reason! [After stopping Riggs from shooting himself.] Murtaugh: You're not trying to draw a psycho pension! You really are crazy! [Picking up a young prostitute.] Young prostitute: What have you got in mind? Riggs: Well, I want you to come home and watch television with me. Young prostitute: You serious? Riggs: Yeah. "The 3 Stooges" are on in 20 minutes. Riggs: This is a real badge, I'm a real cop, and this is a real fucking gun! Riggs: Oh, Roger? Murtaugh: What? Riggs: The guy who shot me. The guy who shot me? It's the same albino jackrabbit son of a bitch who did Hunsacker. Murtaugh: You sure? Riggs: Yeah, I'm sure man. I never forget an asshole. [Discussing a theory] Martin Riggs: That's very thin. Roger Murtaugh: Thin is my middle name. Martin Riggs: Considering your wife's cooking, I'm not surprised. Martin Riggs: I don't make things difficult. That's the way they get, all by themselves. [Riggs is captured by General McAlister] Riggs: You're General Peter McAlister, Commander of Shadow Company. McAlister: I see we've heard of each other. Riggs: Yep. It'll almost be a shame when I nail you. Martin Riggs: Look, why don't we just the cut the shit here? We both know why I was transferred. People think I'm crazy, in which case, I'm fucked and nobody wants to work with me. Or they think I'm faking to draw a psycho pension, in which case, I'm fucked and nobody wants to work with me. Basically, I'm fucked. Man at the office: You know, Roger, you are way behind the times. The guys of the 80s aren't though. They are sensitive people. Show a little emotion to a woman and shit like that. I think I'm an 80's... Roger Murtaugh: How do you figure? Man at the office: Last night I cried in bed. So how is that? Roger Murtaugh: Were you with a woman? Man at the office: I was alone. Why do you think I cried? Roger Murtaugh: Sounds like an 80's man to me... [Repeated line all the way] Roger Murtaugh: I'm too old for this shit! Martin Riggs: Perhaps there's an opening in the L.A. Fire Department? [When Joshua is panting on the lawn after the title-fight] Roger Murtaugh: Get that shit off my lawn! Roger Murtaugh: Have you ever met anybody you didn't kill? Martin Riggs: Well, I haven't killed you yet. Martin Riggs: You don't trust me at all, do you? Roger Murtaugh: Well, I'll tell you what. You make it through tomorrow without killing anybody, especially me, or yourself, then I'll start trusting you. Martin Riggs: Fair enough. Martin Riggs: I do it real good, you know. Roger Murtaugh: Do what? Martin Riggs: When I was 19, I did a guy in Laos with a rifle shot in high wind. They told me, maybe eight or... even ten guys in the world could have made that shot. ...It's the only thing I was ever good at. Roger Murtaugh: See how easy that was? Boom, still alive. Now we question him. You know why we question him? Because I got him in the leg. I didn't shoot him full of holes or try to jump off a building with him. Martin Riggs: Hey, that's not fair. The building guy lived. Martin Riggs: You know they're going to kill her, don't you? Roger Murtaugh: Yeah. Martin Riggs: So if you want her back, you're going to have to take her away from them. Roger Murtaugh: I know. Martin Riggs: You do this my way. You shoot, you shoot to kill, get as many of them as you can. All you got to do is just not miss. Roger Murtaugh: I won't miss. Martin Riggs: We're going to get bloody on this one, Rog. Roger Murtaugh: Are you really crazy? Or are you as good as you say you are? Martin Riggs: You're just gonna have to trust me.