Lethal Weapon 4

Year:

1998

Duration:

127 min

Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.6

Director:

Richard Donner

Awards:

4 wins & 10 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1998-07-10

Filming Locations: Bradbury Building - 304 S. Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $140,000,000

Opening Weekend: $34,048,124 (USA) (12 July 1998)

Gross: $129,734,803 (USA) (1 November 1998)

Cast

Actor

Character

Rene Russo

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Ebonie Smith

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Traci Wolfe

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Mel Gibson

Martin Riggs

Danny Glover

Roger Murtaugh

Joe Pesci

Leo Getz

Chris Rock

Detective Lee Butters

Jet Li

Wah Sing Ku

Steve Kahan

Captain Ed Murphy

Kim Chan

Benny 'Uncle Benny' Chan

Darlene Love

Trish Murtaugh

Eddy Ko

Hong, Chinese Refugee

Jack Kehler

State Department Man

Calvin Jung

Detective Ng

Damon Hines

Nick Murtaugh

Mary Ellen Trainor

Dr. Stephanie Woods

Steven Lam

Ping, Mr. Hong's Grandson

Michael Chow

Benny's Assistant

Tony Keyes

Ng's Partner

Richard Riehle

INS Agent

Phil Chong

Yee

Roger Yuan

Chu

Jeff Imada

Thug

Simon Rhee

Thug

Zu-Wu Qian

Uncle Chung

Danny Arroyo

Gomez

Raymond Ma

Dr. Cheng

Jennie Lew Tugend

Cheng's Receptionist

Elizabeth Sung

Hong's Wife

Jessica Jann

Little Girl

Danny Wynands

Man with Flamethrower (as Dan Wynands)

Paul Tuerpe

Helicopter Co-Pilot

James Lew

Freighter's Captain

Conan Lee

Four Father Michael Sing Ku

James Wing Woo

Four Father James Wing Chow

Raymond Moy

Four Father #3

François Chau

Four Father Li Lum Chung

Stephen Liska

Detective

Robin Link

Detective

Roland Kickinger

Detective

Benjamin King

Detective

John Harms

Detective

Al Sapienza

Detective

Darren Peel

Detective

Jamie Donovan

Detective

Shawn Michaels

Detective

Paul Bollen

Detective

Jeanne Chinn

Ping's Mother

Ray Chang

Ping's Father

Ryan C. Benson

Construction Worker #1

Daniel Getzoff

Construction Worker #2

Theodore Touré Johnson Jr.

Construction Worker #3

Dana Lee

General

George Cheung

Fan (as George Kee Cheung)

Edward J. Rosen

Murtaugh's Neighbor

Jay Della

Murtaugh's Neighbor

J. Matthew Jordan

Murtaugh's Neighbor

Lisa Rhianna Smith

Murtaugh's Neighbor

Marian Collier

Maternity Worker

Cece Neber Labao

Maternity Worker

Barret Swatek

Nurse

Kerry Kletter

Nurse

Joyce Ingalls

Nurse

Joan Frasco

Nurse

Glenn Tannous

Patrolman

Larkin Campbell

Patrolman

Doug Weaver

Police Officer

Glenn Friedman

Police Officer

Brittany Gamble

Police Officer at Port

James Oliver

Police Officer at Port

Rick Hoffman

Police Officer at Port

Sarah Sullivan

News Reporter

Tim Cooney

News Cameraman

Bill Henderson

Angry Patient with Urine Sample

Philip Tan

Waiter

Judith Woodbury

Question Lady

Jey Wada

Master Printer

Wally Gudgell

ATF Officer (as Wallace Gudgell)

Gary Hand

Coroner's Assistant

Nicole Rosenfield

Candy Striper

Kenneth Jackman

Hospital Employee

Nancy Hopewell

Patient with IV

Christina Orchid

News Crew

Bruce R. Orchid

News Crew

Richard M. Sieker

Motorcycle Officer

Jen Wei Chang

Bicycle Guy

Michiko Nishiwaki

(unconfirmed)

Stephen Blackehart

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Gilley Grey

Firefighter (uncredited)

Phil Hawn

Businessman (uncredited)

Victoria Horn

Hospital Girl (uncredited)

Bob Jennings

Sheriff #1 (uncredited)

Michael Li

Waiter /

Richard Libertini

Rabbi Gelb

Hien Nguyen

PRC

Victory Palmisano

Elevator Girl (uncredited)

Bob Pepper

Truck Driver (uncredited)

Gary Pinkston

Detective (uncredited)

Jerome Elston Scott

Police Station Boy (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Danny Wynands has a role in all the Lethal Weapon films besides the first one.

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Warner Brothers decided during the scripting process that the only story line they wanted to do involved Chinese immigrants in some way. Several writers worked out of this basic outline, with Channing Gibson earning the assignment; the story elements involving the Triads and corrupt officials were added in once the film was green-lit.

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Paul Tuerpe appears in all four Lethal Weapon movies, but always in slightly different roles. He played 'Mercenary' in the first, 'Hitman' in the second, 'Henchman #3' in the third, and 'Helicoptor Co-pilot' in the fourth.

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Goofs

During the foot chase in China Town, the bad guy runs through the alley and after being blocked by Murtaugh on a bicycle at the end he turns to run up a fire escape. It is obviously a stunt man that is giving chase instead of Riggs. You can clearly see the stunt man look up the fire escape and chase him across the rooftops.

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During Riggs' and Murtaugh's chase on the freeway the window on Murtaugh's side of the car is alternately closed (in most long shots) or open (in close-ups).

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When the Chinese truck is rammed by the second train, two cameras are clearly visible on the ground to the right of the train: black cloth-wrapped boxes with circular glass faces, mounted at 45-degree angles toward the vehicle, with stage lights behind them.

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Quotes

Martin Riggs: Hey. You look a little banged up.

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Martin Riggs: Here's what we're gonna do! Take your clothes off!

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Lorna Cole: I am getting married or there is no baby.

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Faq

Q

What are the differences between the British BBFC 15 Version and the Uncut Version?

A

The British BBFC 15 versions of this movie are heavily censored. Especially the fighting sequenes were trimmed extremely and nearly 90 seconds are missing and 33 scenes were altered. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.

Q

Do Sergeant's Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh Retire?

A

No. Even though they faced the toughest enemy they ever encountered and became badly wounded directly after, at the end of the movie, they continued their work on the police force.

Q

Why does Riggs have short hair in this installment?

A

The most obvious reason could be that it was to show that Riggs was getting older. Also this film was known to have been fast-tracked from pre-production to final release: filming began in January 1998 for a summer 1998 release and so it could be that Mel Gibson just didn't have time to grow his hair back. Also, in Lethal Weapon 3 everyone was ragging on him to get a haircut as it was the 90's. So it's likely he just finally caved and decided to get with the times.

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