The explosive and edgy films introduced America to its favorite modern buddy team: Mel Gibson's suicidal firecracker Martin Riggs and Danny Glover's aging family man Roger Murtaugh, who yearns for a quiet life.

Riggs (Mel Gibson) is no ordinary cop. He's a Mad Max gone maniacal, a man whose killing expertise and suicidal recklessness make him a lethal weapon to anyone he works against, or with.

Murtaugh (Danny Glover) is an easygoing homicide detective with a loving family, and a pension he doesn't want to lose.

Lethal Weapon is the thrill-packed story of two Vietnam-vets-turned-cops who have just one other thing in common: both hate to work with partners.