FrogGlace In other words,this film is a surreal ride.

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Bag_of_Cancer This sequel was decent, but it definitely didn't come anywhere close to the grittiness and intensity of the first two. The Chinese storyline was incredibly weak and uninteresting; the proposed neo-Nazi terrorist plot from the first script sounds far more intriguing than what we got from the Triad in this, even if Germans/neo-Nazis have been done to death in cinema. There were a lot of characters in this, which can be nice, but then nobody really stands out, which happened in this one. Adding Chris Rock's character "Butters" was completely unnecessary, although I did find a bit of humor in some of the misunderstood gay jokes, admittedly. The tone of the movie was much more light-hearted than the first two, but about on par with the third in that it was more comedic and sentimental than gritty and hard-hitting. The action scenes were great, especially the brutal final showdown, but it takes a lot of doing nothing to get to the good stuff, which is about three big sequences spread throughout the movie (the opening encounter with the pyromaniac at the start, the highway chase near the middle, and the warehouse sequence at the end).The running gag was Murtaugh and Riggs ("finally") getting too old to do the things they used to, and it works pretty well, but it's also a bit sad to see. Murtaugh was always too old even in the first movie, but Riggs was young and a fearless ass kicking machine in the first three, and in this one he's almost a shell of his former self. He's getting beat up and outpaced by just about everyone around him, and he's no longer the kung fu guy, this time around relying more on a brawling style, which I don't understand how or why that was changed. Sure, you can't move as fast when you're older, but to change an entire fighting style seems unrealistic. That's just one of the downfalls of this sequel, though.The Chinese sucked as villains. They weren't threatening enough. Jet Li's character was silent fury, sulking in a room until he had to throw down, but that's about it. He was criminally underused, and it seems like his abilities were toned down for the final fight in order for Riggs and Murtaugh to beat him. I could tell Mr. Joshua from LW1 and the Aryans from LW2 meant business. I could somewhat believe Jack Travis from LW3 was psychotic and brutal. I really didn't care about the Chinese villains in this one. Something was really lacking with them.Overall, this one is pretty interchangeable with LW3, but both are a huge step down from LW1 and LW2. Don't go into this expecting much.

FlashCallahan Riggs and Murtaugh, both feeling too old for the proverbial, try to stop the Chinese Triads from doing their business in the U.S. Uncle Benny, Chinatown's mob boss, has imported Chinese slaves to pay for an artist to create counterfeit Chinese currency which the Triads will use to buy the Four Fathers back from the Chinese military...After the second film, the makers took the grittiness of the first two away, and decided that a comic book element needed to be added, because Black was/is the king of one liners, and many found this to be the endearing factor of the wonderful chemistry the two leads have.There was no doubt that this was going to be a success, it's Lethal Weapon, and the characters are like everyday people, and over the years that the films have been released, we have grown to love them.And whilst the film goes through the Lethal Weapon motions, the title seems irrelevant now, because Riggs is more placid now, but to show he still has that 'dark' side, the makers get him to act like a fool during the set pieces, rather than him becoming unhinged.The action is very impressive, there are a lot of laughs, and the whole film feels like one last family reunion before everyone parts company.The story is complete tosh, Li, in his Hollywood debut, is wasted in his role, he just spends the entire amount of his screen time looking slightly perplexed. Rock is the newcomer, and does a really good job in an otherwise worthless sub-plot, and Pesci, a wonderful actor, turns it up to eleventy stupid, and ruins every scene that he's in, even the heartfelt goodbye at the end.But it's Lethal Weapon, and everyone knows it raised the bar in the 'Buddy Cop' genre. Many have tried to mirror it's charm (hello Rush Hour) but failed miserably.Not the send off I would have liked, but it could have been a whole lot worse.

Mr-Fusion This is the movie that introduced Jet Li to American audiences, and I can still remember how cool those lightning fast reflexes were back in '98. There's no charisma to speak of, but the moves were pretty cool. But the rest of LETHAL WEAPON 4 is a disaster. They've turned this series into a sometimes-violent sitcom without any decent jokes. It's bloated with two many characters (but remember kids, it's all about family!), one-dimensional bad guys, and Riggs and Murtaugh are all about the dizzying banter. I winced a lot during this movie. And just to make sure there's some lighthearted fluff, we get Chris Rock. Nah, I'm good. Pesci gets it the worst; shoehorned into the movie as a P.I., spouting the same tired "They f*ck you!" joke and always there to shout, "Whatever! Whatever!" He's a bad '90s stereotype, his charm long since fled. If there's a case to be made that a LETHAL WEAPON 5 shouldn't exist, this is Exhibit A. Everything about this movie is forced, and it is awful.3/10

BA_Harrison In the first Lethal Weapon, it was just L.A. cops Riggs and Murtaugh (Mel Gibson and Danny Glover) against the bad guys. The second film saw the lawmen teaming up with irritating money launderer Leo Getz (Joe Pesci) to defeat the villains. Part three added beautiful but tough internal affairs cop Lorna Cole (Rene Russo) to the gang.This fourth chapter sees loud-mouthed comedian Chris Rock getting in on the action as Detective Lee Butters, as well as the return of series regulars Steve Kahan (as long-suffering Captain Ed Murphy), Darlene Love (as Trish Murtaugh), Traci Wolfe (Rianne Murtaugh), Damon Hines (Nick Murtaugh), Ebonie Smith (Carrie Murtaugh), and Mary Ellen Trainor (as police psychologist Stephanie Woods).Sadly, it's far from a case of 'the more the merrier': the film starts off promisingly enough with a well executed scene that pits Riggs and Murtaugh against a armour-suited loony armed with an assault rifle and a napalm thrower, but quickly settles for precisely the kind of drivel that made part 3 so abysmal, the incessant lame humour and insufferable schmaltz seriously getting in the way of the action.The inanity is briefly interrupted by an exciting car chase scene midway through the movie, but soon returns, continuing unabated until the admittedly fun final smack-down between our two brave cops and evil Chinese killer Wah Sing Ku (kung fu star Jet Li), after which we get even more excessive sentimentality as all the good guys get together to celebrate the births of Riggs' son and Roger's grandson. Gack!4.5 out of 10, rounded up to 5 for being the first Hollywood film to give the marvellous Li the exposure he deserves.