Directed by Richard Donner. With Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitchell Ryan. A veteran cop, Murtaugh, is partnered with a young suicidal cop, Riggs. Both. Directed by Richard Donner. With Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo. With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh. The one that started it all, and made the cop duo genre become officially a commercial success in the world (following the pioneering break movie 48 hours ) Lethal Weapon 4 movie clips: BUY THE MOVIE: Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: CLIP. Lethal Weapon 4 is a 1998 American buddy cop action film directed and produced by Richard Donner, and starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Chris. Lethal Weapon is a 1987 American buddy cop action film directed by Richard Donner, starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as a mismatched pair of L.A.P.D. detectives. Lethal Weapon 4 is the fourth installment in the Lethal Weapon film franchise. The 1998 sequel follows Riggs and Murtaugh (Danny Glover) as they uncover a smuggling. 4.5/5.0 rating. See Lethal Weapon: The Complete Series on the Amazon Movies and TV store. Great savings on a wide range of DVD, Blu-ray, and 3D-Bluray titles. Critics Consensus: Jet Li's arrival breathes fresh life into a tired franchise formula -- but not enough to put Lethal Weapon 4 on equal footing with its predecessors. Lethal Weapon Collection Blu-ray (Lethal Weapon, Lethal Weapon 2, Lethal Weapon 3, Lethal Weapon 4) (1987-1998): See individual titles for their synopses. Lethal.