Lethal Weapon The Rewatchables
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Lethal Weapon

Most Rewatchable Scene

Riggs's escape through the strip-club and 101 freeway shootout; Hunsaker's killing and the helicopter shootout

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  • The Christmas-tree drug bust opens the list, with the 'this is a real fucking gun' badge exchange called amazing.
  • Two scenes establish Riggs, whose introduction has him swallowing cocaine off a switchblade; the Christmas element is called bigger here than in Die Hard.
  • Riggs's Three Stooges bit and cocaine use flip the usual cop-movie arc; his 'shoot him' standoff before turning it on the dealer is called brilliant.
  • The handcuff jump with the jumper is next: it has no plot need but proves how crazy Riggs is and poses whether he is chasing a psycho pension or truly suicidal.
  • Viewers forget the jump is coming, jumps onto the big inflatable cushion are always great, and the cushion is never shown being set up.
  • The jumper is wished to have been a known actor, like Ellis from Die Hard.
  • The post-dinner talk in a boat parked in the driveway is the chemistry scene that shows why the movie works.
  • The desert exchange feels Joel Silver-ish; its location (White Sands or the Mojave) is a drive of hours from downtown L.A., and one host had it in nitpicks; Riggs's sniper work there is enjoyed despite 1987 communication limits.
  • Riggs's escape through the strip-joint and 101 freeway shootout is called 11 incredible nonstop minutes; the torture scene with Busey is 'all of the 80s in one room'.
  • The strip-club shooting reflects a rough decade for pedestrians in action movies, and the 101 shootout is underrated; taking over that stretch of freeway is marvelled at.
  • Riggs is judged faster than 1986 Cruise in a sprint and barefoot for the last half hour without the problems of Die Hard's hero; Robert Patrick in Terminator 2 tops the running hierarchy.
  • The front-yard fight ('would you like a shot at the title?') is a favorite despite the many implied violations; research says four more minutes of the fight were cut.
  • It ends with the 80s trope of the villain getting up to be shot one last time; Joshua winning then would have topped the 2004 Red Sox comeback.
  • Final pick: everything from Riggs's escape through the 101 shootout.
  • The other pick is Hunsaker's killing and the helicopter shootout, with Riggs emptying two clips toward the ocean; Shane Black redid it in Iron Man 3, and Hunsaker is shot through the eggnog.
  • The cliffside helicopter pullback is praised; Palos Verdes is the location guess, and a mid-80s run of helicopter stunts (Airwolf, Blue Thunder) is recalled.