Lethal Weapon: Deusdaecon Reviews

[@jameyevans8593]

Fun fact: the drug dealer holding Riggs hostage that's egged on to shoot him is Anthony Kiedis' (Red Hot Chili Peppers singer) dad in real life.

[@clanwaddell5628]

This is thr best action movie of the 1980s. Die Hard was awesomr, 48 hours, Predator, so many great action films came out. But the writing and characters shine bright. Mel Gibson is awesome

[@ProjectV6]

I thought ALL the Lethal Weapon movies were great, I was nervous for the fourth one because I figured ONE of them had to be bad at some point, but they all just ruled and I even found myself getting a little teared up when the credits rolled at the end of the fourth one :-) Really nice review, bro...don't worry, no architecture jokes here ;-D

[@StarLord-fy6yi]

would you be willing to review the sequels in the future?

[@ajk6907]

I'm pretty sure the G in Murtaugh is silent.

[@Shiirow]

yes its pronounced "Mer-taw"

[@jdogjohnson9038]

Love this duo Gibson and Glover

[@Elsnorko]

now i want you to do the other 3 :D and even the show for comparison

[@agravery223]

Great review!!! I just got into your channel. When are you going to do Lethal Weapon 2?????? I would love to see you review that film!

[@Nugzz187]

Back again.. great stuff

[@Ralndrath]

Also review The Nice Guys. That's another great Shane Black movie and one of Ryan Gosling's best parts, he's bloody brilliant in that film.

[@michaelkeha]

Gibson may be a bit nutty but hell if isn't one hell of an actor when he wants to be also I think the best example of the buddy cop movie and a better done introduction of the characters is Tango and Cash which also shows off that Sylvester Stallone is also a damn fine actor when he needs to be.

[@deusdeaconReviews]

+michaelkeha I would agree he's a good actor, but personally I was very lenient on the guy, "A bit nutty" doesn't really take into account his racist, anti-semtitic, and homophobic views, not to mention his domestic violence charges.

[@michaelkeha]

deusdeacon I try to keep how I personally feel about them as human beings seperate otherwise I would love to smack half of the actors in Hollywood to kingdom come and back

[@themanfromthesouth1861]

You forgot the school sniper scene

[@seanhamilton4835]

23:17 I would argue that they were probably there two warn when the villain arrived. But unfortunately he must have spotted the cop car

[@christopherrichardson2945]

What’s a better Christmas movie: Lethal Weapon or Die Hard?

[@NecropsY1]

Yeah Great Review - dig your reviews man

[@deusdeaconReviews]

Thank you very much I appreciate that.

[@MichaelAarons1701]

The police psych was also in _Die Hard_ as Gail.

[@Maverick_682]

It's pronounced Murtaw, not Murtog.

[@CaminoAir]

Gibson was clearly a manic-depressive and anyone who has experienced either unipolar depression of a serious kind (or both the extreme depressive and manic states) will realise why a lot of Gibson's trouble occurred. Anyone who hasn't experienced that level of the illness cannot even guess what the realities of it are. I survived 35 years of unipolor depression and I do mean that I did almost nothing in those 35 years except literally survive it. Almost all systems in the body get impacted and it's like being a zombie with blood poisoning. You don't have the physical or mental resources to deal with the disease (the emotions are completely deadened) and the symptoms and consequences just compound over time. People turn to alcohol or drugs to try to get the brain to start functioning again (or at least not to just continue in a toxic, deadened state for up to 2 weeks at a time), so they can feel more than a near corpse. I'm not condoning Gibson's ultra-conservative viewpoints, but I do believe that those viewpoints of his can be both a source of false-security given his disease and also worsened by the extremes of the depths and manic highs so that he has reduced self-awareness. I'm not kidding. Everyday depression is not like clinical depression and clinical depression is not the same as the full-blown physical disease form of depression.

[@arwanrhys5186]

$5 bucks on the mutt...... nice closer.

[@BricklyDragon]

Why is it that older cop movies have a scene with a suicide jumper. This and Dirty Harry both have a similar scene. Is it some sort of trope?

[@Bijuklich]

awesome review man :) thanks...i love all 4 movies

[@Vman9484]

7:00 okay okay okay that was funny 😆

[@VulpusArmory]

thing is, no matter the who the question is about the answer is yes, at least Mel is come close to sanity again.

[@zerocool6583]

+Deusdaecon , I kind of felt like you were busting on the movie for the "Show, Don't Tell" aspect of the character development. (yes, i could be wrong) But isn't that a good thing? This movie did come out in 1987 and even though it's smack dab in the middle of the Action Hero Genre BS of the time you know. Showing the differences in their life styles IS in a way, showing how they are different as people, and how they interpret the law, and how they handle things on different spectrums of extremes due to their personalities being what they are (which is Shown by who they live and react differently to things around them). True, it could be a bit much- but isn't it better than 50+ lines of unneeded dialog that is often used in today's movies for padding? Just asking.

[@deusdeaconReviews]

+NUMBER SIX You are correct that "Show don't tell" is a good thing I wasn't really complaining about that aspect, iIs more the execution of "hey, look how crazy different these guys are, Wouldn't it be a wild ride if they teamed up ?" the film focused on.

[@zerocool6583]

+deusdeacon , hmmm. yes, i do see what you mean. Thanks.

[@moviemayhem3780]

Deusdaecon Reviews do Lethal Weapon 2 - 4

[@TrenchMan93]

Mel Gibson is the scariest character in the movie, I can’t believe they let him walk on set and kill those villain actors for real! Yeah mean it’s a great auction but damn.

[@Drkazilllionaire]

you missed the jumper who in one scene drops the cigarette from his right hand a re appers in his left hand in the next scene.

[@deusdeaconReviews]

I dont concern myself with little continuity errors like that

[@Drkazilllionaire]

Deusdaecon Reviews. Yeah i know, leave that to cinema sins. Keep up the good work.

[@johnashley327]

Top 10 movie of the 80's.

[@drlarrymitchell]

3:29 Right of frame: Anthony Keidis' father. No shit.

[@Toastybees]

Your writing and editing deserves more views although you quibble on nonsense a little more than necessary. This movie is fantastic and defined the buddy cop genre. It's not perfect but you were a bit too harsh. The main characters were super unique and interesting for the time and regardless of what you think about Gibsons politics (which I don't agree with) he's still a great actor. I'm watching him be another person, not Mel Gibson. You did a good job here, just chill out like a couple degrees.

[@scottylewis8124]

what you just said about the mercenaries that was less die hard and more grand theft auto.

[@Ralndrath]

That feminism joke legit made me laugh out loud lol. Nice one!

[@elimgarak4667]

You should review the others man!

[@leadvendor]

Germaine Greer inserted that phallus statement into your script regarding Riggs inspecting his gun. You're welcome.

[@benderbendingrodriguez420]

*im too old for this shit*

[@drlarrymitchell]

If I look at you and tell you what I see, will you leave me alone about it?

[@deusdeaconReviews]

Never !

[@maria.whiddon]

Watching this made me realize. .. If Riggs was so suicidal, why was he wearing bullet proof vest?

[@deusdeaconReviews]

Requirement of the job ?

[@scottieman2]

Great movie.

[@devinrice1632]

Are you going to do more movies review?

[@deusdeaconReviews]

yes, yes I am.

[@devinrice1632]

@@deusdeaconReviews can you please do lethal weapon 2?

[@MAXIMILLIONtheGREAT]

Since when is Mel Gibson crazy?

[@Nah_Mate_Aint_Nowt_UoK]

Good review but Die harding it up? Die Hard came out after Lethal Weapon you know.

[@deusdeaconReviews]

I never said it didnt

[@Nah_Mate_Aint_Nowt_UoK]

Fair enough, but I felt the implication was there, came across as a weird comparison to me. Definately an arguement to be made that Die Hard was Lethal Weaponing it up with it being adaption of a book with a different sensibility (John McClane is an old man in the book). Like I said I enjoyed the review and been going through your back catalogue. On a side side note with with your HP Lovecraft series are you planing on covering the Unnamable films? They are a bit shite but a guilty pleasure of mine, I like the protrayal of Randolph Carter

[@themanfromthesouth1861]

Would you give 10 out of 10 or 9 out of ten

[@TheJavi427]

Good review entertaining

[@clabrooky8572]

If you watched the film then you should know how the names are pronounced.

[@deusdeaconReviews]

You would think so but, Here we are,

[@eduardojara6955]

@@deusdeaconReviews I like the fact that you are giving a smart awnser

[@vanyadolly]

Great review! I hope you do the others. As repugnant as Mel Gibson is nowadays, he really is a great actor and I'll always have fond memories of these movies.

[@kameyoriko8644]

That feminism joke was a big old oof. Then again, this was nearly 5 years years ago, so eh. We were all pretty dumb back then.

[@kameyoriko8644]

@@laurarules3642 Radical anything is generally a bad idea. You start permitting generally agreed upon bad things to happen, or flip back around to become the thing you were fighting against; You see both sides of that within Feminism where on one you have the TERFs and on the other you have Gender Abolitionists. Crazy shit all around; especially once you start mixing in post-irony shit.