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Warner Brothers recently released the Lethal Weapon (1987) 4K UHD. Read on to find out more about it...

[ SYNOPSIS ]

Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) is a one-man killing machine, a Los Angeles policeman who recently lost his wife and has been acting increasingly unstable. Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) is a by-the-book homicide detective with an impeccable record and a loving family. Now the two are stuck with each other as partners, investigating a suicide that leads to an international crime ring and ever-increasing danger.

[ SPECIFICATIONS ]

The movie is presented in a 1.85:1 aspect ratio with a runtime of 1:49:31 for the Theatrical Cut and 1:57:02 for the Director's Cut. A comparison between both cuts can be found here. The movie has been rated R for strong violence, strong language, brief drug use, and some nudity. Audio languages include English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, and Japanese. Subtitle languages English SDH, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish.

[ SPECIAL FEATURES ]

All of the content listed below can be found on the 4K UHD disc.

• A Legacy of Inspiration: Remembering Dick Donner (7:00) - This new 2025 feature has Richard Donner's contemporaries paying tribute to the director, who passed away in 2021.
• I'm Too Old for This...: A Chemistry That Became Iconic (6:06) - This new 2025 feature has cast and crew members Danny Glover, actor Traci Wolfe (Rianne Murtaugh, Roger's daughter), writer Shane Black, associate producer Jennie Lew Tugend, and others, talking about the chemistry of lead actors Glover and Gibson.

[ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ]

A digital copy code voucher is included inside the standard one-disc black 4K UHD case. A slipcover is also included.

[ NOTES ]

Lethal Weapon (1987) is available on 4K UHD and 4K UHD Steelbook. The quality of the picture and audio, which includes the original theatrical sound mix, is fantastic. The only fault is that all of the legacy special features found on the 2012 Blu-ray collection is missing. Had Warner Brothers still continued to include a Blu-ray disc in their standard 4K releases, this wouldn't be a problem. The new pair of retrospective featurettes are nice, if a tad on the short side, but if you want all of the older stuff, as well as the three sequels, you need to buy the Lethal Weapon Collection 4-Film Blu-ray set. (Avoid the Four Film Favorites re-release as it is missing the Collection's Bonus Disc with four additional featurettes, and, if memory serves, has the early 2006 Blu-ray releases of the first two films instead of the newer Blu-rays that are in the Collection set.

This item has been provided by Warner Brothers for review on this site.