It was another male-bonding cop movie, with gimmicks out of “48 HRS.” and “Magnum Force,” a relationship out of “The Defiant Ones,” and an incredibly silly kung fu showdown climax. In 1987’s “Lethal Weapon,” a quasi-suicidal cop named Martin Riggs, who didn’t care if he lived or died, was partnered with a steady, cautious black family man, Roger Murtaugh. And, if it suggests a movie poster catch-phrase instead of human speech, it’s probably intentional. That’s the kind of dialogue we get in the new car-crash, heavy-artillery thriller, “Lethal Weapon 2" (citywide). “We’re back! We’re bad! You’re black! I’m mad!”
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