Lethal Weapon 2 is a 1989 English-language Action Crime motion picture directed by Richard Donner and produced by Richard Donner and Joel Silver under the banner of Silver Pictures. Riggs and Murtaugh are trying to take down some drug dealers but the they turn out to be not run of the mill drug dealers; they have automatic weapons and helicopters. Eventually they grab one of their vehicles and find a million dollars worth of gold coins or Krugerrands in the trunk. Later Murtaugh is threatened by the men they're pursuing. That's when the Captain reassigns them to protect a man named Leo Getz who is suppose to testify in a big case. When they get to where Leo is, someone tries to kill him and that's when they learn he laundered half a billion dollars worth of drug money. He then takes them to a place he once went to and that's when the people there start shooting at them. Later when they come back with back up they learn that the men work for the South African consulate and have diplomatic immunity. They deduce that they are the ones they were looking for, but because of they have diplomatic immunity they can't do anything. Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com. Lethal weapon 2 features Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Joss Ackland, Derrick O'connor, Patsy Kensit and Norman D. Wilson. The screenplay is written by Jeffrey Boam which is inspired from Characters by Shane Black. The music was composed by Michael Kamen along with Eric Clapton and David Sanborn. Cinematography was done by Stephen Goldblatt and editing by Stuart Baird. The film has a running time of 114 minutes. It was released on 7th July 1989. The Film was successful at box office. Lethal Weapon 2 was made on a budget of $30 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $227 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Warner Bros.