Editing Lethal Weapon 2 (section)

{{Short description|1989 American film directed by Richard Donner}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Lethal Weapon 2
| image          = Lethal Weapon 2 Poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Richard Donner]]
| screenplay     = [[Jeffrey Boam]]
| story          = {{plainlist|
* [[Shane Black]]
* [[Warren Murphy]]
}}
| based_on       = {{based on|Characters|Shane Black}}
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [[Mel Gibson]]
* [[Danny Glover]]
* [[Joe Pesci]]
* [[Joss Ackland]]
* [[Derrick O'Connor]]
* [[Patsy Kensit]]
}}
| cinematography = [[Stephen Goldblatt]]
| editing        = [[Stuart Baird]]
| producer       = Richard Donner<br>[[Joel Silver]]
| music          = {{plainlist|
* [[Michael Kamen]]
* [[Eric Clapton]]
* [[David Sanborn]]
}}
| studio         = [[Silver Pictures]]
| distributor    = [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]]
| released       = {{Film date|1989|7|7}}
| runtime        = 114 minutes
| language       = English<br>Afrikaans
| country        = United States
| budget         = $30 million<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-05-20-ca-257-story.html Los Angeles Times]</ref>
| gross          = $227.9 million<ref name=mojo>{{cite web|url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0097733/ |title=Lethal Weapon 2|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=May 24, 2016}}</ref>
}}
'''''Lethal Weapon 2''''' is a 1989 American [[buddy cop film|buddy cop]] [[action comedy]] film directed by [[Richard Donner]], and starring [[Mel Gibson]], [[Danny Glover]], [[Joe Pesci]], [[Joss Ackland]], [[Derrick O'Connor]] and [[Patsy Kensit]]. It is a sequel to the 1987 film ''[[Lethal Weapon]]'' and the second installment in the [[Lethal Weapon (franchise)|''Lethal Weapon'' film series]].

Gibson and Glover respectively reprise their roles as LAPD officers [[Martin Riggs]] and [[Roger Murtaugh]], who protect an irritating federal witness (Pesci), while taking on a gang of South African drug dealers hiding behind [[diplomatic immunity]]. The film was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Sound Editing]] (for [[Robert G. Henderson]]). The film received mostly positive reviews and earned more than $227 million worldwide.