Summer of '89: Riggs, Murtaugh, Bond, Seinfeld

A special double edition!

Welcome back to Summer of '89 and this special double edition.

We're making up for lost time (and last week's entries) with this jam-packed and review-filled exploration of early July 1989 at the box office and on television.

Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

In the opening chase, Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh stumble across a trunk full of Krugerrands. They follow the trail to a South African diplomat who’s using his immunity to conceal a smuggling operation. When he plants a bomb under Murtaugh’s toilet, the action explodes!

July 7, 1989

Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Joss Ackland, Derrick O'Connor, Patsy Kensit
cinematography by Stephen Goldblatt
music by Michael Kamen, Eric Clapton, David Sanborn
screenplay by Jeffrey Boam, Shane Black, Warren Murphy
produced by Richard Donner, Joel Silver
directed by Richard Donner

The Letterboxd synopsis for this movie is wild. Seriously, read it again. When he plants a bomb under Murtaugh’s toilet, the action explodes!

That's ridiculous!