I’ve only seen the third one aside from this and I’m happy to report that this is better, much better. “Lethal Weapon 4” is a great mixture of action and comedy that really does shine.

In “Lethal Weapon 4”, L.A.P.D. officers Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson “Hamlet”, “Mad Max”) and Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover “Predator 2”) take on a gang of Chinese Triads led by a ruthless assassin Wah Sing Ku (Jet Li “Fearless”, “The Forbidden Kingdom”). Is age catching up to both of them? Why is a younger officer, named Lee Butters (Chris Rock “Grown Ups”) so interested in Murtaugh? And what will happen to a family of illegal immigrants that Murtaugh has in his house?

Mel Gibson is enjoyable as Martin Riggs. I like how he’s old in this one as well so it isn’t just Murtaugh who feels too old to be blowing away bad guys. Danny Glover is good as Murtaugh. The relationship between the two is amusing to watch. Jet Li is amazing as the bad guy. His martial arts skills are fantastic and this time it is just straight up fighting with no “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” style like in “Hero” or “Fearless”. Near the end he gets a piece of metal stabbed right through him and he gets dragged underwater but he stills kicks Riggs and Murtaugh’s backsides. Joe Pesci (“Home Alone”) is still annoying like in the previous ones.

“Lethal Weapon 4” contains some fantastic action scenes and some good humour. At the beginning we get a hilarious scene where Riggs and Murtaugh take on a guy armed with metal armour, a flamethrower and a machinegun so Riggs has Murtaugh strip down to his shorts and dance like a chicken in order to shoot the bad guy; this is why we come to watch movies like this because they’re ridiculous, fun and exciting. I recommend you see “Lethal Weapon 4”.