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Best scene in this film, and ONE of Mel's best performances ever.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG1FkuiCXVk

Mel should have been nominated for this entire scene. The end was POWERFUL.



"Guys like you don't die on toilets." Mel Gibson-Riggs, Lethal Weapon


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I agree. Too bad the video edits out the gory parts. This must have been a TV version.

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Nominated? Give me a break - nothing in that scene wasn't already covered by Mel as Riggs (cool) or Wallace (an actual great, award-worthy role).

This whole film was a rehash of Mel's career.




'Then' and 'than' are different words - stop confusing them.

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Yea, I stand by what I said. And, if you can read...I said ONE of Mel's best performances. He has many. Snarky are we? Geeze.




"Guys like you don't die on toilets." Mel Gibson-Riggs, Lethal Weapon

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And I stand behind what I said. This whole film was a cheap rehash of work he's done elsewhere and much better.

In the earlier roles Mel was doing something noteworthy. In this film ,Mel is just being Mel by clinging onto scenes and scenarios borrowed from better work.




'Then' and 'than' are different words - stop confusing them.

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"Guys like you don't die on toilets." Mel Gibson-Riggs, Lethal Weapon

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