While the Lethal Weapon franchise started out dark and gradually grew less bleak, that's not reflected in each Lethal Weapon movie's body count.
The Lethal Weapon franchise featured plenty of bloodshed, but the biggest body count in the series belongs to a surprising sequel. Like Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry franchise, the Lethal Weapon movies started seriously dark and gradually grew lighter with each new sequel. While the original Lethal Weapon saw Martin Riggs weep over the death of his wife with a loaded gun in his mouth, Lethal Weapon 4 saw him imitate an Asian accent in the franchise’s most cringe-worthy moment of attempted comedy.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT While all of the movies in the franchise are bloody compared to Lethal Weapon’s TV adaptation, there is no denying that the violence depicted in Lethal Weapon 3 isn’t as brutal as the first movie’s killings. Lethal Weapon is a dark, gritty cop thriller, whereas the later sequels are much more broadly comedic in tone.
Lethal Weapon 2 Has The Franchise’s Highest Death Count With a staggering 34 deaths, Lethal Weapon 2 has the highest number of deaths in the series. While the upcoming sequel Lethal Weapon 5 might be able to outdo this, Lethal Weapon 2’s high number of casualties mostly come from the 20 henchmen that Riggs and Murtaugh kill during the sequel’s violent action sequences.
How Lethal Weapon 2's Death Count Compares To The Other Movies Lethal Weapon 2 comfortably outstrips its competitors, with the sequel gaining 8 deaths on the original Lethal Weapon’s 26 casualties. However, the final movie of the series so far is nastier than many viewers might recall. In terms of tone, Lethal Weapon 4 is the softest, silliest movie in the series but, despite this, the cartoony sequel racks up 23 deaths.
In contrast, Lethal Weapon 3’s body count proves just how much the landscape of the action genre changed in the ‘90s. With a drop-off from 34 deaths to a mere 14, it’s pretty blatantly obvious that the creators of Lethal Weapon 3 wanted to soften the movies and broaden the appeal of the series. While the ‘80s were the heyday of gory, R-rated action movies, the ‘90s saw studios start to learn the value of the PG-13 rating.
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