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. The film received mostly positive reviews and earned more than $227 million worldwide.
LAPD Sergeants Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh engage in a car chase with other LAPD detectives. When their objective crashes, Riggs and Murtaugh search the abandoned car and discover the trunk is full of gold Krugerrands (illegal to import into the US at that time), leading to the conclusion that the criminals in the pursuit are from Apartheid South Africa. Later that night, Arjen Rudd (Joss Ackland), the minister of affairs for the South African Consulate, orders his head of security Pieter Vorstedt (Derrick O'Connor) to warn Murtaugh and Trish at his home to cease the investigation around the Krugerrands. They do so, and in the wake of the attack on Murtaugh and his family, he and Riggs are reassigned to protecting a federal witness, Leo Getz (Joe Pesci), a loudmouthed accountant who decided to blow the whistle on his money laundering clients.
LAPD Sergeants Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh engage in a car chase with other LAPD detectives. When their objective crashes, Riggs and Murtaugh search the abandoned car and discover the trunk is full of gold Krugerrands (illegal to import into the US at that time), leading to the conclusion that the criminals in the pursuit are from Apartheid South Africa. Later that night, Arjen Rudd (Joss Ackland), the minister of affairs for the South African Consulate, orders his head of security Pieter Vorstedt (Derrick O'Connor) to warn Murtaugh and Trish at his home to cease the investigation around the Krugerrands. They do so, and in the wake of the attack on Murtaugh and his family, he and Riggs are reassigned to protecting a federal witness, Leo Getz (Joe Pesci), a loudmouthed accountant who decided to blow the whistle on his money laundering clients.