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Lethal Weapon 4 is a fast action comedy with frequent shootouts, wrecked cars, and a long martial-arts fight. The f-word and s-word are common, and a newborn is briefly caught in police danger during a smuggling case. Heroic joking does not remove the real weapons and injuries. ClearAge's editorial age is 13+, while the displayed official rating is MA15+; follow the official restriction where it applies.
Uplifting themes
Partners show up for each other and for family, even when the job is ugly. Loyalty is the warm thread. It still solves most problems with a gun and a quip Murtaugh tries to be a decent dad and grandad while the streets go loud. Riggs is braver than he is careful. Neither is a clean model, but they do protect people Older teens might clock how smuggling and counterfeit money get dressed up as buddy comedy. It is still a popcorn sequel. Any lesson is accidental
Story (may spoil tone)
With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with a deadly Chinese crime lord trying to get his brother out of prison.
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Violence Detectives trade fire on streets, a freeway, and a dock, then a long ma…
Detectives trade fire on streets, a freeway, and a dock, then a long martial-arts brawl. People are shot and beaten while jokes keep flying. The hits look real and they keep coming
Language Lots of strong swearing, especially the f-word, through chases and stat…
Lots of strong swearing, especially the f-word, through chases and station banter. The s-word, a-word, hell, damn, and b-word sit beside it. It is cop-movie chatter from the first minutes
Sex / nudity Buddy talk covers underwear, kissing, and sleeping around, plus a weddi…
Buddy talk covers underwear, kissing, and sleeping around, plus a wedding kiss. The jokes are crude more than sexy. There is no full sex scene driving the plot
Drugs / alcohol A crime boss is asked about selling heroin, and later someone pours teq…
A crime boss is asked about selling heroin, and later someone pours tequila. Drinking is casual bar stuff. The drug line is interrogation colour, not a use scene
Frightening Night raids, a runaway tanker, and a crime lord who does not bluff keep…
Night raids, a runaway tanker, and a crime lord who does not bluff keep the pressure up. A birth during a smuggling bust is chaotic. The jokes do not fully take the sting out
Child peril / abuse A woman gives birth during a smuggling-boat raid, leaving a newborn bri…
A woman gives birth during a smuggling-boat raid, leaving a newborn briefly caught in the police chaos. The infant is not targeted, but the scene is tense
Bullying / discrimination A cop makes a green-card crack and gets called racist to his face. Hate…
A cop makes a green-card crack and gets called racist to his face. Hate-crime talk also comes up around a colleague. It is a few beats inside the buddy noise, not the whole film
Gore / death / weapons Guns are present throughout the raids and shootouts. People die and som…
Guns are present throughout the raids and shootouts. People die and some blood is visible, though the film avoids sustained close-ups of wounds
Grief / bereavement A killing of an ordinary person hits one cop hard, and he rages about p…
A killing of an ordinary person hits one cop hard, and he rages about people dying in this town. The sadness sits under the jokes. Family news about a baby runs beside that anger
Flashing lights We have not confirmed whether this version contains flashing lights.
We have not confirmed whether this version contains flashing lights.
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Talk after watching
- Riggs and Murtaugh keep making the case personal. When does loyalty help a partner, and when does it make the job more dangerous?
- A green-card crack is called racist on the spot. How would your teen answer a joke that punches down like that?
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