Lethal Weapon vs Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Lethal Weapon has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 7.1/10 for Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol). Lethal Weapon is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 2h 13m. Lethal Weapon is the older of the two (1987 against 2011). Both are action, adventure, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Lethal Weapon posterLethal Weapon1987 VS Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol posterMission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol2011
Lethal WeaponMission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Audience score★ 7.3/10★ 7.1/10
Year19872011
Length1h 50m2h 13m
GenresAction, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, ThrillerAction, Adventure, Thriller
Country––
DirectorRichard DonnerBrad Bird
Main castMel Gibson, Jimmie F. Skaggs, Tom Atkins, Gary Busey, Danny GloverJosh Holloway, Jeremy Renner, Tom Cruise, Michael Nyqvist, Samuli Edelmann

Synopsis

Lethal Weapon

A veteran cop and an unstable detective become partners who must put their differences aside in order to bring down a heroin-smuggling ring run by ex-Special Forces.

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being aided by the government, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks…

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