Lethal Weapon vs Shaft
Lethal Weapon has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 6/10 for Shaft). Shaft is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 1h 50m. Lethal Weapon is the older of the two (1987 against 2000). Both are action, adventure, crime movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Lethal Weapon
Shaft| Lethal Weapon | Shaft | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 6.0/10 |
| Year | 1987 | 2000 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 1h 39m |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller | Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Richard Donner | John Singleton |
| Main cast | Mel Gibson, Jimmie F. Skaggs, Tom Atkins, Gary Busey, Danny Glover | Jeffrey Wright, Samuel L. Jackson, Christian Bale, Daniel von Bargen, Josef Sommer |
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.
Shaft
New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.
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