Lethal Weapon (1987) - by J. Molotov

I have seen this movie about 90,000 times before, but I still love it. Watching it brings back memories of when I was fourteen and fell hard for Riggs cuz he was fucking insane. I think my favorite part is when a guy is holding a gun to his head and he's just yelling "SHOOT ME! SHOOT ME! SHOOT ME!!! JUST FUCKIN' SHOOT ME" over and over. Nothin' like a severe lunatic with a death wish to turn me on.

But, as it has happened so many times before, I forgot the most important part of the movie: Gary Busey is in it. God, it is ridiculous. The scene at the end on Danny Glover's front lawn where they have Busey surrounded and unarmed, but instead of just cuffing him they let Riggs fight it out with him in prolonged, rain-soaked, cathartic man-to-man combat is beyond belief. Then, thinking that he finally has Busey beat, Riggs turns away and collapses into Murtaugh's arms. But Busey, ever the trickster, manages to get the gun out of the holster of the cop cuffing him. In ultra-dramatic slow motion, he aims and shoots at the pair, but with incredible panache, Riggs grabs the gun from Murtaugh's left holster as he is kneeling in exhaustion, and Murtaugh goes for his right with the arm that is not holding his partner up and they fire simultaneously--shootin' down the walls of heartache BANG BANG--destroying Busey in an act of unity that seals both their partnership and their lifelong frienship. I fucking love it.

And the dialogue is stellar. Here is Riggs's description of Busey's character: 

Martin Riggs: The guy who shot me! The same albino jackrabbit son of a bitch who did Hunsacker. 

Roger Murtaugh: You sure? 

Martin Riggs: Yeah, I'm sure man. I never forget an asshole.