Ep 106: Why I'm Glad There Won't Be a LETHAL WEAPON 5

About this episode

The episode discusses the LETHAL WEAPON film franchise and argues against the need for a fifth film.

This is my retrospective of the iconic LETHAL WEAPON film franchise, as well as my arguments for why a fifth film is not needed (or wanted!). In this special episode, we talk about what makes these movies work, and why the challenges of making a fifth movie are simply too much to overcome at this point. I have included a clip from my conversations with Mathew Buck (host of the Film Brain YouTube channel), in which Mathew also shares his disinterest in a fifth Lethal Weapon movie. Mathew Buck conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=470JrfnM4p4 Our Links: https://linktr.ee/playthatpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: playthatpodcast

Guest: Mathew Buck

Topics covered

• LETHAL WEAPON franchise
• film retrospective
• movie production challenges
• film criticism
• sequel discussions

Keywords

• LETHAL WEAPON
• film franchise
• movie sequel
• Mathew Buck
• film criticism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Film Brain YouTube channel

Books & works: LETHAL WEAPON, LETHAL WEAPON 5

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