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Things I learned from Lethal Weapon 2


if your date was just ruined by her boss shooting up your trailer trying to kill you both, just take her right home afterwards....she'll be safe there.

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When a group of killers are killing off cops, they'll shoot or blow them up instantly except for the cop who's in charge of the investigation who they'll give a written warning to.

Toilets can sustain bomb explosions without shattering.

South Africans in L.A with diplomatic immunity can get away with everything, including trying to blow up a cop.

If you fire a load of bullets in to a cop, don't run and hide from his armed partner who has helped him kill your henchmen, just stand there and try and shield yourself behind your diplomatic immunity.


My life fades... the vision dims... all that remains are memories

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thats how diplomatic immunity works there is no ifs ands buts about it


Qatari diplomat Mohammed al-Madadi caused a scare onboard a flight from Washington, D.C., to Denver by smoking in the bathroom. When confronted by U.S. marshals, he reportedly made a crack about lighting a bomb in his shoes and said he had diplomatic immunity. How far does diplomatic immunity go?



It would all depend on the rank of the Diplomat

Top diplomatic officers have full immunity, as do their deputies and families. That means ambassadors can commit just about any crime—from jaywalking to murder—and still be immune from prosecution. They can't be arrested or forced to testify in court. (This category would probably include al-Madadi, who serves as third secretary in the Qatari embassy.)

Lower-ranking officials have a weaker type of protection called "functional immunity." These officials are covered only for crimes committed within the scope of their regular work responsibilities. If, for example, a consular official got into a fistfight during a meeting with a U.S. official, he would be protected from prosecution. If the fight occurred at a bar over the weekend, he would not. Service staff for an embassy or consulate, from the kitchen employees to the valets, have no immunity whatsoever. And, contrary to popular belief, any diplomat can be issued a traffic citation. They just can't be forced to pay it

There are limits, of course: Diplomats can't go around shooting people without consequences. all though the consequences ARE NOT PRISON
The United States has the right to declare someone a persona non grata and to send him home for any reason. The official's home country can also try him at a local court. In the most egregious cases, the home country can waive the official's immunity privilege, in which case the offending diplomat can face prosecution in the United States. In 1997, for example, the Republic of Georgia waived the immunity of its No. 2 diplomat after he killed a 16-year-old girl from Maryland while driving drunk. He was prosecuted, convicted of manslaughter, and served three years in a North Carolina prison before returning to Georgia, where he was paroled after two more years in prison.

So Arjen in this movie would NOT be prosecuted for his crimes. the most likely action that would be taken is the state department would have him proclaimed Persona Non Grata and he would be forced to leave and be banned from the united states.


then the state department could request the South African Government to prosecute him or waive his Immunity and charge him the most likely course of action would be that he would be Declared Persona non Grata and South Africa would deny the state departments request to waive his immunity and would be charged in a South African Court and basically get a slap on the hand

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Oh my god...
Are you for real?! Lol
You are a diplomatic immunity fool!
Every post you make is a text book copy and paste about how diplomatic immunity works.
Look at the lack of response you've gotten from all your posts- NO ONE cares dude!
Just stop. Please

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I realise actionmanrandell's comment is three years old, but I can't help it, reading his asinine post.

First of all, he says Rudd would not be prosecuted - right after mentioning a case where a diplomat WAS prosecuted, and for a much LESSER crime at that. In this case, OF COURSE South Africa would waive the immunity privilege, unless they were prepared to break off all diplomatic ties with America and face huge sanctions - not just from the US but from all her allies as well.

Second, even IF Rudd could commit any sort of crime with absolute immunity, neither Riggs nor Murtaugh had respected his diplomatic immunity at any point in the film, so what would make him think Murtaugh would start now? 'Shit, here are those two cops again, assaulting my ship as we are about to depart, and they're killing all my henchmen. And they know I have diplomatic immunity, but they just don't care. What to do? I know! "Diplomatic immunity!!!" '
Yeah, great plan, Arjen.

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its amazing how many imdb posters have international law degrees

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Anything you need, Leo Getz
You can fall out the seventh story window and dive headfirst into the pool, complete with food cart and two buddies, and be just fine
Leo orders eggs for breakfast
Not hamburger
Leo lucky number is 9
Trish can't cook
You can save alot of suffering if you just plant a bomb in Trish stove
A flat surfboard goes straight through the windshield and replaces your face
Riggs can shoot a whole clip into you, and the blood will disappear
Rudd is having some painting done in his office, no way that plastic is for you, especially when u lose millions in krugerands
Riggs lies about having wine
If you are south African and stick around,Riggs will fuch your ass
And send you home with your balls in a sling
Riggs shoots Rudds fish
Volstead checks for plastic when the boss is mad
The captains knowing when to say he doesn't give a fuch because he doesn't have an ulcer

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murtaugh doesnt look like michael jackson but he's Bad

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Kill every cop instantly unless its mel gibson just knock him out then wait for him to wake up then throw him in water and walk away, don't worry he won't escape

After pulling the girl from the water don't attempt CPR just walk up and down the beach with her corpse.

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How do you know he did not attempt CPR? He did try, but did not work. Conveniently the director just did not have time to show this!

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He'd already established she was long gone when he was underwater .
Why am i talking to a ghost from 3 years ago?

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Leo hates tuna!
Murtaugh is not allowed to eat tuna!
Leo is fine getting Riggs and Murtaugh whatever they want, Leo prefers to eat all his chips
They f*k you in the drive through! Always go in and order at the counter
Murtaugh's carpenter wants go go and buy rubbers
Murtaugh's can never park in his own drive way

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Shipping containers always contain abseiling equipment.

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A car will make several pallette loads of paper notes , weighing several tonnes , disintegrate when hit from a standing start 6 feet away.

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