Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Lethal Morons


Apparently, Mel Gibson and Danny Glover are gearing up for yet another installment in the Lethal Weapon franchise. So far, this reporter has learned that the working title for this episode is Lethal Weapon 5: Morons on Parade. This time Sergeants Martin Riggs & Roger Murtaugh will be going undercover to expose a plot by an Israeli Movie Cartel and Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez to bring the “American Empire” to its knees.
The film will open with an undercover Riggs speeding down the Pacific Coast Highway in an apparent drunken rage. After being stopped by the police, Riggs (who is undercover as a huge Hollywood superstar) begins berating the officers in an attempt to get arrested so he can infiltrate the Lost Hill Sheriff's Station – the supposed home of the Israeli Movie Cartel ‘JAM’ (Jews and Movies). When Riggs says things to the cops like “F***ing Jews, the Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world”, and “What do you think you're looking at, sugar t**s?” He is immediately arrested and brought in to the Lost Hills stationhouse.
Once he’s been incarcerated, the ever out-of-control Riggs keeps the attention of the officers by acting like a caged monkey, destroying a payphone, and threatening to urinate on the floor of his cell. All the while, Riggs is secretly listening in on the conversation in the next room between JAM leader Ignotta Larue (played by Barbara Streisand) and Malibu Police Chief Mort Weintraub (played by first-time actor Michael Eisner). After learning that JAM is in cahoots with Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez (played by Lou Diamond Phillips), Riggs uses his one phone call to inform his partner Murtaugh what he has learned.
Murtaugh, also undercover as a big Hollywood actor, immediately heads to New York City where Chavez is expected to speak at the UN. Feigning support for Chavez’s radical anti-American tirades, Murtaugh befriends the Venezuelan president and attempts to infiltrate his organization in order to better understand his connection to JAM.
Needless to say, after many hair-raising car chases, explosions, wacky antics, and blazing shootouts, Riggs and Murtaugh bring down JAM, Hugo Chavez and all their henchmen - emerging victorious. The film ends with Riggs, Murtaugh, Leo Getz, and Lorna Cole sitting on a tropical beach sipping margaritas.
I can’t wait….

2 Comments:

At 12:43 PM, Blogger Andrew Morton said...

They need to make this in time to coincide with my book coming out.

 
At 5:42 PM, Blogger Rich Morton said...

Not trying to steal your thunder – it just struck me as funny!

 

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