Lethal Weapon (1987)
Directed by Richard Donner
Over a Los Angeles Christmas, a grieving, reckless narcotics cop is paired with a cautious family-man homicide detective, and a call for help from an old army friend draws them into a heroin ring that reaches out to the Mojave Desert and back to Hollywood.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Riggs's beach trailer≈ 00:04:00Los Angeles, CaliforniaInferred
Riggs wakes alone in his beachside trailer, still raw from his wife's death.
- 1Murtaugh's house≈ 00:08:00Los Angeles, CaliforniaInferred
Murtaugh turns fifty in the bath while his family surprises him with a cake.
- 2Christmas tree lot drug bust≈ 00:11:00Los Angeles, CaliforniaInferred
Undercover at a Christmas tree lot, Riggs provokes a drug bust that turns into a shootout.
- 3Suicide jumper rooftop≈ 00:25:00Los Angeles, CaliforniaInferred
Newly partnered, Riggs talks down a would-be suicide by handcuffing himself to him and jumping onto an air bag.
- 4Dixie's house≈ 00:38:00Los Angeles, CaliforniaInferred
The home of a witness to Amanda Hunsaker's death explodes as the partners arrive.
- 5El Mirage Lake, California≈ 01:13:00Stated on screen
- 6Hollywood Boulevard nightclub≈ 01:20:00Los Angeles, CaliforniaInferred
- 7Murtaugh's house≈ 01:35:00Los Angeles, CaliforniaInferred
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 174 km
- Places
- 2
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 8
- Car: 174 km
- Not shown: 0.0 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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