Lethal Weapon (1987)

At the very beginning, we see a woman laying on a bed. Her bare breasts are seen. She then gets up and starts sniffing cocaine off of a glass table. She then goes out to her balcony, and looks over the edge of the railing. We see both of her bare breasts. She then climbs up on top of the railing and the wind blows her nightgown open, revealing both of her bare breasts again.

Riggs gets up out of his bed fully naked. We see his bare buttocks in this scene. No genitals are seen, just his buttocks. The scene lasts about 8 seconds.

4 women are briefly shown nude in a scene. A couple of women are topless and we see their bare breasts.

Michael says that his daughter, Amanda was making pornographic videotapes with her friends.

In one scene in the extended version, Riggs picks up a prostitute at a strip club. Nude women are shown in the background.

Mild Sexual References

Murtaugh shoots at the bad guy driving a car in the head, and the car crashes and flips on its side.

There's a shootout in a club where Riggs kills several bad guys, and then chases Joshua all along Hollywood Boulevard.

Riggs gets into a brief shootout with a group of drug dealers at a Christmas tree lot, and all but one of the dealers is killed. One is shot in the chest with a shotgun and dies, with much blood seen on his shirt, and Riggs shoots two others, bloodlessly. The third grabs Riggs and holds him at gunpoint, but he disarms the man and head butts him.

Riggs and Murtaugh try to apprehend a suspect, but he shoots at them, and Riggs shoots him, and he falls into a pool and dies.

There's a lengthy shootout in a desert, and Riggs shoots several men with a sniper rifle. Murtaugh also trades bullets with several attackers during this scene.

A car crashes into a house.

Before the time of Internet, Netflix etc it was too violent under 12-13, but today, it's not that kind of a question anymore. Movie age certificates are customized to the time before Internet. Netflix doesn't care if minors watch.

Cinemax content advisory: rated R for violence (V), brief nudity (BN), adult language (AL), and adult content (AC)

Perhaps one reason why, arguably, the first movie is the most hard R, and why the 18 rating for this movie, in the UK, lasted longer than even "2," is the very graphic torture (although it's more mental than physical) of Mr. Mendez. In this graphic scene, Peter holds Mr. Joshua's arm and puts a cigarette lighter to demonstrate Joshua's tolerance for pain, and Peter's men hold Mr. Mendez, and force him to watch. It's sadistic and creepy. Pyschological torture.

The most violent lethal weapon.

R violence type: blood, brutal and graphic.

Riggs breaks a man's neck with his legs, throws the man onto the floor in the next room, and fights and shoots two other bad guys in that room. Some bloody bullet holes are seen.

Riggs is tortured with electric shocks, and Murtaugh is tortured by being punched. The scene cuts between their respective tortures and goes on for a while. Another reason this movie, is arguablly, the most hard R of the franchise, and why the 18 rating in the UK lasted longer for this movie than even "2." Very graphic. Although we don't really see gore or graphic bloodshed. It's more electroshock torture.

One use of "fag".

Rated R: For Strong Violence, Strong Language, Brief Drug Use, and Some Nudity.

34 uses of "f*ck" and around 30 uses of "shit." Other profanity including "goddamn," "hell," etc.

The plot involves the drug trade, therefore being several references to drug dealing and usage.

Amanda Hunsaker is shown taking cocaine.

A man tastes cocaine (he only does it to reinforce his cover in a drug sting operation).

Riggs is seen smoking frequently.

Lots of intense scenes, which can also be frightening.

The two main characters are tortured, but the scene is not very long, and both escape relatively unharmed.

The film's final fight scene can be pretty brutal and intense.

Riggs is suicidal in the film, and holds a loaded gun near his head.

The most intense movie of the franchise. There are some truly disturbing moments, especially those regarding Martin coping with the death of his wife. Not as light-hearted as the subsequent (even first) sequels.

The scene where Peter grabs Mr. Joshua's arm to demonstrate his tolerance for pain, which is mental torture of Mr. Mendez, is truly disturbing and creepy as well. Given Mr. Mendez's Spaniard background, possibly on par with the second movie's usually more sadistic villains in sadism.

MPAA, Rating: R (for strong violence, nudity, some strong sexual material, strong language and drug material.)