The best buddy cop movie of the ‘80s is…Lethal Weapon 2. Full stop. And, look, I’m not going to try to convince you otherwise. There’s a reason why we once called Lethal Weapon the “greatest action franchise of all time.”
It’s also why there have been so many sequels. The mismatched chemistry between Riggs (Mel Gibson) and Murtaugh (Danny Glover) is second to none. However, there’s another buddy cop movie from the ‘80s that I’m always surprised more people don’t talk about, and that’s 1989’s Tango & Cash starring Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell.
