Lethal Weapon 2 was released in 1989 and directed by Richard Donner, with Joss Ackland playing Arjen Rudd, a South African diplomat using his status to cover criminal activity. Near the climax, Rudd shouts the line at Riggs and Murtaugh, prompting Murtaugh's famous reply that it has just been revoked before he shoots him. The exchange became one of the film's most quoted moments and later circulated online as a reaction clip for anyone invoking a loophole, real or imagined, to avoid trouble.