Leave the ears to Mike Tyson. As Jerry Fletcher, a sweet loon of a cabby with a haunted past, Mel Gibson sinks his teeth into the schnoz of his CIA nemesis Dr. Jonas (Patrick Stewart).
Conspiracy Theory delivers the jokey action you'd expect from Gibson, director Richard Donner and producer Joel Silver, the trio behind the trio of
Lethal Weapon hits. The boys also deliver something unexpected: ambition. Reflecting Gibson's laudably risky performance, Brian Helgeland's script tackles the evils of