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I'm the guy that changed the course of your life, man.
~ Pieter Vorstedt to Martin Riggs.
You wondering about your kids, Murtaugh, huh? You wondering what we done to them? You know, if I was you, I'd be going nuts right now. I'd be going f-cking bananas. Want to know what we done? Shall I tell you? You just let your imagination run riot, man. Now, this has just been a warning, Rog'. After this, it gets bloody. Now, you tell your people to back off. Don't you go being a smart k-ffir.
~ Vorstedt threatening Roger Murtaugh.

Pieter "Adolf" Vorstedt is the secondary antagonist in the Lethal Weapon franchise.

He was portrayed by the late Derrick O'Connor.

Biography[]

Vorstedt is Arjen Rudd's head of security, and he tries to scare Detectives Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh so they cease their investigation into Rudd's affairs. When that fails, he starts killing their police friends one by one. Just before he has Riggs killed, Vorstedt reveals that he's responsible for the death of Riggs' wife before having Rika drowned, who had betrayed Rudd, once again robbing Riggs of his lover.

Later Riggs and Murtaugh track Rudd and Vorstedt to a shipping dock where Rudd is intending to illegally smuggle a large shipment of gold Krugerrands. As Riggs is infiltrating Rudd's freighter, he is attacked by a knife-wielding Vorstedt and they begin to fight. At first, Vorstedt appears to have the upper hand until Riggs eventually stabs him with his own blade.

However, instead of killing Vorstedt, Riggs lets him go and walks away. With his remaining strength, Vorstedt picks himself up and points a gun at Riggs. However, before he can fire, Riggs presses a button on a remote control device used for loading and unloading cargo. Vorstedt looks up just in time to see a cargo container come crashing down on top of him, crushing him to death. His boss, Arjen Rudd, was to join him in death shortly thereafter.

Even after being killed, the consequences that Pieter's actions caused were still responsible for Riggs' reckless behavior in Lethal Weapon 3, thus making him in some way a posthumous antagonist.

Powers and Abilities[]

  • Peak Physical Condition: Vorstedt is in top physical form, shown to be an agile fighter and was able to still move despite being stabbed in the stomach.
  • Expert Martial Artist: Vorstedt is shown to be an experienced hand to hand combatant and martial artist with his fighting style being Savate, also known as French kickboxing. He was able to fight Martin Riggs and hold the upper hand on him, though Riggs was wounded with knife in his leg at the time.
  • Knife Expertise: Vorstedt is skilled with using a knife in combat and has shown to be skilled at knife throwing when he threw his knife at Martin Riggs leg.
  • Expert Marksman: Vorstedt is an expert with firearms, mainly handguns, able to to headshot most of his targets.
  • Expert Tactician: Vorstedt is a highly skilled planner, working with his boss to help pull off his criminal operations.
  • Assassin: Vorstedt is an expert assassin able to take out his targets efficiently and covertly.

Equipment[]

  • Heckler & Koch P9S: Vorstedt uses this handgun as his sidearm of choice. He sometimes uses a silencer attachment with it.
  • Walther PPK: Vorstedt uses this smaller handgun as his backup firearm, attempting top uses it to kill Riggs.
  • Combat knife: Vorstedt carried a combat knife which he could use as a throwing knife, such when he threw it in Riggs leg.

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Trivia[]

  • Even though he only appeared in the second film and was even relegated to the secondary antagonist, Vorstedt is technically an overarching antagonist in the plot of the franchise's first two films. Due to having killed Victoria Riggs, he indirectly made Martin Riggs become the depressive and suicidal cop that he was in the first film and he later confronted him in the second film, revealing their related past apart of killing Rika, Riggs' second crush.

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Movies
Lethal Weapon: Peter McAllister | Shadow Company (Jack Joshua, Dixie, Endo, Gustaf & Larch) | Michael Hunsaker
Lethal Weapon 2: Arjen Rudd | Pieter Vorstedt | Hans
Lethal Weapon 3: Jack Travis | Tyrone | Hatchett | Billy Phelps | Smitty | Hubie Smith | Hershel | Darryl Smithers
Lethal Weapon 4: Wah Sing Ku | Benny Chan | Fan, Chu & Yee | George Proody | Four Fathers (James Wing Chow, Fan Wong, Michael Sing Ku & Li Lum Chong) | General | Captain

Television
Season 1: Tito Flores | Gideon Lyon | Eddie Flores | Ronnie Delgrado | Levon Tibibian
Season 2: Nathan Riggs | Tito Flores
Season 3: Tom Barnes | Sofia Vasquez | Calvin Marks | Tom Kessler | Sven Olsen | Victor Vasquez

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