Amazon.com video review:
Trapped by his image in 1976, Clint Eastwood resurrected his
Dirty Harry character for a third go-round (out of a total of five) in
this potboiler story in which the San Francisco detective takes on a
group of revolutionary kids. Tyne Daly costars as a female cop who
partners with the reluctant Harry Callahan, and she does very well by
a role created merely to underscore and articulate the hero's various
virtues. It's a dull package all around, but inside the wrapping are
good performances by the two leads. --Tom Keogh
Amazon.com video review:
Five--count 'em, five--chances to wallow in the shoot-first, ask-questions-later ethos of San Francisco cop Harry Callahan, who became a signature character for actor Clint Eastwood. The first one, Dirty Harry, is the best, a Don Siegel film in which Harry flouts rules about police brutality to capture a serial killer. In Magnum Force he tracks rogue cops and utters his "Do you feel lucky, punk?" speech. In The Enforcer he gets a female partner (future Cagney and Lacy star Tyne Daly). Sudden Impact featured him tracking a female serial killer and offered a new catch phrase: "Go ahead. Make my day." And The Dead Pool, aside from offering a smart little chase involving a radio-controlled model car, brought him face to face with Liam Neeson. You can't ask for much more firepower in one box than this. --Marshall Fine
