There is a grittiness missing from this last installment of the Dirty Harry series. It had been missing from most of the films but it is really gone here. Harry in this one looks bored, I'm not sure why he would be assigned to the death of a drug addicted celebrity. Why is a remote controlled car being used as a means of assassination? There seems to be a lot of bad guys running around here. Maybe it was my waning interest and the films failure to engage me but I didn't really understand what was happening nor did I care enough to watch it again or rewind to work it out. Jim Carrey's small part is hammy and out of place. Liam Neeson looks the part but also fails to impress. Dirty Harry using a harpoon gun looks more like an attempt at Rambo than a cop dealing with crime. Not to mention the bad guy he shoots with it is armed with a gun and had ample to time to shoot him first. It just lacks the impact of the first film.

"The Dead Pool" is the fifth and final Dirty Harry movie. While the film has more than a few silly moments, it manages to entertain and also not be so terribly sleazy and dark as the previous outing, "Sudden Impact". This previous film, in my opinion, marks the absolute lowest point for the franchise...and at least "The Dead Pool" is an improvement.The plot is a bit overly complicated for such a short film. There's a celebrity dead pool list, a crazed psychopath as well as an angry mob boss to contend with...and it somehow manages to pack it all into the movie. The film has some interesting and likable characters, such as Harry's new partner as well as a reporter Harry initially hates...of course, Harry pretty much hates everybody so this shouldn't come as any surprise.The bottom line is that the movie is enjoyable to watch and although violent (what Dirty Harry movie isn't???), it is less gross and slimy that I expected based on the previous film. Sadly, despite this, the movie did not do all that well at the box office.

Dead Pool (1988)Plot In A Paragraph: Dirty Harry Callahan (Clint) must stop a sick secret contest to murder local celebrities, which includes himself as a target.After a two year absence, and with considerably darker hair than in his last two movies, Eastwood is back on familiar ground in a by the numbers Dirty Harry flick, it's all there, Harry constantly being shouted at by his superiors, is eventually suspended, a partner who is not around when the movie reaches its conclusion plenty of action and Clint having memorable one liners. But whilst the other movies looked big budget for their day, Dead Pool looks and feels cheap, almost like a TV, it doesn't help the the directing is uninspired too. Buddy Van Horn is a friend of Eastwood's and I'm assuming that's how he got the job, as he only directed three movies, and Eastwood was the star in all of them. Evan C Clark is fine as Harry's partner Al, based on this performance I never would have guessed that Liam Neeson would grow old in the industry!! Likewise Jim Carrey, who gives the impression he is reading his lines from a none to helpful prompt book. Patricia Clarkson bothered me as I couldn't place her, until I realised she was Kevin Costner's wife in The Untouchables.I love Guns N Roses, but the extended use of the song is a little too much, and the appearance by the band seems forced. When director Peter Swan (Neeson) says "We needed a music video tie in" you can't help but think that's all it was. I do enjoy the call backs to previous movies Callaghan muttering "Swell" and "Marvellous" and informing the bad guy he is out of bullets!! The newspaper clipping mentioning Scorpio being caught etcThe film is fine, but like so many of the others it's only vaguely engaging and pretty much instantly forgettable. And that is not what I want from a Dirty Harry movie. The last sequel Clint Eastwood ever made, was the least successful of the five Dirty Harry films at the box-office. Dead Pool also ruined the run of each Dirty Harry movie grossing more than the previous movie. It only grossed $37 million at the domestic Box Office to end the year the 30th highest grossing movie of 1988.

The Dead PoolTo successfully predict celebrity deaths, you must first know which stars are addicted to Percocet. Thankfully, the detective in this action movie has a cheat sheet of likely victims.Renowned police inspector Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) and his new partner (Evan C. Kim) investigate a singer's (Jim Carrey) death on the set of a music video.When the producer is also killed, a list of names surfaces that reveals a morbid game in which participants bet on the life expectancy of famous people, including Callahan.On a tip from the director (Liam Neeson), Callahan's turned on to a schizophrenic super-fan (David Hunt).The final Dirty Harry movie, this iffy fifth installment in the franchise doesn't do much in the way of delivering a memorable departure, save for its title, which Marvel later used for a comic- book character.Nowadays, when a singer inadvertently dies on-set they just activate their hologram.Yellow Lightvidiotreviews.blogspot.ca