The Dead Pool on DVD (1988)

loz#6 from BRISTOL , 06/08/2004

The Dirty Harry series had always been subject to the law of diminishing returns, and this final instalment sets a new low. By now the character of Harry Callaghan has been shorn of any of the interesting morality issues of the original film and is just another tough cop. What makes this film so dispiriting is that buried within it is the seed of a good idea: a group of rich people betting on which celebrity will die next, with Harry himself being added to the list. Unfortunately this aspect turns out to be almost irrelevant to the plot of the film, with the dire script missing every opportunity to wring some drama out of the storyline, with a dull and uninteresting typical mad serial killer turning out to be the bad guy. Numerous cringe inducing moments pepper the film: Clint?s sidekick turning out to be a kung-fu expert; Clint stepping out of the fog in slow-mo armed with a bazooka-sized harpoon-gun; Liam Neeson as the worlds least convincing horror-film director (currently making ?Hotel Satan?) and the series low-point of Jim Carrey gurning and miming along to Guns N? Roses. Along the way only the most bizarre car chase ever filmed (Clint?s car being chased by a bomb-laden radio-controlled toy car) provides some momentary distraction, but shackled to the dire script this film is dead on arrival.

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The weakest link

A customer from Scotland , 08/07/2004

This is not the best Dirty Harry film, but i knew that before i rented it. That's not to say that it's a bad film, and seeing as i had not seen it since it's original release, it was quite funny to see Jim Carey as the rock junkie (I hope it WAS him now) in what must have been 1 of his earier big movie parts......the movie being big, and not his character.

Anyway, this is not the best because the script is easily weaker, it is the only DH film where clint doesn't say anything memorable (ie make my day, etc), but still a must to complete the series.

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gaffer

A customer from wales [swansea] , 11/04/2005

this was ok but i would not rent it again,not clints best film

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time to retire harry

A customer from gillingham,dorset , 26/06/2005

the worst dirty harry film by far,sudden impact was when the cracks were starting to show,the dead pool was one too many.

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loz#6 from BRISTOL , 06/08/2004

The Dirty Harry series had always been subject to the law of diminishing returns, and this final instalment sets a new low. By now the character of Harry Callaghan has been shorn of any of the interesting morality issues of the original film and is just another tough cop. What makes this film so dispiriting is that buried within it is the seed of a good idea: a group of rich people betting on which celebrity will die next, with Harry himself being added to the list. Unfortunately this aspect turns out to be almost irrelevant to the plot of the film, with the dire script missing every opportunity to wring some drama out of the storyline, with a dull and uninteresting typical mad serial killer turning out to be the bad guy. Numerous cringe inducing moments pepper the film: Clint?s sidekick turning out to be a kung-fu expert; Clint stepping out of the fog in slow-mo armed with a bazooka-sized harpoon-gun; Liam Neeson as the worlds least convincing horror-film director (currently making ?Hotel Satan?) and the series low-point of Jim Carrey gurning and miming along to Guns N? Roses. Along the way only the most bizarre car chase ever filmed (Clint?s car being chased by a bomb-laden radio-controlled toy car) provides some momentary distraction, but shackled to the dire script this film is dead on arrival.

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V poor

A customer from London , 23/11/2008

This is a very poor film and such a disappointment. I love Clint and Dirty harry but wow this is not good at all. Don't waste your time.

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