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Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Dirty Harry Callahan must stop a sick secret contest to murder local celebrities, which includes himself as a target. The Dead Pool is definitely better than it gets credit for and once again Clint Eastwood was just awesome (that ending was badass admit it), Patricia Clarkson did a pretty good job as the reporter and i really liked both Liam Neeson and even Jim Carrey in a role unlike anything he is usually known for. The Dirty Harry Franchise is action at it's best and also Clint Eastwood keeps proving again and again that in the end? Age is truly just a small, pathetic and forgettable zero number. (10/10) (A+)

This movie is disappointing in so many ways - cheesy 80s synth music; over-the-top acting by Neeson and Carrey; disjointed plotting (what does the Mob angle got to do with anything?), ridiculous radio control car chase gimmick, etc. But the real problem is the lack of a strong villain. Actually, there is no actual villain for most of this film. And certainly not a villain worthy of Dirty Harry - think instead of Scorpio from Dirty Harry. While most aspects of The Dead Pool are sub-par, all that mess remains moot given the lack of a strong foil to the force that is Dirty Harry Callahan.

Clint Eastwood returns for the fifth time as the tough San Francisco cop Inspector Callaghan in this final Dirty Harry movie. This time he has to contend with a betting pool in which participants try to predict which celebrity will die first. A serial killer starts to make the game become more relevant by starting to bump members of the list off in a variety of grisly ways. Harry's unwanted newly found fame finds him on the list and a potential target for the killer.This entry in the series has definitely got a good concept. It's an idea that should really have been executed better though and unfortunately the film is a somewhat routine affair, made worse by a little too many stupid scenes. There are two threads to the narrative. One involves a Mafia don who Harry put in jail trying to have him executed by getting his henchmen on the outside to take him out; while the second, and main, plot strand focuses on the dead pool serial killings themselves. The latter idea is a decent one, but the whole Mafia thread was pretty woeful and unconvincing. Harry makes the Mafia boss and gangsters look like hopeless unthreatening chumps – it's not very convincing, it includes some lame humour and quite honestly could have been completely removed without any damage to the overall film whatsoever. The dead pool part of the story looks at wider aspects than simply a serial killer investigation; it considers the role of sensationalist media and the influence of violent entertainment. The latter aspect is brought out by the inclusion of a horror film director played in a remarkably annoying fashion by Liam Neeson. This guy directs films with moronically generic titles like 'Night of the Slasher'; I mean, honestly, could the script writers not have come up with something a little more convincing than this? Anyway, the focus on Neeson's tiresome character allows for the film to sneer at such violent movies but at the end of the day The Dead Pool is a pretty violent film itself, so it has something of a cheek denouncing violent films as a plot point!More predictably, Harry has yet another new unwanted partner to assist him, an Asian American who, needless to say, has some kung fu moves which he employs when apprehending a criminal. It's this kind of daftness that makes this Dirty Harry the silliest instalment in the series, as well as a car chase where Callaghan and his partner are chased through the streets of San Francisco by a tiny remote-control model car with a bomb attached to it. It's so ridiculous it's what would have happened if the famous car chase in Bullit (1968) had been directed by Andy Sidaris. Lastly, for additional campy value we have a pre-fame Jim Carrey portraying a hair metal rock star whose latest song is 'Welcome to the Jungle'. When this film came out Guns 'n' Roses were pretty unknown so few people associated this song with them, to hear it now trying to be passed off as by anyone other than them is pretty strange to say the least; the members of the group even appear as background fodder in a couple of scenes.Despite its obvious shortfalls The Dead Pool is pretty entertaining for the most part. It's undoubtedly kind of silly but it gets the job done. Some of the clichés, irritating characters and rubbish humour do bring it down a peg or two but it has enough efficient muscular cop thriller dynamics to ensure that it is still a decent enough watch.

This is the fourth and last sequel to Dirty Harry, where Inspector Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) finds himself on a list of a betting game thought up by filmmaker Peter Swan (Liam Neeson). The game's object is to see which local celebrity would be the first to die.Eastwood continues his justice-seeking and sarcastically witty portrayal of Callahan and delivered some great gun-totting action, never-say-die attitude and humorous one-liners that kept me laughing and engaged at the same time. The random crimes foiled by Callahan continue to pop up within the main plot and kept the movie interesting and fast-paced. Jack N. Green gave us a nice cinematographic view of San Francisco and Buddy Van Horn directed a movie with a solid cast. I especially liked the chemistry between Eastwood and Patricia Clarkson and liked seeing the appearances of Liam Neesom and Jim Carrey in one of their earlier film roles.In addition, Callahan pairs up with new partner Al Quan (Evan C. Kim), which I thought is one of the better pairings as Quan had good rapport with Callahan and seemed to be more engaged on his mission and ***spoiler ahead*** ultimately having a better fate toward the end of the movie than previous counterparts. ***spoiler ends*** I also liked Quan's martial arts sequence during the restaurant scene.While the plot has lesser surprises, it is still a fun movie with some occasional unique scenes (the toy race car scene) popping up throughout the story. A fitting end to the Dirty Harry trilogy.Grade B+