The Dead Pool (1988)

This is the last of the Dirty Harry movies. Here, Harry has to get to the root of a series of murders of celebrities in San Francisco. These murders are based on a sick game called The Dead Pool where a list of celebrities are listed. Horror film director Peter Swan is the prime suspect but is he really the killer? Harry also has to survive many attempts on his life due to his hand in sending Lou Janero to prison.

Journalist Samantha Walker provides the female interest for Harry in this movie.

There are sparkling dialogs as always (the one comparing opinions to assholes is the ultimate) and lot of gun shots. Clint Eastwood looks aged yet majestic. Liam Neeson impresses as the frustrated director who earns a lot of media coverage. The suspense behind the real killer is not that great.Jim Carrey has a small crazy cameo as a drug junkie.

VERDICT: Another typical Dirty Harry movie but without a strong villain. Works purely due to Clint.

Sudden Impact (1983)

The 4th edition in this franchise and Harry's troubles with his superiors continue as his methods bring results but, with extreme physical destruction and bad PR for the police department. He is ordered to move out of San Francisco but circumstances cause him to move to San Paulo to investigate a murder perpetrated by a lady painter called Jennifer Spencer. She wants to settle scores with a bunch of rogues for raping her and her sister 10 years back.

She goes about killing one by one in a set pattern - with one shot in the genitals. Harry comes to know that Jennifer is the killer but, he helps her complete her revenge mission in the end. His soft corner for her added to her mission and his own belief of justice make him let her go scot-free

This movie is entertaining to say the least. Clint is visibly old but the spunk and fire in his dialogs stay the same. The legendary dialog from the first edition of the movie was sorely missed inspite of a nice situation being setup for that dialog. Sondra Locke is the typical damsel in distress fighting for her mission.

VERDICT: Another entertaining addition to the Dirty Harry franchise