Dirty Harry Movie #1
Synopsis: Trigger-happy
lunatic terrorizes San Francisco...oh yeah, there’s a serial killer out there, too.
Blurb From the VHS
Jacket: “Harry Callahan is a tough, streetwise San Francisco cop whom they
call Dirty Harry. In this classic film, you’ll see why.”
What Did I Learn?:
When a movie character announces he has a degree in sociology, you can be
pretty sure he’s going to receive a rude awakening about the “real world”.
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Movie If: You know it’s never easy to be Harry Callahan’s partner.
Really?: 1)
Wow...Harry recovers from that savage beating rather quickly! 2) Ok, I
can understand how the evidence against Scorpio could be thrown out because
Harry didn’t have a search warrant, but couldn’t the cops charge him with
assaulting a police officer (when Harry delivers the ransom cash) and attempted
murder when Scorpio shoots at Chico?
Rating: Dirty
Harry might be a bit dated, but it’s an otherwise enjoyable, action-packed
morality play about the US justice system in the early 1970s. Eastwood is cool
under pressure, while Andrew Robinson (better known as Garak on Deep Space
Nine) delivers a magnificent performance as the ultra-creepy Scorpio. Dirty
Harry is fairly right-wing in its take on liberal judges and the need to put
the rights of victims ahead of the rights of criminals; heck, at one point,
Harry even tortures an injured Scorpio, and it’s tough to condemn his actions,
considering it might be the only means of finding a 14-year old girl who’s
about to suffocate. Whether you agree with the tough-on-crime/law-and-order
approach or not, Dirty Harry is worth watching at least once. 8.5/10 stars.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066999/
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