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"The Enforcer" is the third of the first three Dirty Harry movies (the others being "Dirty Harry" and "Magnum Force") and it is the worst by far. Not only is it the worst of the three, it is an objectively bad movie. I can't think of any reason to recommend it. It is a caricature of itself, if that is possible. Lame acting of lame characters, lame jokes, lame plot. Mediocre in every way except for moments of good action cinematography. This would not even rate as good television. Give me an episode of Kojak over this any day. There is excessive and blatant reference to popular political issues of the day (mid-70's) with no point to be made. It is trapped in the time it was made. Clint Eastwood sleep-walks through this one. This movie appears to be simply an attempt to capitalize on the success of the previous two Dirty Harry movies. That would be alright if it was good, but... There are these violent social revolutionaries with no purpose causing mayhem for no apparent reason except for the occasional bumper sicker slogan about "the people" and to get some money. What people? I don't know. They rob an armory. They blow up a toilet. They kidnap the mayor for a ransom. They should have asked a ransom for the toilet. They made obscure references to sabotage of a nuclear power plant, but what good is a threat if no one knows what you are talking about. Their secret lair is Alcatraz. Way to keep a low profile. Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan of the San Francisco Police Department's Homocide Division has a woman partner with no law enforcement experience whatsoever, but that's a good thing because it advances the cause of women by proving that they are incompetent and can only achieve by special allowances being made based on their gender, female. She was able to shoot a few people with a gun, but only because Harry yanked her out of the way of the exhaust of a bazooka during a demonstration a second before it would have incinerated her. Harry and his partneress, who never takes his good advise to stay behind while he tries to do police investigative work, visit a black peoples gang crib which allows for lots of dissing of white people proving that the problem of racism is actually that black people are racist and no white woman is safe in a room with black men in it. Huh? It's a good thing that Harry's partner, Kate (Tyne Daley), doesn't listen to him when he tells her to stay behind because she saves his life by shooting a heavily armed nun gunning for the dirty one as he is threatening a crazed priest in a confessional by holding The Gun to his head. Don't ask. Never refuse to give Harry communion at the altar rail because he will prove that he is worthy by blowing your head clean off. A movie that has an inflatable sex doll with a live instructor to show the 32 ways it can be used can't be all bad. Harry pops the doll with a lit cigarette, proving that even latex balloons get off on a little S&M now and then. Sorry about the spoilers. Don't bother with this movie, but do check out the classic "Dirty Harry" and the even better "Magnum Force".Read full review
This was the best of the Dirty Harry Movies - the third installment. We already know what the character is capable of, we know what to expect with the villians, but Tyne Daly gives a great performance as Clint Eastwood's partner (the only time he's paired with a female detective), and some of the situations and Harry's comments can actually be viewed as "funny." The first 20 minutes of this movie may be the most entertaining in the entire series. If you can only watch one Dirty Harry movie, this is the one to see.
Good all around action and drama movie.
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Clint Eastwood is one of many actors I like.
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good product
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