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The Dead Pool (1988)

Rate: 3
Viewed: 8/03, 6/05

6/05: Signaling the end of the franchise, The Deal Pool is the same old, same old.

It lacks the charm and dry comedy that have been the defining brand of the famed character. Moreover, the Dirty Harry feel is noticeably absent. As alarming as his face appears, Clint Eastwood looks practically dead!

Liam Neeson has a nice role while Jim Carrey makes a hopped-up cameo. At least, Harry Callahan goes out in the sunset with a vintage line: "Maybe I'll start my own dead pool, and put you on it."

All in all, the Dirty Harry franchise had a nice run, but it's over.

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