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Part Five of the Dirty Harry series, now Harry Callahan must investigate the ongoings of the new game called 'The Dead Pool'. Kinda funny role by Liam Neeson as a horrible slasher movie director who rips off everything he has ever liked on film, he plays Guns and Roses while a heroin addicted Jim Carrey lip syncs to the song while stomping around next to a bed with a lady sitting there doing a rendition of the exorcist! As always, Harry gets a new partner who is a little shaky at first about working with 'Dirty' Harry. A lot of the scenes in this movie are 'Dirty Harry' inspired, talking to authority like their just somebody out on the street, the usual Dirty Harry one liners before the 44 magnum goes off, definitely good times but I think the series has seen its end. They've (the filmmakers) pretty much exhausted all the material you could rehash for another Dirty Harry film in this one and it barely ekes out in my opinion. Still very good and as always Mr. Clint Eastwood always puts on a great show. The best part has to be when Jannero's men come to keep a protective eye on Callahan (be Callahans' bodyguards) and Harry comes out of nowhere and just beats the crap out of both of them, really funny stuff. 7/10 stars, could've been eight out of ten stars if the reporter wasn't in the movie, she was very annoying.

Jim Carrey and Liam Neeson are interesting enough to see in these fairly minor parts. But the highlight of the film, for me, was the chase scene involving a toy RC car as the pursuing "bad" car. Every cliche of a Hollywood car chase scene is fulfilled to a T, right down to nobody being seriously injured despite massive destruction of property. This alone is worth the price of admission/rental.

In one of the best sequels in the Dirty Harry films, Clint Eastwood returns in the Dead Pool. It is never a dull film, and the action starts right from the beginning. The movie begins when a drug-addicted rock star dies (played zanily by Jim Carrey). When Callahan investigates he discovers a sinister, twisted game called the Dead Pool, and his name is on the list of those expected to die. This is a great movie, and a fun one to watch. And of course, Harry has some memorable quotes; like his one on opinions. Also check out Liam Neeson in this movie as a director.

Dirty Harry still has it. This film has all the mayhem, the violence, the wisecracks, the whole formula. Patricia Clarkson's delicate beauty is a good counterpoint to Eastwood's ruggedness. It was interesting to see actors like Neeson and Carrey paying their dues. When I first saw this film, I didn't realize that the "car chase" scene, running from the toy Corvette, was a spoof of Bullitt, but on viewing this time, I found the homage hilarious. No, this film isn't the equal of "Dirty Harry" but it's not bad at all for a fourth sequel.

The last and final entry in the Dirty Harry series. Here Dirty Harry Callahan (Eastwood) has gotten himself attached to a list called the dead pool. What that is is a game where a list is created of famous people, by the end of the year whoever has the most people dead on it wins the game. Harry doesn't like that his name has been attached to this morbid little game, but people are showing up dead and he must put his good cop skills to work.

This film does hit enough good marks to be enjoyable, but I thought once the villain is shown he may be the most forgettable Dirty Harry villain of all time. But, does star Jim Carrey as a drugged-out rock star named Johnny Squares. Is hilarious watching him lip-sync to the Guns N Roses classic 'Welcome to the Jungle'. Liam Neeson also stars as the director Peter Swan, who is directing the movie he is starring in. Patricia Clarkson also stars as Samantha Walker who sort of becomes Harry's love interest, which sort of works. Look fast though for the band Guns N Roses at a funeral of one of the victims.

Lalo Schifrin returns to score the music, but here it sort of seems like a reworking of the score from SUDDEN IMPACT and loaded with synthesizers.

Sadly, this was the last Dirty Harry movie. I feel they could have made one more with Harry either retired or one last case before he retired. I guess Eastwood wasn't given the right script or idea to make that happen. Anyways, this final entry is still worth a look.