Slept On; Dirty Harry: The Dead Pool

Last night I had the place to myself, so what did I do? I drank a bottle of wine, filed my taxes and then watched my first Dirty Harry movie. For those of you unfamiliar with Dirty Harry, it follows a tough San Fransisco Detective Harry Callahan. In The Dead Pool is starts by establishing he's locked up one of San Fransisco's biggest leaders in organized crime. It slowly evolves into a bizarre revenge game being done by a Hollywood Director, Peter Stone (Liam Neeson), stalker.

At its core, The Dead Pool is a perfect mix between 80's camp and Clint Eastwood action. Every moment of the movie is almost the glossed over Hollywood look to it, but at the same time Mr. Eastwood delivers his lines as the professional he is. His partner, who delivers the classic one-liners, gets almost a mocking return from Harry which adds a great sense of levity to the whole affair.

I was pleasantly surprised at this movie, it was more than what I had expected. There is also this great scene with Jim Carrey.