Sudden Impact (1983) vs. The Dead Pool (1988) (film, scene, watching, Clint Eastwood)

[ironpony]

After watching all the Dirty Harry movies, I like the first three, and love the second one as my favorite.

But I feel that the last two were the worst, and hard to decide which was better or worse between those two, for different reasons. What do you think?

[Mark S.]

I don't think I've seen either of them since the late '80s, but I don't remember being particularly impressed by either of them. Wasn't THE DEAD POOL the one with a very young Liam Neeson in a very bad role?

The only DH movies I find worth rewatching are DIRTY HARRY and MAGNUM FORCE. THE ENFORCER is fun in a rather goofy way, but the whole thing had a made-for-TV air about it I never cared for.

The rest are meh.

[AFtrEFkt]

Sudden Impact is by far the better film. It feels like a "Dirty" Harry movie, whereas The Dead Pool feels like a "Detective Callahan" movie.

[AFtrEFkt]

Originally Posted by Mark S.

I don't think I've seen either of them since the late '80s, but I don't remember being particularly impressed by either of them. Wasn't THE DEAD POOL the one with a very young Liam Neeson in a very bad role?

The only DH movies I find worth rewatching are DIRTY HARRY and MAGNUM FORCE. THE ENFORCER is fun in a rather goofy way, but the whole thing had a made-for-TV air about it I never cared for.

The rest are meh.

What a bunch of nonsense!

[Mark S.]

Originally Posted by AFtrEFkt

What a bunch of nonsense!

I haven't seen it in 20+ years. Maybe a re-watch would change my opinion. But as a kid I thought THE ENFORCER felt more like a long episode of a TV cop show than a typical Dirty Harry flick.

[Exitus Acta Probat]

Originally Posted by ironpony

After watching all the Dirty Harry movies, I like the first three, and love the second one as my favorite.

But I feel that the last two were the worst, and hard to decide which was better or worse between those two, for different reasons. What do you think?

I very much like the first two.

I didn't care for the third one.

The fourth, Sudden Impact, was abysmal.

I didn't like The Dead Pool -- pretty bad, but not as bad as Sudden Impact.

[RockyCity]

I agree the first two were the best, with Magnum Force being my favorite. Enjoyed the exchanges between Harry Callahan and Briggs, especially the early scene "Well I just work for the city Briggs" Collected DVDs back in the day when it was more popular. Certainly have plenty of Clint Eastwood in my collection. Great movies.