Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Excellent adaptation.

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Dirty Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) must stop a sick secret contest to murder local celebrities, which includes himself as a target.This is possibly Jim Carrey's best role. I mean, maybe I'm being just a tad facetious, but it is a surprise this is not one he is really remembered for, given how much he really kicks off the film.Roger Ebert gave the film a thumbs up and said "As good as the original. Smart, quick and made with real wit." Gene Siskel also gave it a thumbs up and said "Perhaps the best Dirty Harry film since the original." Many others consider it to be the worst of the Dirty Harry movies. Those others are wrong. This is a top-notch action film, with hints of a slasher movie mixed in!

The formula for the "Dirty Harry" movies had been well established by the time "The Dead Pool" was released and true to form, for this, his final appearance, the famous maverick cop gets involved in shootouts, car chases and all sorts of trouble with his bosses. His contempt for authority, bureaucracy and the media remain undiminished and his modus operandi, which entails shooting all criminals dead continues to save the tax-payers shed-loads of money and avoids any problems with judges who might decide to set the bad guys free on some technicality. Fortunately, despite all the dangers of his job, he also continues to provide plenty of laughs with his regular supply of wisecracks which often carry a sting in the tail.The publicity he gets after providing testimony in court that puts a San Francisco mafia boss behind bars, makes Detective Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) a local celebrity but also a target for the Mafioso's henchmen who attempt to eliminate him when they ambush him in his car. After surviving this attempt on his life, Callahan and his new partner Detective Inspector Al Quan (Evan C Kim) are assigned to investigate the death of rock star Johnny Squares (Jim Carrey) who'd been making a music video under the supervision of horror movie director Peter Swan (Liam Neeson). A little while later, Callahan and Quan see a robbery taking place in a Chinese restaurant and Callahan kills a number of the robbers before Quan uses his impressive martial arts skills to subdue and arrest another one.Callahan and Quan discover that a customer killed in the restaurant robbery was Peter Swan's production accountant who was carrying a list of names in his pocket. Further investigations reveal that the producer was a participant in a gambling game (called "the dead pool") in which those involved, placed bets on which local celebrities would die by a predetermined date. A well-known movie critic and a talk show host are also murdered as the serial killings continue and, as all the victims are on Peter Swan's dead pool list, he becomes the prime suspect. Callahan isn't convinced however and continues to pursue the killer with all the determination that anyone whose name also appears on Swan's list naturally would.Callahan's unlikely love interest in this movie is a TV reporter who he's forced to co-operate with and whose single-minded determination to get a sensational story overrules any considerations about decency or good taste. Examples of this are when she aggressively pursues Squares' girlfriend who's absolutely distraught after learning of her fiancé's death and when she starts to commentate live in a filmed report of a disturbed man's attempted suicide. Patricia Clarkson is very good as this highly-motivated woman and there are also great contributions from Liam Neeson as the detestable movie director and Jim Carrey as the drug-addicted rock star who lip-synchs colourfully to the "Guns 'n' Roses" track "Welcome To The Jungle". Evan C Kim is also surprisingly good as Callahan's likable partner.There are some highly amusing sequences in this movie such as the "Bullitt" inspired car chase in which Callahan is pursued by a radio-controlled toy car that's loaded with explosives and a terrifically over-the-top confrontation with the villain of the piece, when he arrives armed with a huge harpoon!! Clint Eastwood is predictably good as he follows Callahan's simplistic code, shows contempt for numerous people, blows away the bad guys and miraculously avoids any form of injury.During their 17-year-run, the "Dirty Harry" films provided a great deal of entertainment and thrills for audiences as well as a certain amount of interest as Callahan's character developed in subtle ways in each of the five movies. "The Dead Pool" has an interesting plot and provided a worthy final addition to the series.

This is the fourth and last sequel to Dirty Harry, where Inspector Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) finds himself on a list of a betting game thought up by filmmaker Peter Swan (Liam Neeson). The game's object is to see which local celebrity would be the first to die.Eastwood continues his justice-seeking and sarcastically witty portrayal of Callahan and delivered some great gun-totting action, never-say-die attitude and humorous one-liners that kept me laughing and engaged at the same time. The random crimes foiled by Callahan continue to pop up within the main plot and kept the movie interesting and fast-paced. Jack N. Green gave us a nice cinematographic view of San Francisco and Buddy Van Horn directed a movie with a solid cast. I especially liked the chemistry between Eastwood and Patricia Clarkson and liked seeing the appearances of Liam Neesom and Jim Carrey in one of their earlier film roles.In addition, Callahan pairs up with new partner Al Quan (Evan C. Kim), which I thought is one of the better pairings as Quan had good rapport with Callahan and seemed to be more engaged on his mission and ***spoiler ahead*** ultimately having a better fate toward the end of the movie than previous counterparts. ***spoiler ends*** I also liked Quan's martial arts sequence during the restaurant scene.While the plot has lesser surprises, it is still a fun movie with some occasional unique scenes (the toy race car scene) popping up throughout the story. A fitting end to the Dirty Harry trilogy.Grade B+

17 years and four degenerating sequels later, I presume it's about time for Dirty Harry to think about retirement… Throughout the franchise, the legendary character Inspector Harry Callahan has transformed from an unorthodox and nihilistic copper into a bleak and almost laughable caricature, and since the release of the the almighty 1971 original, the big cinema screen got overflowed with similar protagonists, usually depicted by equally grumpy-looking actors (Charles Bronson, Chuck Norris…). By now, Harry's cynical interactions with journalists have become rather dull and routine, and what's also repetitive is the fact that villains fire off entire arsenals of machine gun bullets at him while he just nonchalantly shoots once with his Magnum and kills the opponent immediately. The concept of "The Dead Pool" is still engaging enough, but the film contains far too many dumb sequences, clichéd & predictable sub plots and dire politically correct supportive characters! The glorious days of "punk!" and "Go ahead, make my day…" are gone forever. Around the same time that a jailed mafia boss put a price on his head, Dirty Harry is investigating the strange death of a punk-rock star/actor. He – Johnny Squares – was just shooting a film with the notoriously sleazy and sicko horror director Peter Swan, and Harry – together with his new Asian American partner Quan – discovers that Swan organizes a macabre little game called "dead pool" where he predicts the death of celebrities. The people on this list also actually start dying, and Dirty Harry is on there too! Is Peter Swan really as psychopathic as his reputation suggests? Are the murders controlled from behind bars? Does Lt. Callahan even care? The idea of a celebrity dead pool is quite exciting and some of the supportive characters are fascinating. Jim Carrey briefly appears as the first murder victim Johnny Squares and uses his facial talents to do a funny playback imitation of Guns 'n Roses' classic song "Welcome to the Jungle". The sequence perhaps doesn't fit in a supposedly raw and gritty late '80s thriller, but it's definitely fun. Also Liam Neeson is delightfully loathsome as the scumbag director – complete with ponytail – and, as a horror fanatic, I would really love to watch some of the fictional films that he made. They have titles such as "Hell without the Devil", "Hotel Satan" and "Night of the Slasher"! Where can I buy those? The questionable highlight of "The Dead Pool" is undeniably the long and totally bonkers chase of Callahan & Quan versus a six inch remote controlled toy car with a bomb hidden in it. I honestly can't figure out whether this sequence is meant to be a parody or a genuine moment of suspense. The two actors try very hard to look scared and the stunt work is impressive for sure, but the scene is so damn goofy and implausible that even the good old principle of 'suspension of disbelief' fails! By starring in this otherwise pointless and nonsensical film, I strongly believe that Clint Eastwood was merely just doing a favor to his "Buddy"-director