Dirty Harry (1971)

Dirty Harry is one of those films that I have heard good things about and I was interested because it had Clint Eastwood in it. It's the first of I think four films and hopefully the rest will be better because this film whilst had its moments wasnt quite the classic that I thought it would be. I honestly dont know why this was but there were things such as Eastwood and some cool 1970's music but the rest didnt really work and at the end of the film I felt slightly disappointed with it because it didnt have the killer punch at the end that I thought it should have had. The film is regarded as setting the template for future police films which is clear but it still remains that it doesn’t quite work despite having someone who is apparently going on a one man killing spree. Some scenes were quite good but ultimately it didnt gel very well.

There is something that is quite fun about watching someone who doesnt act like a normal cop but it has to be due to the person playing the role and Clint Eastwood is one of those people who can get away with it because he has such as strong body of work where he is someone who you dont mess with. Eastwood is clearly the main selling point of this movie but there are certain films where you can get a superb performance in a poor film and I think that Dirty Harry is certainly one of those films.

Rating – 7/10