The fourth "Dirty Harry" installment, and probably the worst one. Actually, this must be one of Clint Eastwood's worst films in general. In some of his other outings, like "Tightrope", Eastwood seems to try out new things and to avoid presenting his characters as stereotypes. In this one, you get the feeling that he made the whole film just for the money.
Aside from being overlong, predictable and repellently violent, this film is also profoundly offensive. We are asked to identify with Locke's character, who is cold-bloodedly killing her rapists one-by-one, to approve of Callahan's methods and to laugh at the "dumbos" who disapprove of those methods. Eastwood really goes over the line in this one, and the ending is particularly offensive.
Aside from being overlong, predictable and repellently violent, this film is also profoundly offensive. We are asked to identify with Locke's character, who is cold-bloodedly killing her rapists one-by-one, to approve of Callahan's methods and to laugh at the "dumbos" who disapprove of those methods. Eastwood really goes over the line in this one, and the ending is particularly offensive.
