The Enforcer

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Summary: "Dirty Harry" cleans up San Francisco
Review: This second sequel (out of four) to "Dirty Harry" is a good companion piece to the original, with Harry adjusting to a female partner (a competent Tyne Daly) while dealing with terrorist thugs threatening to bomb San Francisco. Harry is more hard edged than in "Magnum Force" and there are some wonderful scenes here, like when he foils a liquor store robbery by driving his car through the store window (after the punks demanded a getaway car) or when he questions a suspect while smashing a toilet plunger in his face. Tough cop Frank "Fatso" DiGeorgio (John Mitchum) has his last stand here. Lalo Schifrin's score is sorely missed, although he returned for the next two sequels. The terrorist group here is pretty forgettable, as they don't make much of an impression as screen villians. Exciting climax shot on Alcatraz. Enjoyable action fare, especially for fans who found Harry too mellow in "Magnum Force".

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Summary: BIG IMPROVEMENT OVER ''MAGNUM FORCE''
Review: THIS TIME, HARRY [CLINT EASTWOOD] AND HIS NEW FEMALE PARTNER [TYNE DALY] SET OUT TO BRING DOWN A GROUP OF TERRORISTS. THE PLOT ISN'T REALLY ANYTHING SPECIAL, BUT THE ACTION IS GREAT, THE ACTING IS GOOD, AND IT'S JUST FUN TO WATCH. IF YOU LIKE CLINT EASTWOOD AND/OR YOU LIKED EITHER OF THE FIRST TWO DIRTY HARRY FILMS, YOU'RE BOUND TO ENJOY THIS SEQUEL. IT'S WORTH BUYING IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY BOUGHT IT. FOLLOWED BY SUDDEN IMPACT.

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Summary: It has a certain sense of style.
Review: While not as entertaining as the original Dirty Harry, (what could be?) The Enforcer for me was the reason you went to see Rated R Movies in the first place, violence, dirty language, a touch of skin and oh yeah, violence, whether Harry is driving a car through a store window or chasing a perp across the rooftops of San Francisco, the Enforcer doesn't disappoint. Tyne Daly puts in a solid performance as Harry's uncertain yet unwavering partner who gains not only her own confidence as the story devellops, but his as well. The enforcer also anticipates political correctness almost twenty years before that plague decended on us all.