Review – The Dead Pool

The Dirty Harry thing had played out by 1988; honestly, it had been revived only briefly by the Reagan mantra “make my day” line in Sudden Impact five years earlier. Here Clint Eastwood awkwardly marches through the usual clichés as if he knows full well how cynical it is to make a violent movie about the media’s fascination with violence. Guns n Roses fans will want to keep an eye out for band member cameos, though be warned: you’re going to have to sit through Jim Carrey mugging through a lip sync of “Welcome to the Jungle” first. Beyond the little touches, this is merely the tail end of a series that had a much more auspicious beginning. See if desperate