Clint Eastwood The Enforcer beating Michael Bay to his best film in 20 years. Despite being a star for decades, there are surprisingly few Clint Eastwood movie franchises in existence. Clint always preferred to tackle new characters and stories, so without Dollars trilogy or his In what way… a duology, he very much avoided repeating the same part. An important exception is Dirty Harry movies, where Eastwood played San Francisco detective “Dirty” Harry Callahan a total of five times.
The original 1971 thriller was both a huge success again controversial, and its story of a police officer who takes the law into his own hands to stop a brutal killer. The first episode, Magnum Force, it dealt with a vigilante theme where Harry faced off against a group of murderous cops, and the series became a staple of Clint during the 1970s and 1980s. After the last entry, there were rumors Dirty Harry 6 it didn't happen even though the audience was interested in the last ride. However, Dirty Harry is still the character that Clint is most associated with.
Dirty Harry Sequel The Enforcer Predicted Michael Bay's The Rock
The Enforcer took Harry to Alcatraz years before Michael Bay's best film
The third time Dirty Harry bad trip The Enforcer saw the detective and his new partner Kate Moore (Tyne Daly) chasing a militant group called the People's Revolutionary Strike Force. Much of what follows is spent with Harry learning to work alongside a female partner, with all the requisite shootouts and foot chases around San Francisco's iconic landmarks. The Enforcer's the finale takes Harry and Moore to Alcatraz Prison to take down the PRSF, who have besieged the island. and arrest the Mayor.
The siege of Alcatraz is a highlight of the film, too The Enforcer plays like a prototype version of Michael Bay's A rock. Michael Bay's 1996 epic saw a team of rogue marines take over Alcatraz with nerve gas rockets, and it was up to Sean Connery's ex-con and Nic Cage's dirty chemical weapons expert to save the day. Needless to say, A rock features more explosions, gunfights, and slo-mo shooting than ever Dirty Harry composite films. Still, the skeleton of Bay's film remains The Enforcer.
The Rock Does an Excellent Job with the Alcatraz Siege Premise
Michael Bay's second film takes the Enforcer concept to the (super)max
The Enforcer's the final episode is the highlight, and features one of the saga's more downbeat endings; The Mayor may have been saved, but it came at a high cost that undermined Harry's faith in the plan. Action movies were very different in the 1970s, so the ending is very focused and lacks the perspective that Bay would bring to the idea. The Alcatraz sequence has Harry and Kate running around different parts of the prison and occasionally shooting PRSF members before Callahan blows up their leader with a rocket launcher.
Michael Bay's place A rock it makes Alcatraz itself a character, and a place that helps and prevents its heroes.
A rock actually Die Hard in Alcatrazand Bay's second feature is milking all it can. It could be Michael Bay's best movie, with a film with excellent performances (with a special shout-out to Ed Harris' complex violence), action sequences and dialogue. The story also allows Connery's Mason and Cage's Goodspeed to fully explore the prison, from cells to sewers and even a mine cart ride.
The Enforcer's the use of a famous prison made for a spatial (and symbolic) place for the end to take place, but ultimately in the background. A rock it makes Alcatraz itself a character, and a place that helps and prevents its heroes. Clearly Clint was taken with the island and its history, as three years later he played Escape to Alcatraza thriller based on a real-life 1962 escape attempt.
The Enforcer Again Predicts Groundbreaking Police Show
Would Cagney and Lacey have existed without The Enforcer's Kate Moore?
The idea of pairing Harry with a female partner was a big part of the hook The Enforceralthough his partner Tyne Daly passed on the role several times. Daly did not like the way his character Moore was written, but Eastwood convinced him to take the part by giving him creative ideas. Tyne Daly's Moore is the best part The Enforcerwho is a complete rookie but after a rough time, Moore and Callahan started to respect each other.
Even the critics don't like it The Enforcer – of which many – had to admit that Daly's performance was truly outstanding. It's also a rare example of a film with a strong female detective at this time, too Tyne Daly's role in The Enforcer it undoubtedly influenced his performance Cagney and Lacey a few years later. This landmark series was originally pitched as a buddy movie with two female leads but was later retooled as a CBS series.
Cagney and Lacey it was in danger of being canceled a few times during its early seasons, but there was no other series like it on the air at the time. It helped that Daly shared great chemistry with co-star Sharon Gless, and the show is now considered a TV classic. It is easy to trace Daly's evolution to it The Enforcer's Kate in her leading role Cagney and Laceyboth involving female detectives doing their jobs while having to overcome the unconscious or unconscious chauvinism of the men they work with.
The Enforcer Should Have Ended the Dirty Harry Franchise
Harry's dirty comeback made Clint Eastwood's day
The Enforcer it was meant to be finished Dirty Harry franchise as a trilogy of films. At this time in Hollywood, franchises were still rare, although they were growing in frequency. Liked by Planet of the Apes or Airport The series proved there was money to be made in sequels, but Eastwood seemed satisfied The Enforcer it would be the last time Harry used the .44 Magnum screen.
Always Dirty Harry It's a movie |
Year of Release |
Director |
box office |
---|---|---|---|
Dirty Harry |
1971 |
Don Siegel |
$36 million |
Magnum Force |
1973 |
Ted Post |
$44.6 million |
The Enforcer |
1976 |
James Fargo |
$46.2 million |
Sudden impact |
1983 |
Clint Eastwood |
$67.6 million |
The Dead Pool |
1988 |
Buddy Van Horn |
$37.9 million |
His return in 1983 Sudden impact it was reportedly the result of a Warner Bros. audience poll about the characters they wanted to see on the big screen. There was a big call for Eastwood to do another one Dirty Harry, so soon the star made a deal to act and direct Sudden impact. This is the fourth Dirty Harry is most famous for its dramatic line, in which Eastwood's detective points to the thief and says “Go ahead, make my day.”
Sudden impact became the highest grosser of the entire seriesdespite doubting that it is the faintest. Clint returned for the last time five years later The Dead Poolwhich seemed to be a very low price. Warnings wisely never chose to reboot the site (although Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson there were rumors of a remake in the early 2000s), as it would be nearly impossible to replace Clint. In contrast The Enforcer or much of anything else Dirty Harry movies, at least The Dead Pool he is good enough to let his latest partner survive.
Source: Box Office Mojo