Why was this film even made? Probably because Warner Brothers wanted another film with the character Dirty Harry and no Dirty Harry with out Clint Eastwood. Eastwood in turn didn't seem to care about the cop film genre anymore but wanted to make films that interested him. His follow up to The Dead Pool was Bird probably his reward for making this film.
Also, it's probably safe to make the assumption that Republican Clint wanted to take a few pot shots at the liberal media, the liberal Hollywood establishment and liberal film critics since they seem to be the main targets on The Dead Pool list.
This is really lame film making of the highest order. The gun battles are lame, the acting is lame and the psycho nut killer is lame.
However, there are a few compensations. You get to see Jim Carrey murdered and there is a funny car chase with a police car and a little model car loaded with explosives racing around the streets of San Francisco. Eastwood also gets to use a big honking gun phallic symbol thing at the end of the film.
91 minutes.
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