KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
Bergorks If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.
Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
J Besser I loved it when I saw it in the theater when I was thirteen. It had action and a little bit of nudity. Everything anyone would want in a movie. However, now I think it stinks. Clint has made very few clunkers. His batting average is probably as good as the Duke himself, John Wayne. That said, "The Enforcer" is one a dud. It has a silly story and weak bad guys. It's like an R rated movies for kids.
Uriah43 In this 3rd "Dirty Harry" film, San Francisco Inspector "Harry Callahan" (Clint Eastwood) is tasked with an assignment involving the theft of military arms by persons unknown. As bad as that might be, the theft also resulted in the death of Callahan's partner "Frank Digeorgio" (John Mitchum) as well. Not only that, but it's also during this time that Harry is informed that he must accept a brand new partner who happens to be an inexperienced female named "Kate Moore" (Tyne Daly). Needless to say, this doesn't please Inspector Callahan at all but these types of politics are nothing new to him. In any case, as the investigation unwinds it soon becomes clear that the group that stole the weapons is supposedly a small terrorist organization with plans to start a revolution using the weapons they have just obtained. In reality, however, the leader "Bobby Maxwell" (DeVeren Bookwalter) is actually in it for the money and is using some of the more ideological of the group for his own selfish ends. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was a decent addition to the "Dirty Harry" series with Clint Eastwood performing in his usual high-level capacity. On the flip side, however, I didn't much care for the selection of Tyne Daly for the role of his partner as there didn't seem to be much chemistry between the two. Be that as it may, I liked this film for the most part and I have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.
The Grand Master Clint Eastwood makes a welcome return as unorthodox SFPD Inspector Harry Callahan in The Enforcer, the third entry of the Dirty Harry series. Though a box office success in 1976, many people dismissed it as a worn out carbon copy of previous movies Dirty Harry (1971) and Magnum Force (1973). I beg to differ. I enjoyed The Enforcer, and at a compact running time of 96 minutes it is one that I still enjoy to watch from time to time.SFPD Inspector Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) finds himself being disciplined by Captain McKay (Bradford Dillman) after foiling a liquor store robbery by driving an unmarked police car that the robbers demanded through the store, shooting all of the robbers with his trusted .44 Magnum revolver and in the process injuring a number of hostages and causing $14,379 worth of damage to the store. Lieutenant Bressler is helpless to see Callahan transferred to personnel. At the same time, a terrorist group named the People's Revolutionary Strike Force (PRSF) led by the Bobby Maxwell (DeVeren Bookwalter) is preparing to wage war on San Francisco after they manage to steal a large number of military weapons from a warehouse and kill Callahan's partner Frank DiGiorgio (John Mitchum). Callahan is reinstated to Homicide and his partner happens to be rookie female Inspector Kate Moore (Tyne Daly) who in a coincidence Callahan interviewed during his brief time in Personnel and openly pointed out her lack of field experience. Although Callahan is none too thrilled to have Moore as his partner, Moore later proves herself to be a capable police officer and in turn Callahan ires her for her loyalty and respects her when she stands by him after he is suspended after butting heads with Captain McKay one too many times. Callahan and Moore work together to take down the terrorist group after they take the Mayor (John Crawford) hostage and hold him for ransom at Alcatraz Prison.I was delighted to see Clint Eastwood return as his iconic character "Dirty" Harry Callahan. He appears to have changed in some ways, particularly with his opinion of women in policing, but he has not yielded in his unorthodox ways of dealing with criminals much to the chagrin of his superiors. Tyne Daly stands tall and holds her own as Inspector Kate Moore, willing to prove herself in the unforgiving world of policing. Tyne Daly would later go on to star in popular crime TV series Cagney & Lacey. DeVeren Bookwalter made an effective villain as the charismatic blue eyed terrorist leader Bobby Maxwell. Also returning in the Dirty Harry series are Harry Guardino, John Mitchum and Albert Popwell (who pops up in a different role from the previous 2 movies).Third time was certainly the lucky charm and I had a good time watching Clint Eastwood return as Harry Callahan. The Enforcer was a welcome addition to the Dirty Harry series.9/10.
seymourblack-1 The shootouts, chases and explosions in this, the third "Dirty Harry film", are enough to satisfy any action movie fan but what makes "The Enforcer" different to its predecessors is its humour. A number of sharp one-liners and the outrageous methods employed by Detective Inspector Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) provide a lot of laughs but additionally, his interactions with his new female partner and his incompetent superiors create a whole series of other situations which are also great fun to watch.Harry, of course, is a walking anachronism and a male chauvinist and these qualities often get him into trouble. He does, however, have a recognised talent for dealing with some very challenging cases in a particularly forceful way and it's this ability that frequently enables him to extricate himself from the difficulties that his behaviour leads him into.When Callahan and his partner Detective Inspector Frank DiGiorgio (John Mitchum) arrive at a liquor store robbery where the gunmen have taken hostages and demanded a car, Callahan simply gets into his police vehicle and drives it at great speed through the store-front windows before shooting and killing all the robbers. His quick, simple and effective way of dealing with this dangerous situation isn't appreciated by his superiors who promptly transfer him from the homicide division to the personnel department.In his new role, Callahan takes part in a series of interviews with candidates who are being considered for promotion to inspector and openly shows his disgust at the imposition of quotas to ensure that a requisite number of women are appointed to these posts. In one interview with a candidate called Kate Moore (Tyne Daly), his questions reveal that she's spent all her career doing office work and has no experience in the field and has never even made an arrest. Callahan's scepticism about promoting people with no proof of their competence in the field leads to him being branded a Neanderthal and his concern about their safety on the streets is also summarily dismissed.After DiGiorgio is killed attempting to arrest a group of terrorists who are in the process of stealing rocket launchers, explosives and a variety of other weapons from a munitions warehouse, Callahan is reassigned to homicide with a new partner, Detective Inspector Kate Moore. The way in which this unlikely partnership tracks down the terrorists who try to hold the city of San Francisco to ransom, surprisingly leads to them becoming friends before their mission reaches its action-packed climax at Alcatraz Island.It's interesting that in "Magnum Force" Callahan's attitude to vigilantism changed because of what happened in that story and similarly, in "The Enforcer", his experience of working with a woman who showed her competence and bravery, leads to a certain softening of his attitude to the idea of women working in the homicide division. With his eyes narrowed and his teeth clenched, Clint Eastwood again does a good job of showing Callahan's disdain for various types of people but it's in his scenes with Tyne Daly that he shows greater subtlety as Callahan's new partner gradually starts to win his respect and friendship.
