Dirty Harry (1971)
Average Joe: San Francisco Police Department's Inspector Harry Callaghan (Clint Eastwood)
What turns him?: Frustration that impertinent serial sniper Scorpio (Andy Robinson) is getting away with murder due to the system’s bureaucratic failures.
Assuming, of course, he hasn’t already turned. Who’d know?
Loose cannon postal: Harry’s one of the ‘good guys,’ but he doesn’t play like one.
His M.O. is straight out of the villains’ handbook: breaking and entering, use of brute force and torture, a surely not department-standard Magnum .44 that would blow your head clean off.
And while we’re on the subject, what’s with all the monologuing? The guy acts like a supervillain. Just shoot 'em already.
Next: Harry Brown
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BigAndyT
Nov 26th 2009, 19:37
Paddy in dead mans shoes surely?
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metalgatesolid
Nov 26th 2009, 19:39
What about Frank Castle in the "not bad but not brilliant" Punishers?
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fezdaferret
Dec 1st 2009, 4:04
what about Liam Neesons Character Bryan Mills from Taken, surely one of the best films of last year
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