The problematic premise of "Dirty Harry" is that, if crime is an integral part of the system, just like original sin, exactly how do you protect the innocent from its evil consequences. Obviously, extreme powers can't be delegated that are equivalent to lawless and undemocratic vigilante "justice." Harry is a morally perfect individual whose character is implicitly approved, not by the power structure, but by popular consent, because he is ideally ethical in a decadent environment. Charles Bronson has a similar role of dramatizing this social problem of treating evil, in British director Michael Winner's "Death Wish." Depriving people of control over their lives by violence and terror is a major question in the Dirty Harry series.

8/10
bonsaul@ - 53 reviews
14.9.2002 - age: 50+

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