Dirty Harry is back! This time he's chasing down a bunch of domestic terrorists that shot his partner (John Mitchum) while they were robbing an armory. But his long-suffering lieutenant (Harry Guardino) tells him that he needs to get with the times. It's almost the 80's after all, and Harry's intolerance of damn near everyone can no longer be ignored. So he is assigned Inspector Kate Moore (Tyne Daly), a bright-eyed records manager just itching to prove herself. Of course he hates her, but Harry needs all the help he can get when the terrorists kidnap the mayor of San Francisco (John Crawford).
This definitely felt more fun than the second film. Young Tyne Daly is adorable, playing off Eastwood's crabby detective. The plot is thinner but it's enough to propel the action and that's really all I was looking for. Fun fact: I came across part of this on TV a while ago and looked it up because it wasn't familiar. That's how I found out Dirty Harry even had sequels. I might have gone the rest of my life without knowing had it not been for a moment of channel surfing.
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