Magnum Force

I think I saw this before Dirty Harry and thought it was great. Consequently I now see that it's nowhere near as good as Dirty Harry. Also, seeing David Soul (I saw some Starsky & Hutch before it too) as bad'n was mortifying at the time. On a side note; the commentary on the Blu-ray is the worst I've ever heard. There's no insight, very little background and what's worse is that it's by John Milius (one of the screenwriters and he comes across a bit of a prick).

Watching this puts me in mind of the time I found the old cop show _Baretta_ on some streaming site, and boy did I dive into it with gusto...only to laugh at how awful it really was. In many ways, I enjoy watching these old 70's movies (I'm an old man) because they hark back to the days when movies were more about unplugging your brain and just letting the good guys duke it out with the bad guys. This was just such a classic, and Clint Eastwood was in fine form as "Dirty" Harry Callahan. While much of it was laughable (by today's standards), I still enjoyed watching it. A younger version of Robert Urich, along with David Soul (probably right about the time _Starsky & Hutch_ was in its prime?). Urich played a very minor role here, but David Soul pulled off his part beautifully. Yes, there was plenty to roll my eyes about, but it was still a good movie.