The Dead Pool (1988)
- Directed by
- Buddy Van Horn
- Genre
- action film, crime film, thriller film, detective film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 956 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A hardened San Francisco detective investigates a series of murders linked to a dead pool gambling game where people bet on celebrity deaths. The killer targets the celebrities to win the bets. The detective has to stop them before he becomes the next target.
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What happens
The Dead Pool is a 1988 American action-thriller film directed by Buddy Van Horn, written by Steve Sharon, and starring Clint Eastwood as Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan. It is the fifth and final film in the Dirty Harry film series and is set in San Francisco, California. The story concerns the manipulation of a dead pool game by a serial killer, whose efforts are confronted by the hardened detective Callahan. It co-stars Liam Neeson (in his first action film) and Patricia Clarkson, with Jim Carrey (credited as James Carrey) in his first dramatic role. The film also features an appearance by future Mario voice actor Charles Martinet. For the second time, Michael Currie reprises his role as Donnelly, introduced in Sudden Impact (1983) as a Police Lieutenant, and now with the rank of Captain. It is the only film in the series not to feature Albert Popwell, an actor who had played a different character in each of the previous four films, as well as the only one to be recorded in Dolby Stereo. At 91 minutes, it is the shortest of the five Dirty Harry films. Like those films, The Dead Pool is notable for coining catchphrases uttered by Clint Eastwood's gun-wielding character. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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