Review of The Dead Pool (1988) by Roger Ebert for Chicago Sun-Times — 24 Aug 1994
The film is smart, quick, and made with real wit. It's never just a crude action movie, bludgeoning us with violence. It's self-aware, it knows who Dirty Harry is and how we react to him, and it has fun with its intelligence.
Also, of course, it bludgeons us with violence.
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This review of The Dead Pool (1988) was written by Roger Ebert and published by Chicago Sun-Times on 24 Aug 1994.
The Dead Pool has generally received mixed reviews.
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