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Andrew Robinson, Anthony Franciosa, Gail Strickland

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PG, 1 hr. 48 min.

Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg

Release Date: January 7, 1975

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DVD Release Date: November 14, 2006

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  • garyX
    August 6, 2009
    garyX
    Lew Harper returns to investigate a case of the blackmail of a wealthy southern woman and uncovers corruption and murder. As usual. The sequel to Harper is far less jokey in tone and is more of a straight noir style thriller. All the usual ingredients are here; smart mouthed dete...( read more)ctive, hard-nosed cops, promiscuous young girl, shadowy land baron and the inevitable mix of small time hoods and snitches. The plot is very similar to that of Chinatown (although lacking its subtlety) but it actually works rather better than its predecessor because of the lack of swinging sixties style gimmicks; it has dated rather better as a result. A decent detective story that lacks flash or even a hint of originality but is good, solid entertainment.
  • organgrinder136
    March 12, 2009
    organgrinder136
    the first installment was better
  • jjnxn
    June 11, 2009
    jjnxn
    mediocre and muddled but Newman is good as always.
  • letamagee
    October 20, 2008
    letamagee
    I chose to go see this with one guy over going to see Joan Jett and the BlackHearts with another guy... DUMB MOVE!!!!!
  • x0hn0th3r4nc0rx
    February 16, 2008
    x0hn0th3r4nc0rx
    Although an entertaining entertaining sequel, the original "Harper" was better.
  • thrusz
    January 23, 2008
    thrusz
    I started out with Harper and I'm ending with The Drowning Pool. How appropriate. (Okay, it's really not going to work this way because I have to wait for Flixster to put up Pocket Money, but they're pretty good at that.) Drowning Pool has Paul Newm...( read more)an revisit his titular character from Harper investigating something. I forget because the initial reason he's there isn't important.

    Like Harper, the detective story is actually pretty light and it really is more about the ride than solving this superficial puzzle. I can't really complain about this movie again because it really is just a light-hearted romp. Lew Harper isn't so much of a great detective (although the movie paints him to be a genius) as he is a guy who gets lucky when it comes to solving crime. There's the same old character, but some of the emotional stuff is really gone. Lew had to deal with losing his wife in Harper, but has a distant relationship to Joanne Woodward's character, which really fails to get into any depth. For a while, I was wondering if Joanne Woodward was playing Janet Leigh's character until we find out about her fifteen year old daughter.

    What I will say that The Drowning Pool offers over Harper is some very cool visuals. The title scene is a very interesting one where things don't work out exactly as they are supposed to. But that's really about it. I mean, the ending of Harper really is this personal, dynamite scene. Unfortunately, that moment is never really explained in Drowning Pool. I guess we don't need it explained because Harper is back in this one.

    As much as this is a sequel, it really isn't. Yes, Paul Newman is still playing the same character, but this character is coming down the track ten years later. He doesn't have any of the problems he had in the first one. The first movie doesn't even come into play. Very much like James Bond, you don't need to see them in order (outside of On Her Majesty's Secret Service). Yeah, it's a good time, but not a memorable one again. Newman still brings his charm to the screen and, at times, that's all you can really ask for out of this film.
  • tjo7
    October 9, 2007
    tjo7
    Outstanding detective picture that they won't make any more. A sequel to 1960's Harper. I'm still waiting for it to be released on DVD. I worked at a first screen house when it was released, and it didn't get the attention it greatly deserved.
  • myfavchords
    August 30, 2007
    myfavchords
    This is a good film. This one is almost as good as the first film in the series. Newman seems to play this character with ease.

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