This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

This can be looked as a version of ''Dirty Harry'', with John Wayne instead of Clint Eastwood, and directed by John Sturges instead of Don Siegel.Here renegade Cop Lon McQ (Wayne) tries to avenge the death of a friend trying also to investigate and uncover the corruption of the Seattle police department, even against his chief (Albert), that even suspends McQ from service.The only negative comment about the cast is that John Wayne, that was 67 at the time, was too old to play a cop in the ''Dirty Harry'' style, but the other cast members are all famous faces of those years' TV and movies, like Eddie Albert as Kosterman, McQ's superior that hates his un-ortodox methods and in the end believes him, Julie Adams in a small supporting role as Elaine, the wife of McQ's dead friend, Colleen Dewursth as McQ's former wife, Diana Muldaur as Lois, the girl who helps McQ in his investigations, and Al Lettieri as Santiago, the Mexican drug smuggler.By the way, it's an interesting crime movie of the 1970s and it's suitable for everyone, I give this 8 out of 10. A must-see also for John Wayne fans that wants to see him in a different role!

I have watched this film three times and have always found it entertaining. John Wayne was perhaps slightly too old for the part, however, I thought he did a pretty good job as the Dirty Harry type cop who wants to know why is partner was killed. There are shootings and car chases along with warnings by his immediate boss (played by Eddie Albert)to curb his unconventional ways of policing. Of course, The Duke takes no notice and carries on his investigations in his own style. As many reviewers have stated, a stand out scene features Colleen Dewhurst as a somewhat burnt out ex-girlfriend of his partner. For me, it was an enjoyable and entertaining film.

Not a great movie but a good one. The Duke is too old for his part, he was much better served by the following year's Brannigan, but he gruffs his way through. The story is standard and not too difficult to figure out but if you are a fan of crime movies this is an acceptable time filler. Where it fails is in the wasting of three talented actresses Diana Muldaur, underused, Colleen Dewhurst, although she comes across the most strongly it is more the power of her personality and presence than anything she's given to work with in a throwaway part, and Julie Adams, she and Wayne have a good rapport in their one scene and you have a feeling there is more to their story but then she is gone from the film.

When John Wayne's law enforcement partner is brutally murdered, he comes out of semi-retirement to find the people responsible. Along the way, he finds more than he bargained for, including corruption in his police department and a possible personal connection that is never confirmed. Having spent the first half of the 1970's in westerns, Wayne took on a modern setting for this and one other film ("Brannigan") in the last years of his career. The role he plays is typical of what the slightly younger Robert Mitchum or Burt Lancaster were playing at the time, and an obvious attempt to duplicate the success of the much younger Clint Eastwood's "Dirty Harry".Wayne is likable as always, and shows a sentimental family side when he goes to visit his beautiful ex-wife (the stunning Julie Adams), her extremely rich husband (Richard Eastham), and his teenage daughter (Kim Sanford) for a loan. Diana Muldaur is featured as the widow of the murdered partner who may not have been as devoted to her husband as it initially appeared. In a Thelma Ritter "Pickup on South Street" type role, the always amazing Colleen Dewhurst is excellent as the sad older woman Wayne utilizes to force out the culprits. Dewhurst's character is one of those heartbreaking creatures whose tough exterior is hiding many wounds. Her few scenes make you long for more of her. Eddie Albert is also featured in an important role, dependable as always.The chase sequence at the end was obviously influenced by "Bullett" and "The French Connection" and builds into an explosive action sequence at the conclusion where Wayne singlehandedly takes on the bad guys while Muldaur hides nearby trying to avoid being shot. The film barely succeeds with its moments more memorable than the films ultimate lack of structure.