I find it interesting that nobody has mentioned that the rc car chase was a parody of the chase in Bullitt with Steve McQueen. Sorry I didn't see all the posts that mentioned the parody bit.

While unrealistic, I thought it was very entertaining.

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I have to agree- I think it was the worst scene in ANY Dirty Harry movie.
I can usually suspend my disbelief long enough to enjoy the plot in a movie- but this time- NO.

1. I don't really believe a toy car can handle the way this one did at these speeds and with this hilly area. And no one in that sidewalk portion kicked, knocked it over? I mean, this car gets flipped & it's all over.
2. There's no way that a guy driving a car at that speed could also RC a car at that speed and through all of those obstacles.
3. I love Lalo Schiffrin, but his crap music during both RC car scenes made it worse!

The toy car chase was just pathetic jobbies. The movie was a turd. I just saw the complete film for the first time and I was SO disappointed. All that hammy horror movie stuff, like an episode from The Monkees or something equally cheap and gimicky. Pure rubbish.
Be seeing you

It was so laughable. I couldn't believe it was something they would throw into a Dirty Harry movie. It's like something out of a spoof movie. Although this whole movie is somewhat of a joke, especially compared to the first couple DH movies
"Did you mean for all those words to come out like that or did they just fall out randomly?"-H.H.

It was original, if nothing else.
If they move, kill 'em!

It seemed to me that they would have had time at some point to jump out of the car and run away.

completely goofy. As if they wanted to lighten the flickhowever, this is a Dirty Harry movie. The name of the topic is vengeance and justice for crimes too insane to contemplate. Being comedic is both unnerving and off the regular track of the rest of the series.
Besides how much explosives can a model car carry, anyway? Why didn't bad guy just attach a bomb to the underside of Harry's car and hit a button while he peeled out?

The more I think about it the less I think the OP (and some others of us) actually got it
Clint was playing games with us in this one, finishing off the franchise with something that took the rise out of Dirty Harry just a little and played out the themes or action sequences from the other movies in the franchise.
The RC car chase is just one example:
We have a total psycho serial killer a la Dirty Harry (and questionably in Sudden Impact) as the main bad guy.
We have a car chase with a bomb involved a la Magnum Force.
Harry survives against people with machine pistols and takes them all out pretty much without a scratch - The Enforcer
Harry gets a bigger gun (harpoon gun) - Sudden Impact (auto-mag) and Enforcer (LAWS rocket).
Just a thought

He should have just back up over it and crushed the damn thing. That would have been more of a true Dirty Harry moment.

I thought it was hysterically absurd. My favorite scene of the movie by far.
"They're coming to get you Barbara"

Pretty stupid But definitely a different, funny and exciting SF car chase.

IMO it was a clever idea that probably would have worked better in a comedy instead of a cop thriller like 'The Dead Pool'.

Throughout the chase, and then especially when they all stop in the alley, I kept wondering why they didn't just step out of the car and walk away.

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I thought that was some funny ass sht..I only wish the batteries my rc cars had when I was a kid would last that long.

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Interestingly, there's an identical gimmick involving remote-controlled cars filled with explosives in the Batman: The Animated Series episode "The Grey Ghost".

are you serious- i thought that was just Awesome, As i built an exact replica of that black stingray vette team associated rc10- except i did not blow it up just put up in a display case - heck even my wife thinks its hot!! i mean come on - while i will grant the story line may not have been excellent it was not bad not too mention you get a legend in movies such as Clint Eastwood, lots of guns blazin, some cool lines, a bit of romance, and one of the greatest car scenes in history that involves a remote control car - talk about Fun!

Totally hilarious! A 4-door Oldsmobile chased by a little black Corvette chased by a Monte Carloyou gotta love it. Especially when the little Corvette spins out and hits a curb, then gets back up and pops a wheelie down the road. Classic.

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It was the best scene in the movie! Memorable, funny. Unique. It's the Dirty Harry's "Crop Duster scene- North By Northwest."