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Awesome selections, george. In fact, I'm now realizing what a subcategory exists just workmanlike directors of "Part 2s" -- Ted Post, Jeannot Szwarc, Irvin Kirschner, Don Taylor, Rick Rosenthal, Steve Miner, etc.
If I can beg to differ mildly on TED POST though; MAGNUM FORCE probably IS directed much more flatly than its predecessor. But I don't think its characterizations are simplistic as you contend; Also, the screenplay is by none other than the dueling heavy hitter combo of Michael Cimino and John Milius, with the emphasis on the Milius. And while yes, it does contradict many of the things that made Harry Harry in the original, and has been accused of being a retraction of the ealier film's ideals, whether that's for better or worse, I think that should be pinned more on Milius/Cimino than Post himself.
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