Andrew Robinson. Is that name familiar?  Perhaps not. He’s an accomplished actor that has been in several hit television shows like Deep Space 9,  The A-Team, JAG and Without a Trace just to name a few.  What he is best known for is the bat shit crazy Scorpio Killer from “Dirty Harry.”    A role so defining that it would influence the rest of Robinson’s career. Check out the video above. Great acting is when you can’t tell its acting. That’s what I’d call what is going down on that school bus. That doesn’t look like a man portraying a psychopath, it looks like a psychopath.

Why am I bringing this up? It’s common knowledge for most movie buff’s out there. The reason it’s relevant to me is because of another great flick that was on over the New Years holiday. “Shoot to Kill” starring Sidney Poitier and Tom Berenger. It’s a fucking great survival/action/manhunt flick that takes place in the mountains of British Colombia. At one point during the movie, there is a group of men traveling through the wilderness on a fishing trip. As the viewer, we are aware that ONE of them is the antagonist of the film. A cold blooded murderer. The issue is, you don’t know which one it is.

Cue Robinson. He is cast as one of the men in this small group. Any movie buff worth his salt recognizes the Scorpio Killer immediately. So naturally you assume he is the villain the second he shows up on camera. The director of the film: Roger Spottiswoode must have not only been aware of this, but used it as a way to throw viewers off the track. It’s only later in the movie when Robinson is pitched off a fucking cliff by the REAL killer does the viewer realize it was all a ruse. A cunning attempt to try and trick us.  It’s a wonderful nod to an epic movie bad guy. I suggest you watch both films is you haven’t. Actually if you haven’t seen either one, I suggest you find your own cliff in the mountains of Canada and throw yourself off it. Happy New Year.