Magnum Force

Name: Magnum Force
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Released: December 25, 1973
Duration: 124 min
Rating: 58
Cast: Clint Eastwood, David Soul, Felton Perry, Hal Holbrook, Kip Niven

1973

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Warner Bros. | Release Date: December 25, 1973 | R

Starring: Clint Eastwood, David Soul, Felton Perry, Hal Holbrook, Kip Niven, Margaret Avery, Maurice Argent, Mitch Ryan, Robert Urich, Tim Matheson

Summary: Dirty Harry is on the trail of vigilante cops who are not above going beyond the law to kill the city's undesirables.

Director: Ted Post

Genre(s): Action, Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 124 min

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TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

One of the more graphically violent movies ever made, Magnum Force is shatteringly effective. Read full review

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The story contains the usual surfeit of human massacre for the yahoo trade, as well as a few actual thoughts. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

While never as disturbing as the first film, it fails to convince because of the turnaround in Harry's character, and because it posits in facile fashion degrees of taking the law into one's own hands: Harry's acceptable, the gun crazy kids aren't. That said, it has some fine action sequences, and is far less objectionable than the later Sudden Impact. Read full review

Pauline Kael

Eastwood's gun power makes him the hero of a totally nihilistic dream world. Ted Post's direction is mediocre; the script by John Milius and Michael Cimino is cheaply effective.

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I have always been of the belief that the best way to get things done would be to have some benevolent dictator running things. The problem is always finding the right sage magician for the job. Harry Callahan probably wouldn’t be my first choice, but he sure is entertaining when he shoots people. Read full review

Empire Ian Nathan

This has grit coming out of its ears but not the greatest Eastwood feature by a long shot. Read full review

Nora Sayre

The movie is a muddle of morality. Read full review

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timone

Nov 9, 2018

"This is a 44. Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and it could blow your head clean off. Do you feel lucky?"

Clint Eastwood is back as Dirty Harry in Magnum Force and this time he's here to catch another mysterious killer who is an vigilante cop who kills people. That's kind of"This is a 44. Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and it could blow your head clean off. Do you feel lucky?"

Clint Eastwood is back as Dirty Harry in Magnum Force and this time he's here to catch another mysterious killer who is an vigilante cop who kills people. That's kind of the same thing to the first film. However I have nothing about it because it's the same thing like I said. Magnum Force is a superior one out of all of them. Great sequel to Dirty Harry.… Expand