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| Warner Bros. | Release Date: December 9, 1983 |
Starring:
Albert Popwell, Audrie Neenan, Bradford Dillman, Clint Eastwood, Jack Thibeau, Mark Keyloun, Michael Currie, Pat Hingle, Paul Drake, Sondra Locke
Summary:
The fourth of the Dirty Harry films starring Clint Eastwood, and the first of them to be directed by Eastwood. In it, a rape victim is exacting revenge on her aggressors in a small town outside San Francisco. "Dirty" Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood), on suspension for angering his superiors (again), is assigned to the case.
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The trouble with Sudden Impact is that it has the makings of a fascinating, multileveled melodrama, but settles for crude, comic-book detail. Eastwood doesn't want to let down his Dirty Harry fans, but at the same time he wants to take this character into deeper and murkier waters. The result is curious, a disquisition on the justice of revenge written with a spray can. [12 Dec 1983, p.109]
The whole thing is so obvious that people in the audience applaud and hoot; it might be mistaken for parody if the sledgehammer-slow pacing didn't tell you that the director (Eastwood) wasn't in on the joke.
Jan 18, 2022
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Dec 7, 2021
Sudden Impact has already 4 part about Dirty Harry. Now Eastwood has completely untied his hands, he has become a regesser. In general, I did not expect anything from Sudden Impact and was pleasantly surprised. Here is one of the best storylines, and the change of setting benefited the film.
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Jul 24, 2019
Eastwood is good and there are some good moments but this film is too slow-burn to stay engaging.
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