Sudden Impact (1983)
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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:18
Rotten:13
Average Rating:5.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Clint Eastwood is Detective Harry Callahan in SUDDEN IMPACT, the third sequel to DIRTY HARRY. This is probably the most violent film of the series. Here the brutal but effective Callahan is looking... [More]
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Bradford Dillman
Director: Clint Eastwood
Reviews for Sudden Impact
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Eastwood the star needed a hit to bolster his flagging ratings; now that he's got it, maybe Harry will be put out to stud, with his Magnum. Full Review |
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The film lags whenever Eastwood isn't on screen, but even his dryly humorous patter can't offset the very sour, mean tone of the rest of the film. Full Review |
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It is viewed by many aficionados as the best of the five movies about the hard-nosed, authority-defying San Francisco cop. Full Review |
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This is the first entry in the series to have been directed by Eastwood himself, and action is put over with great force, if also with some obviousness. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Sadly, Clint was still sleeping with Sandra Locke and giving her work! The worse of the "Dirty Harry" films...didn't "make my day"
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3/5 |
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2/5 |
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4/5 |
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2/5 |
Harry starts to parody himself with this one.
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3/5 |
Boy did Ronald Reagan love this movie! Full Review |
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3/5 |
Not as strong as the first three Dirty Harry movies, but this fourth one has enough classic Harry Callahan moments to make it a worthy addition to the series.
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3/5 |
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4/5 |
Dirty Harry draws again. Vintage Clint.
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3/4 |
To all those cowboy movies we saw in our youth, all those TV Westerns and cop dramas and war movies, Dirty Harry has brought a great simplification: A big man, a big gun, a bad guy and instant justice. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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3/5 |
Worth watching, just for THEE line.
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2/5 |
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2/5 |
By my count, more than a dozen people are murdered on camera, about half by Miss Locke and most of the others by Mr. Eastwood. This gives them something in common as lovers. Full Review |
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2/5 |
The worst of the Dirty Harry films, made even more excruciating by Sondra Locke's presence. Fans of the series will find several worthwhile moments, however.
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CommentLatest News for Sudden Impact
May 11, 2006:
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