Sudden Impact

release year: 1983
genre: cop action
viewing setting: home DVD, 2/13/04

synopsis: Dirty Harry goes after someone who's executing punks with two shots: one to the head, one to the crotch.

impressions: Pretty good despite the presence of an actress I can't stand. This was the one that saw the first use of "Go ahead...make my day." The plot involves a woman who was gang-raped, along with her little sister, ten years ago. Now the sister's a vegetable and the woman's got a gun and no remorse. Once again, Harry Callahan is put against someone who's actually doing the right thing, but who he's still supposed to arrest according to the law - the same law that usually puts the guilty back out on the street to commit more crime.

acting: Clint Eastwood is top-notch, especially with his defiance of the idiots who run his police department. Sondra Locke, though I dislike her, did a good job as a woman forced to become tough and heartless.

final word: Good series entry with a disturbing plot.

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