Sudden Impact
1983
Director: Clint
Eastwood
Starring: Clint
Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Albert Popwell, and everyone’s second favorite
Commissioner Gordon – Pat Hingle (editor's note: you mean third favorite, one shant forget Bob Hastings!)
Rated R
Go ahead, make my day
~Harry
Callahan
That quote is what most people even know about at all about
the Dirty Harry series. Eastwood returns
and takes on the director’s chair (as well as 60% of the film’s profits) for
the biggest, most successful film in the Dirty Harry franchise. While not close to being the best of the
series, its nowhere near as boring and dull as the previous entry. Its almost a completely mindless, satisfying
watch akin to that of Rocky IV. In order to get some reliable bread winners into the
theaters in the early 80's, Warner Bros coaxed the magnum back into Eastwood’s
hand to continue the series. Reportedly
he got the lay of the land at Warner with guaranteed future projects to direct and
points on box office totals. And with
that, Dirty Harry returned.
