Sudden Impact

Plot synopsis:
Jennifer Spencer (Sondra Locke) and her little sister were gang raped years ago, after a female friend of the gang had persuaded them to come to the fair. The brutal rape left the sister permanently catatonic and almost vegetative. Jennifer is now out for revenge.In the beginning of the film, Jennifer is seen with one of the rapists, George Wilburn (Michael Maurer). It is early morning and she is with him in a car out on the cliffs. She pulls out a nickel-plated Colt Detective Special revolver and shoots him twice - one time in the groin and one time in the head at point-blank range, then leaves the scene.Inspector Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood), in the meantime, is seen in a court room where he has brought a young blonde haired suspect named Mr. Hawkins (Kevyn Major Howard) to trial. The case is dismissed as a travesty because Harry did not have the right to seize the evidence used to prove Hawkins guilty.After insulting Hawkins in the elevator, Harry goes to his usual coffee diner and orders the usual black coffee. The waitress tries getting his attention by pouring massive amounts of sugar into his coffee and Harry, who is reading a newspaper, does not notice. As he walks out, he takes a sip of coffee and spits it out in disgust. As he returns to complain, he sees that the open signs were switched to closed. A robbery ensues but Harry stops it, going in the back way where he shoots up the gang of robbers. One is left alive and grabs the waitress as a human shield, but Harry points his .44 Magnum handgun revolver at him and dares the thug to shoot her in order for Harry to justify killing the thug ("Go ahead... make my day!" ) The police arrive shortly afterward when the robber drops his gun.Meanwhile, Jennifer is at an art exhibit where some of her paintings are put on display, but she claims to the owner that she must miss it because she needs to visit someone up north. She goes to the hospital to visit her sister Elizabeth (Lisa Britt), whom the doctor says is in a permanent vegetative state. Jennifer tells her sister of what she did to George Wilburn and then leaves.Later that night, Harry is at a mobster named Threlkis's granddaughter's wedding party. Harry antagonizes Threlkis (Michael V. Gazzo) in front of his own granddaughter, accusing him of killing a young hooker. Threlkis freaks as Callahan pulls out papers where he claims the hooker may have confessed everything, and he dies of a heart attack right at the table. Harry walks away and it is revealed that the papers are blank.The following day, Callahan and the rest of the cops are investigating the car containing the deceased George Wilburn in it. Shortly afterwards, Callahan is talking to his superiors, Captain Briggs (Bradford Dillman), Lt. Donnelly (Michael Currie), and the Chief (Bill Reddick). He is lectured about how he handled the Threlkis case, and Callahan is defensive on how that case was his to handle. His superiors demand that Callahan relax and take a vacation.After Callahan leaves a restaurant that night, he is attacked by four of Threlkis's hitmen. After killing three of them, one escapes in his car. Lt. Donnelly then orders Callahan to not be so reckless and demands he take a break with "peace". Out in the forest, Callahan practices shooting with his brand new .44 Automag handgun, a powerful .44 caliber semi-automatic pistol which fires more rapidly and accurately than his .44 Magnum revolver. His friend Horace King (Albert Popwell) shows up shortly afterwards to talk to him, convincing him he has the best place for Callahan to go for a vacation.Driving home late at night, Callahan is attacked by Hawkins and his friends, who try to kill him with a Molotov cocktail. Harry manages to get out of his car, and throws the cocktail into Hawkins' car, causing him to drive off a pier into the water, where Hawkins and his friends drown.Lt. Donnelly sees that this is the last straw and orders Callahan to investigate the Wilburn killing in his hometown. Callahan reluctantly agrees and is sent on "vacation" to the town San Paulo, a coastal resort town down the California coast. What he does not know is that Jennifer Spencer has also gone down to San Paulo to fully exact revenge on her rapists, who live there. Her story for staying at San Paulo is that she's renewing the carousel house and painting the merry-go-round horses at the fairgrounds. While walking on the beach at the fairgrounds, there is a flashback of Jennifer's rape and it is shown what actually happened 10 years ago right on the beach near the fairgrounds.During the time in San Paulo, Callahan receives a bulldog named Meathead from his friend Horace. He also stops a bank robbery in progress when he arrives, and he saves the life of young Officer Bennett (Mark Keyloun). While taking his dog, Meathead, for a walk, he runs into Jennifer (who falls off of her bicycle when Meathead barks at her). Unaware of each other's true identity, the two have a brief exchange of words and then part. At night, Callahan walks into a bar for a beer and meets the malicious Ray Parkins (Audrie Neenan), a butch lesbian. After insulting Ray, Callahan demands to know if anyone knows George Wilburn. When he tells how Wilburn died, Ray just starts a raucous laughter which pursues to a laugh riot.The next morning, another rapist, Kruger (Jack Thibeau) goes fishing at the beach. Jennifer follows him. She steps in front of Kruger, who recognizes her right before she shoots him in the groin. She then shoots him in the head, and he falls over in his chair. When his body is reported to the cops, Callahan shows up only to be shooed away by Chief Lester Jannings (Pat Hingle) for continually interfering with the San Paulo's police job. At the station, Callahan asks Bennett to find out anything he knows about the case. Harry finds a picture of Jannings's son Alby's friends on the wall, and he has Bennett investigate that too. At dusk, Callahan stops by Mrs. Kruger's (Nancy Parsons) fish market to question her about the Wilburn and Kruger murders, only to be kicked out after brawling with her brothers Eddie (Russ McCubbin) and Carl (Robert Sutton).Callahan is attacked by the surviving hitman who was hired by Threlkis, but manages to shoot him in advance after being tipped off to his presence by Meathead.Ray eventually talks to Tyrone (Wendell Wellman), another rapist, about what is happening. Tyrone disregards her warning and tells her to leave his store. Later that day, Tyrone is confronted by Jennifer in his garage. He tries to reason with her as she steps closer, her gun drawn. Realizing she isn't standing down, Tyrone grabs for his own gun, at which point Jennifer guns him down.Callahan meets up with Jennifer again, this time at an outdoor restaurant. The two talk again in a more polite manner and converse about the murders. Upon hearing Callahan is a cop, Jennifer becomes worried that he is on to her.Now with Wilburn, Kruger and Tyrone dead, Ray calls Mick (Paul Drake), the leader of the rapists, to come down for help from Las Vegas where he lives. When Callahan finds Tyrone's body, he heads over to Ray's house at night and sees Jennifer's car parked out front. Jennifer hides, and Callahan goes inside to find Ray. Mick attacks Callahan, and after a brawl, Callahan takes Mick away. Once they are gone, Jennifer sneaks into the house and confronts Ray. Ray sips a soda, and asks her, "So tell me, how's your slut sister?" Jennifer replies by shooting her in the heart, and then in the head.Meanwhile, Mick is bailed out by Eddie and Carl while Callahan returns to Ray Parkins's house only to find the woman dead. Horace is seen driving up to Callahan's motel that same night to visit him he is carrying his powerful shotgun and some alcohol. Upon arrival into Callahan's room, Horace is greeted by Mick, Eddie and Carl, who slit his throat and steal his shotgun.After buying a few beers, Callahan meets up with Jennifer late at night by the pier. The two talk and this time Jennifer invites Callahan up for a drink at her place, where he sleeps with her. After a brief sleep, Harry gets out of bed when it is still dark. In the garage he sees Jennifer's car and recognizes it as the one that was parked at Ray's house before. Harry goes to Mrs. Kruger's fish market after Officer Bennett informs him that Eddie and Carl bailed Mick out.As Callahan leaves after receiving no cooperation from the hostile Mrs. Kruger, he is ambushed by Mick, Eddie and Carl on a pier. A melee ensues with Callahan being viciously beaten and dumped into the water... his .44 Magnum handgun lost.Jennifer is then seen going to Janning's house to eliminate Alby (Matthew Child). She prepares to kill Alby only to find out that Alby is in a vegetative state just like her own sister. Jennifer is stopped cold by Jannings, who orders her to drop her gun. After doing so, Jannings explains how he covered up the rape because he was a public figure, and the guilt drove Alby insane which caused him to crash his car into a wall, rendering him a mute quadriplegic. Suddenly, Mick arrives with Eddie and Carl who take Jennifer hostage with her own weapon. As they are starting to leave, Mick shoots and kills Jannings with Jennifer's gun when Jannings tries to pull out a gun. He assures Eddie and Carl that it's a "freebie".As this is happening, the bloodied and battered Callahan returns to his motel room to find Horace's dead body, and Meathead limping after being attacked by Mick and his gang. Enraged, Callahan opens his drawer, and prepares his replacement weapon: his powerful .44 Automag handgun. He then leaves to find and kill the thugs responsible.Mick, Eddie, and Carl set to gang-rape Jennifer again at the same fairground where she was raped a decade earlier. After a struggle, Jennifer escapes and runs through the deserted fairground and seeks shelter in the carousel where she turns it on and hides in it. Fleeing from the merry-go-round, Jennifer runs out followed by Mick, Eddie and Carl, but Callahan's silhouette appears on the boardwalk... armed with the large .44 Automag. While Eddie and Carl are quickly taken down, Mick grabs Jennifer as a shield. With nowhere left to go, Mick forces her up onto the Giant Dipper roller coaster and Mick taunts Callahan, as he holds his gun on Jennifer. Harry repeats the phrase he said earlier in the diner holdup, "Go ahead, make my day." Mick gets too cocky, and Jennifer quickly punches him, giving Callahan a clear opening. He fires off four rounds, which all hit Mick. Mick stumbles backwards, crashes through the support railing and falls onto the still operating carousel, and is impaled on a unicorn's horn.Justice is finally given to Jennifer at the end of the movie. When asked by Officer Bennett about the revolver found on Mick's body... the one belonging to Jennifer... Callahan lets Mick be misidentified as the killer. He tells Bennett the gun ought to be run through Ballistics; he thinks it's the gun that killed the Chief. He knows that once Ballistics compares the bullets from Jannings, Tyrone and Kruger, Mick will be blamed for all the murders and the police will close the books on them, thus safeguarding Jennifer. As the camera pulls back, Harry and Jennifer walk slowly away down the boardwalk.

Tags: neo noir, murder, cult, revenge, violence, flashback, humor, romantic

Review:
The only Dirty Harry directed by Clint Eastwood himself, whiteout a question among, the finest pictures of the 80's, if is not for the best Magnum Force, one of my favorite Dirty Harry movies in the franchise ever!!!
This movie is what it is, a perfect 10, because it takes the vision of one of the most imaginative directors on Earth, and realizes them almost perfectly with all the tools that fit the task -- actors, stunts and a lot action sequences in here with a great story.The Death Wish chapter of the Dirty Harry saga and another high point in the action genre containing an amount of masculine bad ass to make anyone grow their chest hair.
Okay they are all good, but this one will make your day!The Dirty Harry films were in hiatus for 7.years, since no one wanted to make a Dirty Harry, Clint Eastwood made a fourth installment with a bad ass action film ever!
Inspector "Dirty Harry" Callahan (Clint Eastwood) carries his Smith & Wesson Model 29 .44 Magnum as his sidearm in the film.
Eastwood returns as Inspector "Dirty Harry" Callahan, who visits a small Northern California city while on leave from the department and finds himself encountering a woman (Sondra Locke) with a vendetta against some of the town's citizens.
Sudden Impact is a 1983 American action film and the fourth film in the Dirty Harry series, directed by Clint Eastwood (making it the only Dirty Harry film to be directed by Eastwood himself), and starring Eastwood and Sondra Locke.This is the basic plot of the movie, it is a revenge flick about a rape victim who murderous spree of revenge puts his own ideas of justice to the test!
It is, in fact, one of the things that has made the character of Dirty Harry Callahan (as played by Clint Eastwood) so popular.
In this one, the fourth of the series, while working a homicide, Harry encounters a bona fide vigilante at work-- an individual whose brand of justice parallels his own, with one exception:  Whoever it is, he's definitely not carrying a badge.In his own inimitable way, Inspector Callahan has once again ended up on the bad side of the department and is ordered to take some vacation time.
Gradually, Harry discovers a link between the victims; the burning question, though, is where does Jennifer Spencer fit into the picture?Eastwood is in top form here, both in front of and behind the camera, and it is arguably the second best of the five-film series, right behind the original `Dirty Harry.'  It had been seven years since the last `Harry' offering (`The Enforcer,' 1976), but Eastwood steps right back into the character with facility and renewed vigor.
`Dirty Harry' is an icon of the cinema, and it's impossible to envision anyone but Eastwood portraying him; for better or worse, Eastwood `is' Dirty Harry, without question, just as Sean Connery is James Bond and Basil Rathbone, Sherlock Holmes.Sondra Locke is entirely effective here in the role of Jennifer Spencer, a young woman wronged and out for vengeance, or as she sees it, `justice.' She manages to bring a hard-edged determination laced with vulnerability to her character, with a convincing, introspective approach that is far beyond what is typical of the `action' genre.
Her portrayal makes a perfect complement to Eastwood's Harry, and becomes, in philosophy and deed, something of his counterpart.In supporting roles, two performances stand out:  Paul Drake, as Mick, creates the best `psycho' since Andy Robinson's dynamic portrayal of the serial killer in the original `Dirty Harry.'  With actually very limited screen time, Drake establishes a genuinely disconcerting presence that is believable and convincing, which adds much to the purely visceral response of the audience.
However, he soon discovers a link between a recent murder in the city and a murder outside of the city, which leads him to the trail of a revenge killer.As an entry in the Dirty Harry franchise the film starts with some very promising moments, including the legendary "Go ahead, make my day" line that Eastwood delivers wonderfully through clenched teeth before single handedly foiling a robbery.
If you're familiar with those pictures, then you'll know what to expect from "Sudden Impact".Eastwood is essentially a bystander, although he does have the pre-title sequence to dispatch a few nincompoops and to remind us that Harry Callahan has lost none of his zest for life in the intervening seven year itch since "The Enforcer".Interesting cast appear mostly in cameos, aside from corrupt cop Pat Hingle, veterans Mara Corday, Bradford Dillman, Michael V.Gazzo, Nick Dmitri and Carmen Argenziano beef up the talent, while Albert Popwell makes it four different characters in each of the Dirty Harry films to this point.
Sondra Locke is weak and unconvincing as the vigilante, Pat Hindle plays stereotypical small town sheriff and the bad guys are all one-dimensional.The Dirty Harry series should have ended after three movies..
I was also surprised when Clint's famous 'make me day' line cropped up in this film, I was sure it was from something more famous.Sudden Impact to me is certainly the third best Dirty Harry flick.
Harry still clashes with his superiors who refer to him as a 'dinosaur' but in this one Harry is more like a private detective and the cops don't show up at the last minute as per usual.'Sudden Impact' is a worthy addition to the Dirty Harry cannon, and Roger Moore era Bond gags aside (The comedy dog, particularly), this film spiced up Harry when I questioned the future of the franchise at the end of part three.
Sudden Impact is one of those cases, where Clint Eastwood as star/producer/director shows when he can be at his best, or at his lessor of times when dealing with a crime/mystery/detective story in his Dirty Harry fame.
But soon his story merges with the sub-plot that Eastwood develops from the start.Enter Sandra Locke's character, Jennifer Spencer, whom we soon learn after some (appropriately) mysterious scenes that she and her shy sister were victims of a cruel, unjust sexual assault (err, outright rape), and is sleekly, undercover-like, getting revenge.
Her scenes and story are the strongest parts of the film, the most intense, and finally when it goes into Callahan's storyline (he's getting facts in the same small town she's in on a murder), the film finally finds a focus between Eastwood's classic form of clearly defined good vs.
The monotonous introduction, repeated formula tricks makes you appreciate the first two movies even more and to see the charming, stylish, young and dynamic cop turn into a grumpy old man with no vertical progress in his career.Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) attracts a lot of heat on him by confronting a mob boss resulting in repeated personal attacks and increasing body count.
"Sudden Impact," like all of the Dirty Harry movies starring Clint Eastwood, has some subtle messages about a lackluster American justice system with only a handful of people, some with a badge and some not, willing to stick their necks out in order to see the right thing done.
My problem with "Sudden Impact," apart from having been mostly bored by the film, was that it left me with these two very different realizations: in a Dirty Harry film, the hero should remain in San Francisco; Mr. Eastwood should remain in front of the camera.This film, the only one which Mr. Eastwood directed as well as starred in, is by far the weakest.
Maybe he did learn the lesson, as Buddy Van Horn directed the fifth (and better) entry in the series, "The Dead Pool."Just as surprising as the overall boredom of the film was the insulting sting of its ending: an ending that I cannot imagine the Dirty Harry Callahan of the previous three movies in the franchise would have allowed to be.
In this particular film, the San Francisco detective named "Harry Callahan" (Clint Eastwood) is initially given an assignment involving a murder which took place in a car on the beach.
I should also add that this is the only "Dirty Harry" sequel that I have seen, and after watching this one, I'm in no hurry to pursue the others in an effort to keep my love for the original alive."Sudden Impact" features an older and grumpier Inspector Harry Callahan still serving his swift brand of justice on the mean streets of the city by the bay.
I wasn't surprised to learn after the fact that the film was originally conceived as a vehicle for Eastwood's then girlfriend and collaborator Sondra Locke, and was only modeled into a "Dirty Harry" film after Warner Brothers responded to a fan poll that expressed interest in bringing back the series.
Clint Eastwood directed and stars in this "Dirty Harry" entry (the fourth in the series, which he also produced) that might have been an enjoyably cheesy revenge fantasy were it not for the accent on rape, the threat of rape, continual degradation and humiliation.
Clint Eastwood reprises his role as Dirty Harry who this time is on the case of a vigilante (Sondra Locke)who is killing the people that raped her and her sister at a carnival many years ago.
This could have been good or even great, but is directed with all the skill of a TV movie.Then there's the comedy dog.Harry ends up going to a small town with the cliché ridden small town sheriff issuing such statements, straight off the bat, as "I don't like you, Callaghan!" He then runs into Sondra Locke, unlikeable as always.
1st watched 4/14/2010 -- 4 out of 10(Dir-Clint Eastwood): Mostly formulaic Dirty Harry movie with a fairly well done last hour as far as story construction but too many characters making silly movie-like decisions(to keep the plot going the way we want it) to carry it as a total package.
This is a decent entry in the Dirty Harry series, this time not just starring Clint Eastwood, but also directed by him.
Also with Pat Hingle as the small town police chief, Bradford Dillman, Albert Popwell (who's in the first 4 Dirty Harry films, each time as a different character), Paul Drake as a particularly nasty pencil-mustached slime ball, Mara Corday, Carmen Argenziano, Michael V.
This is also the only Dirty Harry movie Clint Eastwood directed.
With this movie being the only Dirty Harry movie which Clint Eastwood not only stars, but produces and directs as well, you know it's got to be good.
With great acting by Clint Eastwood and co-star Sandra Locke, and good directing by Clint, this is in my opinion the best Dirty Harry sequel ever..
Worth a watch if you like Clint Eastwood, the Dirty Harry films or like action crime thrillers..
The bass line over the opening credits is pretty catchy and a different theme for Dirty Harry.The first part of the film you are once again immersed in San Francisco watching Harry (Clint Eastwood) duel some scumbags...and in the old Callahan way.
Wonderfully directed and to me it actually holds some tension quite well.The main part of the story though is about a woman named Jennifer Spencer (Sondra Locke) who right from the first scene in the film is killing people for some unknown reason.
."Go ahead, make my day" - my second favorite "Dirty Harry" movie Sudden Impact is the finest action film of the 80's.
The finest bad-ass action film of the 80's, the only "Dirty Harry" movie directed by Clint Eastwood him self.
Clint Eastwood returns as Inspector Harry Callahan for the fourth time in Sudden Impact.
The Dirty Harry series has a reputation for being violent, but Sudden Impact is noticeably darker than the previous movies with some unsettling moments.SFPD Inspector Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) yet again finds himself in hot water with his superiors, judges, the media and the mayor for breaking rules and police procedures which sees various criminals walk free from court, a crime boss suffering a heart attack, and it's also no surprise that Inspector Callahan finds himself to be a target for retribution.
This time, Popwell plays a good guy after playing the ill fated bank robber in Dirty Harry (1971), a pimp in Magnum Force (1973), and a revolutionary leader in The Enforcer (1976).Sudden Impact also introduces the now iconic line "Go ahead, make my day".
The catchphrase meant that if the hostage died, the robber would be next as Callahan would be more than happy to take him down.Sudden Impact is a welcome addition to the Dirty Harry series, and well worth watching Clint Eastwood return as his iconic character.7/10..
"Dirty Harry" seems languid and hollow by comparison, but it gets points for being the original film and establishing the series."Sudden Impact" is the only film in the series directed by the star and the second longest; it's probably my second favorite, although it's pretty much on par with "The Enforcer" and "The Dead Pool." Like the first two films, the topic is vigilante justice: If the Law can't or won't bring about justice, it compels the victimized citizen to seek it more directly.Locke tends to get flack for a relatively short film career rooted in her relationship with Eastwood.
Directing himself for the first time in a Dirty Harry movie (I know he did the jumper scene in Dirty Harry) Clint shows he still had in in him to be a convincing tough guy (and then some) as in Sudden Impact trouble follows Harry just about everywhere he goes.
Clint recruited many of the stock company Malpaso players, returning from earlier movies were Brad Dillman, Albert Popwell (appearing as a fourth different character in his fourth Dirty Harry movie, is promoted to Harry's partner) Pat Hingle, Jack Thibeau, Michael Currie, Bette Ford, Mara Corday and of course Sondra Locke (in her sixth and final Eastwood movie) gives her best performance since The Outlaw Josie Wales.
Sudden Impact was the fourth instalment in the 'Dirty Harry' series and the only one in which Clint Eastwood not only starred in but directed as well.
Apparently the fourth outing in the ''Harry Callahan'' franchise, this movie is like a pleasant old acquaintance when it turns up on satellite pay-TV every six months or so in Australia.Forget about 'probable cause' or 'Miranda rights' or the inherent decency of San Francisco's finest, this film's message is: If you're not the world's greatest actress, you can still get a starring role if you're shagging Clint Eastwood.''San Francisco''??
Sudden Impact (1983)*** (out of 4) Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) not only upsets his bosses with his ways of handling thing but he also upsets a Mafia family who puts a hit out on him.
It turns out that a woman (Sondra Locke) is seeking vengeance for the rape against her and her sister by tracking down those responsible.SUDDEN IMPACT is a good film, to a point, but there's no question that it was the weakest in the series up to date.
Clint Eastwood returns for the fourth entry in this series, as Harry(as a punishment) is assigned to a small coastal town where an unusual murder took place, which leads Harry to a mysterious artist(Sondra Locke) that knows all about it, because she is systematically gunning down the people responsible for a long ago assault on both her & her sister.
The Enforcer, the third Dirty Harry movie, saw Clint Eastwood's tough San Francisco cop dealing with issues of sexual equality when teamed up with a female inspector; Sudden Impact, the next chapter in the series, also has a strong feminist agenda, this time seeing Harry tracking down a female killer (played by Eastwood's real-life squeeze Sondra Locke) who has been busy settling the score with the scum who raped her and her sister.It's a promising set-up, but star turned director Eastwood clearly wanted to make a different kind of film to those that had gone before—something along the lines of a noir-style thriller.
Just as Magnum Force was quite different in feel and plot to Dirty Harry and attempted a few new things,Sudden Impact is the same in relation to the third film The Enforcer which,whilst good fun,was really just a rehash.It's really a film of two parts.
Eastwood is in good form as Dirty Harry, and I liked Pat Hingle in this movie as the small town cop.
The Dirty Harry film Sudden Impact is arguably one of the best in the series!
This is the third sequel to Dirty Harry, where Inspector Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) has been sent to small town outside San Francisco to investigate crimes committed by a serial killer, who is gunning down the scumbags that sexually assaulted her and her sister years ago.As with the previous films, the mystery begins immediately when a mysterious woman guns down a man in his car in a secluded area.
In conclusion, Sudden Impact is a great Dirty Harry movie but I don't know if its better or worse than The Dead Pool..
So forget the sympathy and call on Dirty Harry when the job needs to be done and done right.This is one of the six films that Sandra Locke did with Eastwood during the time that they were partners.
Fourth installment of the "Dirty Harry" series with Eastwood directing himself as Inspector Callahan investigating a gang-rape victim/serial vigilante with the usual violent charm.
The only one of the five Dirty Harry films that Clint Eastwood directed as well as starred was Sudden Impact.
Normally Clint is the whole show in the Dirty Harry films, but Locke is given several good scenes by director Eastwood in Sudden Impact.As for the ending, let's say that the ending might well have been inspired by Agatha Christie's Murder On The Orient Express.
***SPOILERS*** San Francisco's Police Inspector Dirty Harry Callahan, Clint Eastwood, got a bit too enthusiastic in stamping out crime by offing some dozen bad guys within the first half hour of the movie.
The old line of Clint Eastwood's third Dirty Harry series "Sudden Impact" really packs a punch.