Sudden Impact | | Cast : | Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke | | Director : | Clint Eastwood | | Studio : | Warner Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | December 09, 1983 | | DVD Released Date : | September 02, 2003 | | Language : | Unknown (Dubbed), English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | June 22, 2005 | | Summary | Go ahead. make my day | Content
 | This was not as good as the original Dirty Harry but Clint Eastwood still did good acting to make it enjoyable. You sometimes get lost in the movie though. Buy this if you really like the Dirty Harry series. God bless you and have a great day. |
| Rating | | | Date | May 21, 2005 | | Summary | WHY DID SHE WAIT SO LONG? | Content
| One can't help but understand Sondra Locke's obsessive desire for revenge on the scumbags who raped her and her sister...but why did she wait ten years to do so? Oh, well, anyway...SUDDEN IMPACT is the fourth Dirty Harry movie and Clint's first direction of such. It is brutal, and while not a classic film, it does pack an impact. The villains are some of the worst, with Audrie J. Neenan and Paul Drake standing out. One has to wonder how Bradford Dillman has kept his job over the years. Eastwood continues to epitomize vigilante justice, and his direction keeps the movie interesting when it shouldn't be. To the movie's credit, when it appears that Locke might be charged for her murders, we really are on her side. Perhaps the second best of the series, I enjoyed the impact of SUDDEN IMPACT. |
| Rating | | | Date | May 02, 2005 | | Summary | BEST DIRTY HARRY SEQUEL OF THEM ALL | Content
| THIS TIME, A TALENTED FEMALE ARTIST [SONDRA LOCKE] IS, ALONG WITH HER SISTER, GANG RAPED. 10 YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE IT HAPPENED AND NOW SHE VOWS TO KILL ALL OF THOSE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN IT, WHICH BRINGS INSPECTOR HARRY CALLAHAN [CLINT EASTWOOD, BACK DOING THE ROLE THAT HE DOES BEST] ON THE CASE ONCE THE MURDERS BEGIN HAPPENING. HAS A GREAT STORY, HAS GREAT ACTION SCENES, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN A DIRTY HARRY MOVIE, A SUPPORTING CHARACTER OVERSHADOWS THE DIRTY HARRY CHARACTER HIMSELF!!! THE ACTING IS PRETTY GOOD TOO. EVEN THOUGH EASTWOOD WAS BEGINNING TO AGE, HE STILL DIDN'T LOSE HIS EDGE WHEN PLAYING DIRTY HARRY. THE GREATEST OF ALL THE DIRTY HARRY SEQUELS. FOLLOWED BY THE DEAD POOL. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 20, 2005 | | Summary | Not thinking with his brain | Content
| Clint should be embarrassed. He made this during his "hot for Sondra Locke" period, which pretty much dooms any movie.
Never mind "Go ahead, make my day" - the big lines here include "only with humans", and Clint's definitive exposition on the proper condiments for a hot dog.
The resolution of the killings (never mind the hilarious impalement) is completely out of character. It completely contradicts his character's beliefs from the earlier movies.
At least "The Dead Pool", which is a parody, features the killing of Jim Carrey. |
| Rating | | | Date | January 29, 2005 | | Summary | Why is this movie LIKEABLE? | Content
| I enjoy this film a lot, but for the wrong reasons. It tries to be serious but comes off as parody. It's full of characters that are either all good or all bad. They're too simple to care about but then thats really the intent of the screenwriter. Then there's no need to debate the virtue of vengeance. Right or wrong this movie asks me to accept the need for revenge regardless of it's cost to humanity.
On some level I acknowledge this. Thats where the humor originates. When Harry tells the coffee shop crooks that he, along with Smith and Wesson, can't let them go I'm with him. I'd like to see those m*****f***ers blown away. But on another level I know it would be hard for me to do it because in a real life situation I'd want to know more about those
m*****f***ers. Who are they? What choices lead them to this moment? Do any of them have families to support, etc? But the film discourages these questions and wants me to defend myself if a gun is pointed at me. Though it would be hard for me to contemplate, in that moment I probably would kill. And this contradiction makes me laugh.
The film is full of these moments: the coffee shop, the confrontation with the mob boss at his daughter's(granddaughter's?) wedding, and later with the boss's henchman. Then there's my personal favorite, the punks who are acquitted for a crime they probably did commit. How can you not laugh when after being taunted in the courthouse elevator, Callahan grabs the lead punk by his neck tie, calls him d**s**t and then, with a vein bulging in his temple, flings the guy against his buddies? Classic.
I could give the film no stars for it's blatant endorsement of vengeance. Or it could get five stars for making me laugh at my own internal conflict over its morality. But I land on middle ground, leaning more towards liking this movie. It gets three stars because for me laughter is more satisfying than gunfire. |
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