Sudden Impact (1983)

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Cast: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Bradford Dillman, Paul Drake

Rating: R

Running Time: 117 min.

Synopsis: In this fourth installment of the Dirty Harry series, Harry has been banished temporarily from San Francisco because his superiors are uncomfortable about his feud with a local crime boss. He goes to an oceanside small town for a little rest and recuperation but finds the town has been traumatized by a series of brutal murders. Harry meets and falls in love with Jennifer Spencer (Sandra Locke), a young artist. Jennifer and her sister were brutally raped a few years previously by a group of men, leaving her sister catatonic and Jennifer filled with a rage that is expressed in her disturbing artworks. Harry investigates the killings and the rapes, and one by one he dispatches Jennifer's rapists, one of whom is the son of the local police chief (which explains why the police have done little investigating). Finally, Harry finds out that Jennifer also dispenses her own brand of justice because she cannot rely on the criminal justice system.

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Sudden Impact (1983)

zeph1977: watching sudden impact havent watched this in ages
cluedont: @sixthformpoet I watched that film 'Sudden Impact' last night. I was disappointed at the lack of impromptu performances by fairies.
JLindsay24: @danrevill My parents took me to see anything. Saw Full Metal Jacket with my dad at 10 & Sudden Impact with both parents at 7.
pranoybiswas: So I saw Dirty Harry today all the while waiting for the famous "Make my day" quote, only to realise at the end that it was in Sudden Impact
jboothmillard: I'm watching the last of the Dirty Harry films, which I haven't seen, The Dead Pool. It's been ages since I saw no. 4, Sudden Impact, lol