Magnum Force [DVD]

The video & sound quality are both excellent. Better than the standard DVD I already owned.Second best Dirty Harry movie imo. You want a movie review? There are tons out there, but you probably already know if you like or dislike Dirty Harry.

Love the entire Dirty Harry series.

We rented this movie on Amazon. All-time classic involving dirty Harry on the San Francisco Police Department. We enjoyed this movie. Recommended rental.

One thing you can immediately tell about Dirty Harry Callahan is that he isn't afraid to ignore the rules if lives are on the line -- but he's no dirty cop.And "Magnum Force" plants everybody's anti-hero cop squarely between two forces -- the broken system, and a secret cabal of dirty cops taking justice into their own hands. This movie is much more "Hollywoodish" than the first one, but it also tackles some difficult ethical issues along the way. And as usual, Clint Eastwood is friggin' awesome.As the movie opens, a mobster is acquitted on a technicality, even though everyone knows he's guilty. On his way home, an SFPD traffic officer stops him -- and then kills everyone in his car. Callahan (Eastwood) can't really do anything about this, because he's been loaned out to stakeouts because he's just so darn reckless. But more and more criminals keep turning up dead, so they put "Dirty" Harry back on homicide.Unfortunately, Harry has deduced that a cop is responsible for the killings, and that someone is taking the law into their own hands -- which is a problem area, since he himself hates "the system" and its flaws. But the truth is much worse: a secret vigilante squad has formed within the SFPD, and if you're not with them, you're against them. Callahan is their next target.One of the most likable qualities about Dirty Harry is that he's a maverick who values justice above the strict letter of law. So it's intriguing to see him go up against extremists who are taking the law into their own hands -- he's dancing between "the system" that he hates, and the self-determined "justice" that he also hates. No easy answers.That means this all hits a little too close to home for Callahan, and Clint Eastwood gives a subtle, impassioned performance as we see Harry contemplating the rottenness at the police force's heart. But we can see the differences between him and the death squad -- they don't care who they hurt to obtain their objective, but the safety of the innocent is what drives him to step outside the box.Compared to the first movie, "Magnum Force" is far less grittily realistic, and more Hollywoody -- bombs in mailboxes, car chases and bad guys waiting silently in parking garages. But it's still a pretty tight story, with plenty of nudity and bloody violence spattered across it, as well as some lighter moments (Harry dealing with hijackers by impersonating a pilot).But I was a little offput by the fact that suddenly women are desperate to shag Dirty Harry. There's a character in this movie whose entire purpose is to greet him with "What does a girl have to do to go to bed with you?" and spend the rest of the movie trying to do that. Groan."Magnum Force" isn't quite the brilliant, realistic experience that the first Dirty Harry movie is, but it's still a solid, grimy thriller with a powerful lead performance.

The title says it all. This may very well be the "Dirty Harry" movie the reader still hasn't seen, and was therefore a hidden gem worth waiting for. You will not be disappointed.

Great move

Love these movies

The .357 Magnum is, and has always been, my favorite caliber. Great movie!

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Excellent film de Eastwood. Très divertissant

Très bon film et ACTEURS TOUJOUR FORMIDABLE

A great film.

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