Review of Sudden Impact (1983) by Lee P — 23 Mar 2008

The second weakest of the Dirty Harry movies.

This review of Sudden Impact (1983) was written by Lee P on 23 Mar 2008.

Sudden Impact has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Bengel W (473) on 18 Oct 2013

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It's between this and The Dead Pool for worst Dirty Harry movie. The fourth Dirty Harry movie (of five, ultimately)…

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By Vincent C (177) on 30 Nov 2014

About as good as the other two sequels. The series was good in that the first was fantastic, and the rest maintained a good solid quality…

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By Paul D (6,077) on 10 Jun 2013

Same Dirty Harry but not the same grittiness as earlier films…

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Dirty Harry's fourth movie is brutally boring, and the plot just sucks…

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By Ashley K (242) on 10 Mar 2013

The worst of the Dirty Harry series and surpisingly with Clint Eastwood in the director's chair…

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By Rameshwar I (125) on 27 Dec 2015

With the Dirty Harry film series remaining a solid collection of action thrillers, Sudden Impact sounded like it would ride the same successful…

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