Magnum Force (1973-Dirty Harry 2)
Director(s): Ted Post
Theatrical Release: 1973
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Mitchell Ryan, Felton Perry, David Soul, Robert Urich
Genre(s): Action, Thriller, crime, Dean's List
Countries: USA
Location in store: Hollywood > Action
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(1 / 1)
Running Time:
124m.
The second Dirty Harry movie, Magnum Force concerns itself with a vigilante group that has targeted notorious scofflaws for extermination. When a prominent gang boss or drug-runner is set free by the airheaded liberal courts, a covert group of "avengers" is soon on hand to blow the miscreant to bits. While detective Dirty Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) is no great friend of civil liberties, he is dead set against wholesale murder as a solution to legal loopholes. Discovering that all the killings have been committed by a .357 Magnum (you remember Eastwood's paean to this weapon in the original film), Callahan suspects that his on-the-edge partner, Charlie McCoy (Mitchell Ryan), is responsible. But the answer is less transparent than that, as Harry learns almost at the cost of his own life. Co-scripted by John Milius and Michael Cimino, Magnum Force was followed by another Dirty Harry installment, The Enforcer. (allmovie.com)
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DVD Special Features:
! All-new 2000 digital transfer & Soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1
! "The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today" - behind-the-scenes documentary
! Production notes
! Theatrical trailer
The second Dirty Harry movie, Magnum Force concerns itself with a vigilante group that has targeted notorious scofflaws for extermination. When a prominent gang boss or drug-runner is set free by the airheaded liberal courts, a covert group of "avengers" is soon on hand to blow the miscreant to bits. While detective Dirty Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) is no great friend of civil liberties, he is dead set against wholesale murder as a solution to legal loopholes. Discovering that all the killings have been committed by a .357 Magnum (you remember Eastwood's paean to this weapon in the original film), Callahan suspects that his on-the-edge partner, Charlie McCoy (Mitchell Ryan), is responsible. But the answer is less transparent than that, as Harry learns almost at the cost of his own life. Co-scripted by John Milius and Michael Cimino, Magnum Force was followed by another Dirty Harry installment, The Enforcer. (allmovie.com)
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DVD Special Features:
! All-new 2000 digital transfer & Soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1
! "The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today" - behind-the-scenes documentary
! Production notes
! Theatrical trailer
Member Reviews
Dirty Harry again by RW -
June 1, 2008
Good film, I love Clint, but not as powerful or pertinent as the original obviously. Insane motorcycle chase at the end, the Dirty Harry character is as hard, clever, and dirty as ever (dirrrty), but the first movie is a tough act to follow. Looking forward to seeing Dead Pool.
Good film, I love Clint, but not as powerful or pertinent as the original obviously. Insane motorcycle chase at the end, the Dirty Harry character is as hard, clever, and dirty as ever (dirrrty), but the first movie is a tough act to follow. Looking forward to seeing Dead Pool.
