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Magnum Force on DVD (1973)

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Average rating: (70%)
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3.5
 
Starring: Clint Eastwood | Hal Holbrook | Mitchell Ryan | David Soul | Tim Matheson | Robert Urich | Felton Perry | Kip Niven
Director: Ted Post
Studio: WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time: 116 mins
Certificate: 18
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Genres: Action/Adventure | Thriller
Languages: English
Dubbed: French, German
Hearing-impaired: English, Italian
Subtitles: Arabic, Dutch, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Released: 21/01/2002
Also Available on: Also Available on: BLU-RAY

Brief synopsis of Magnum Force

A cop traces a series of mysterious slayings to the San Francisco Police Department. As usual, criminals can expect no sympathy from Harry Callahan. Sequel to DIRTY HARRY and followed by THE ENFORCER, SUDDEN IMPACT and THE DEAD POOL.

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Rating of 3 stars out of 5 Radio Times

An all-guns-blazing follow-up to Dirty Harry, with a storyline different enough from the original to grip the attention. Clint Eastwood is on fine form as no-nonsense cop “Dirty” Harry Callahan, yet again relying on his own instincts as he investigates the ruthless killings of prominent criminals in San Francisco. There's excellent support, too, including a pre-Starsky and Hutch David Soul, and the chase scene involving motorbikes during the climax is superbly staged. However, it lacks much of the original's moral complexity, with more action favoured.

Halliwell's Film Guide

Toned-down sequel to Dirty Harry; the violence is still there but the hero no longer commits it.

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Rated - 3 stars

loz#6 from BRISTOL , 23/01/2004

For years I have avoided watching any of the Dirty Harry sequels - as far as I'm concerned the original could not be bettered, and any reprise would rather lessen the impact of the original films downbeat ending. Having said that Magnum Force makes a fair stab of it, and crucially this retains the look of Dirty Harry - alternately sun-drenched and dismal cityscape brought to life by a pulsing 70's funk soundtrack. The story itself also contains a great central idea - making Dirty Harry confront his own form of tough justice by going against an entire subdepartment of vigilante cops who take the law into their own hands. Unfortnunately though the film never really gells as well as it should, with under par action sequences (the climax is particularly poor after all the build up) and dialogue. The opening is particularly hamfisted, with the film losing all sense of reality when Harry calmly walks onto a hijacked plane - an attempt to outdo the original movie that ends up a farce. Magnum Force isn't a poor movie, and as a Clint Eastwood thriller is fair enough- but as the sequel to Dirty Harry it's a bit of a dissapointment.

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Rated - 5 stars

Redrum from PLYMOUTH [Highly rated reviewer] , 01/06/2004

A Great Clint Eastwood classic, when he was at his best with all the Dirty Harry films being made.

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Rated - 4 starswould like to have given 5 stars but...

A customer from sheffield , 07/07/2004

I'd love to have given this film 5 stars but I'm not sure if that we be giving way to my prederiliction for violent tough guy movies.

This film is a classic. A successfull sequel to Dirty Harry, it is what Aliens is to the Alien trilogy, a real meat in the sandwhich of what has become an outstanding trilogy.(Well there are 'Other' Films in The Dirty Harry series but their not up to the first three.)

A real one to watch without the missus

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Rated - 3 starsA Highlight of the Series

Belz from Lanarkshire , 01/07/2006

I’m a big Clint fan and after enjoying dirty Harry I watched magnum force and the enforcer (back to back sadly!) both I felt were even more enjoyable than the original and really added something to the series.

'Magnum' force in particular showed Harry out of his depth against a threat from within. Highly enjoyable.

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