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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Graphic Violence, Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Rape & Sexual Abuse, Not For Children, Profanity Movie Release: 1983 DVD Release: 11/20/2001 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Special Collection Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 57 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 2 Genres: Thriller, Action Thriller, Police Detective Film See Also: Sudden Impact [Deluxe Edition]

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. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide

Clint Eastwood - Harry Callahan
Sondra Locke - Jennifer Spencer
Pat Hingle - Chief Jannings
Bradford Dillman - Capt. Briggs
Paul Drake - Mick

Clint Eastwood returns as the San Francisco detective angry at the world in the box-office hit Sudden Impact (which he also directed). Warner has done an excellent job on this 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer. While small imperfections abound (including some muted colors and edge enhancement), overall, this is a very solid transfer with well-rendered images and colors. The audio is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 and sports a fine new remix. The surround sounds, while not expansive, certainly do show some range and fidelity. All aspects of the dialogue, effects, and music are clear and free of any excessive distortion or hiss. Also included on this disc is a Dolby 1.0 Mono soundtrack in French as well as Spanish, French, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Thai, and Korean subtitles. Sadly, =Sudden Impact is one of the generally bare-bones Dirty Harry DVDs, sporting only some cast and crew information, a few memorable lines from the film, production notes, and a theatrical trailer presented in anamorphic widescreen. ~ Patrick Naugle, All Movie Guide