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Magnum Force (1973)
Rate:
6
Viewed:
1/05, 10/07, 1/26
10/07:
As much as I like Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry, he doesn't make Magnum Force an exciting picture.
Actually, it's not his fault but rather the director's. The other reason is John Milius and Michael
Cimino who penned the screenplay. The former wrote the first half of the picture which did work for me. Then,
the latter took over, causing the show to go downhill.
The result is a bland movie with boring villains (Hal Holbrook? Oh, please) and a predictable plot. Also,
it's too long, clocking at two hours and four minutes. Not much happens. Even the ending is a snoozefest.
All in all, Magnum Force fails to live up to the expectations of a
Dirty Harry picture.
1/26:
Magnum Force is the second part of the Dirty Harry franchise.
I will agree that it's a very slow, long movie by being a thorough policier. Clint Eastwood isn't funny
in a sardonic way this time. My favorite moment is Suzanne Somers shrieking like a bitch about her new ring,
taking off her top, and getting killed by a vigilante cop. If she acted normally, perhaps nothing would've
happened to her, hence a possible paraphrased line: "A woman's got to know her limitations."
All in all, Magnum Force is rather forgettable, and even Dirty Harry's last name is misspelled in the
closing credits.