ShangLuda Admirable film.

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

Rexanne It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

slightlymad22 Magnum Force (1973)Plot In A Paragraph: Dirty Harry is on the trail of vigilante cops who are not above going beyond the law to kill the city's undesirables.How do you follow up one of the best movies of the 70's?? By making a solid sequel like this is the answer!! Magnum Force is not only a worthy sequel, it's a really good movie in general. Hal Holbrook is an actor I've always liked seeing and David Soul is fine too, but this is Clint's movie and he dominates every scene from start to finish. Magnum Force was Clint's biggest hit at this point as it grossed $39 million at the domestic box office to become the 6th highest grossing movie of 1973.

Woodyanders Maverick detective Harry Callahan (smoothly played by the ever-cool Clint Eastwood) faces off against a gang of rookie cops who are killing criminals that the flawed system has allowed to get away with their heinous misdeeds.Director Ted Post relates the engrossing story at a steady pace, maintains a pretty harsh'n'gritty tone throughout, and stages the rousing action sequences with skill and flair. The smart and trenchant script by John Milius and Michael Cimino takes a strong stance against the abuse of authority and states a powerful central point on how vigilantism opens up a can of moral worms that's more trouble than what it's worth. The sound acting by the sturdy cast keeps this film on track: Hal Holbrook as fed-up disapproving superior Lt. Briggs, Felton Perry as easygoing partner Early Smith, Mitchell Ryan as bitter burnt-out veteran patrolman McCoy, and John Mitchum as the cynical DiGiorgio. David Soul, Tim Matheson, Kip Niven, and Robert Urich are quite good as the eager rookie motorcycle cops who take the law into their own hands. The fetching Adele Yoshioka makes a nice impression as alluring hot to trot neighbor Sunny. The startling moments of brutal violence pack a fierce punch. Frank Stanley's crisp widescreen cinematography provides a pleasing polished look. Lalo Schifrin's funky-throbbing score hits the right-on groovy spot. A satisfying sequel to the excellent original.

Uriah43 In this sequel to "Dirty Harry", the detective by the name of "Inspector Callahan" (Clint Eastwood) has been assigned to a stakeout due in large part to the jealousy of his boss "Lieutenant Briggs" (Hal Holbrook). In any case, while he is occupied at the stakeout, a series of murders are being committed which have a common theme in that the people being killed are all high-profile criminals. This fact eventually creates a public relations problem which results in Inspector Callahan being taken off of his stakeout and put back into the homicide division and onto the case. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that I thought this sequel was just as good as the first movie with several good action scenes and a semi-surprising twist at the end. Likewise, Clint Eastwood puts in his usual outstanding performance and essentially owns the role assigned to him. In short, this is a fine crime-action film and I rate it as above average.

trashgang Part 2 in the Callahan franchise. This is a completely other thing than Dirty Harry and I must say that it doesn't matter at all because it is still top notch. Have seen the Death Wish franchise you could see after part 2 that it went totally wrong but Dirty Harry is still strong. Of course the performance of Clint Eastwood as Callahan is superb. I dare to see that it is even better then his performance in Dirty Harry.The opening credits do say it all, the famous sentence of Dirty Harry is repeated here so you immediately knows what your up to. Just before the end credits there's a new line "Men got to know it's limitations". Straight from one of his spaghetti westerns it could come. Being made early seventies it shows in the bad way, there's a lot of racism going on, what was going on back then, but to see it nowadays what they all are saying to the black people is really outdated. also surprised of the nudity added in this action flick. Some full frontal here and there. Still if you can place it in it's time made you will love this, another classic from Clint Eastwood despite some editing faults with the car chase at the end, just watch the car changing with it's damage now and then.Gore 0/5 Nudity 1,5/5 Effects 2/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5