Magnum Force

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Magnum Force

R

1973

2h 4m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

Crime

Drama

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Rogue San Francisco cop "Dirty Harry" Callahan (Clint Eastwood) doesn't believe in blind obedience to the rules, but when a vigilante group starts executing criminals who have escaped punishment on technicalities, that's going too far. Against the orders of his commanding officer, Lt. Briggs (Hal Holbrook), Callahan begins investigating his hunch that another policeman is behind the killings -- with his primary suspect being his tightly wound ex-partner, Charlie McCoy (Mitchell Ryan).

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Critics Consensus

Magnum Force ups the ante for the Dirty Harry franchise with faster action and thrilling stuntwork.

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Pauline Kael

The New Yorker

A tall, cold cod like Eastwood removes the last pretensions to humane feelings from the action melodrama, making it an impersonal, almost abstract exercise in brutalization.

Sep 21, 2023

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

…a paean to American exceptionalism, individualism, and one hell of an action flick to boot…

Rated: 5/5

Jan 14, 2024

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

Magnum Force is not a good movie, though it does provide a fine example of the gratuitous homophobia that seemed a mandatory element in every Clint Eastwood movie at the time.

Jan 2, 2024

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

"Nothing wrong with shooting as long as the right people get shot." It's a telling line.

Rated: 3/4

Dec 16, 2021

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

Not even Eastwood's presence as the muddy cop, who certainly has his intense moments, prevents this sequel of 'Dirty Harry' from having a light and distinctly conventional result. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 6/10

Oct 9, 2021

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

With a villain who remains a mystery for the majority of the picture, victims who deserve to die, and inconsequential supporting roles, there's little suspense or concern.

Rated: 4/10

Aug 30, 2020

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Audience Member

One of the best movies of the dirty Harry series

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/05/25

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Biker B

Rarely is a sequel as good as the first but Magnum Force is a great movie!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/17/25

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thiago s

filme bacana, o roteiro é bacana, gostei de algumas partes do filmes, clint eastwood ainda continua bom com harry, e gostei que teve cenas no filme de nudez, mas não achei legal colocar o vilão como os policiais, colocaram o chefe dele de vilão e tres policiais como os principais vilões e assassinos do filme, mas até que eu recomendo esse filme.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/27/24

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CodyZamboni Z

My favorite Dirty Harry movie. As we find out that even Dirty Harry has limits on how far he'll go in dishing out justice.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/04/24

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Jay H

Mildly entertaining, and totally predictable. Harry really isn't "dirty" in this movie, either.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

05/29/24

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Jan V

Best Dirty Harry movie by far.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/16/24

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Synopsis

Rogue San Francisco cop "Dirty Harry" Callahan (Clint Eastwood) doesn't believe in blind obedience to the rules, but when a vigilante group starts executing criminals who have escaped punishment on technicalities, that's going too far. Against the orders of his commanding officer, Lt. Briggs (Hal Holbrook), Callahan begins investigating his hunch that another policeman is behind the killings -- with his primary suspect being his tightly wound ex-partner, Charlie McCoy (Mitchell Ryan).

Director: Ted Post
Producer: Robert Daley
Screenwriter: John Milius, Michael Cimino
Production Co: Warner Bros., The Malpaso Company
Rating: R
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 31, 2008
Runtime: 2h 4m
Sound Mix: Stereo

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