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Actors: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Sudden Impact |
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A woman and her sister are raped and left for dead, so one of the sisters sets out for revenge. Inspector Callahan heads to a small town to investigate a series of murders perpetrated by the woman.
--Jack Bauer, Resident Scholar
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SUDDEN IMPACT, the fourth installment in the Dirty Harry saga, has been produced and directed by Clint Eastwood in 1983.
Harry Callahan must leave San Francisco for a while in order to soothe the anxiety of the police hierarchy about his unusual violent methods.
He will find in San Paulo his alter ego, Sondra Locke, a young woman who's killing one by one the members of the group who raped her and her sister 10 years before. Since that event, Locke's sister, unable to speak anymore, is confined in a mental hospital.
But San Paulo's Chief of Police is not very happy with Harry's arrival. In fact, he seems to act as if he doesn't want to know who's responsible for the murders.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Sudden Impact |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- vigilante hunting down criminal(s)
Kind of story:
- rape (yech!)
Criminal enemy is...
- law enforcement gone bad
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
- white
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type
- very skinny (woman)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- unemployed
- criminal
Eccentric:
Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- skinny (woman)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
- Pacific NW
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- San Francisco
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
- all mixed up
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- fright
- drowned
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Jazz/r&b
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