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Actors: Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, David Soul, Tim Matheson, Mitch Ryan
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Magnum Force |
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Written by Michael Cimino and John Milius, the second episode of the Dirty Harry saga, MAGNUM FORCE, has been directed by Ted Post in 1973.
A group of San Francisco policemen decide to dispense justice by themselves and kill the bad guys of the city. Will Harry Callahan join them?
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Magnum Force |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- vigilante hunting down criminal(s)
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)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Air?
Yes
Air:
- skyjacking
City?
Yes
City:
- San Francisco
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing nude male butt
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- dropped from large heights
- perforation--bullets
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
- exploding bombs
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