Sudden Impact

Sudden Impact (1983) – The writing takes a big dip on this one: the Dirty Harry films were never exactly big on plotting, but this one’s pretty darn thin (and  holey), and it often feels like little more than a loose series of action scenes; despite its vast tragedy, the Sondra Locke storyline is remarkably uncompelling, and while this film gives us another iconic quote, there’s a great deal of cornball action movie dialogue here, too. 5