in don siegel 1971 masterpiece dirty harry and clint eastwood epitomize the super tough and super cool unorthodox and no nonsense cinema cop with his role of the eponymous inspector dirty harry callahan . two sequel follow and the first of which and magnum force and tame down on the delightfully politically incorrect attitude of the first one that have outrage many critic but enthuse audience . the second sequel and the enforcer be gritty again and and be promote a the dirty harry of them all . this title and however and truly belongs to the fourth film in the series and clint eastwood own sudden impact and which be doubtlessly the gritty and nasty and most violent and downright dirtiest of all harry film and and and in my humble opinion and the second best after the masterpiece original . warn . spoiler ahead . in a small town near san francisco and a mysterious sexy lady ( sondra locke ) lure men into be alone with her . what these men do not know be that mysterious beauty be their former rape victim and longing for bloody revenge . a fate want it and san francisco toughest cop and inspector dirty harry callahan and who have be suspend once again for anger his superior and spend his leisure time in this exact little town . sudden impact be the dirty callahan film in several aspect . the film be extremely gritty and graphically violent . harry callahan himself be dirty than ever . not afraid to make use of his 44. magnum in order to stop trouble and harry treat punks a they be to be treat and even allow a person to get away with several murder because the revenge murder be justify in his opinion . clint eastwood be and a always and brilliant in the role of harry callahan . eastwood epitomize coolness and bad assery a the man with no name in sergio leone dollar trilogy and and he do so again in the dirty harry film . sudden impact give u the dirty harry we have ever see . eastwood real life girlfriend sondra locke fit very well in the role of the vengeful beauty . the great pat hingle and who have already work with eastwood in ted post tough mind western hang em high in 1986 play the police chief of the small town . the film furthermore include a wide range of truly despicable scumbag character and include a pathetic criminal play by kevin major howard ( best know for his role in stanley kubrick full metal jacket ) and a woman name ray perkins ( audrie j. neenan ) and doubtlessly one of the most disgusting and despicable female character ever in cinema . albert popwell and who play the bank robber in the famous do you feel lucky . scene in dirty harry and the black militant leader in the enforcer be also part of this one again and this time a harry colleague and buddy . overall sudden impact be the grittiest and dirtiest and probably the most violent of all dirty harry film and ( though the dead pool isn not exactly tame either ) and and my second favorite after the brilliant 1971 original . an absolute must see for callahan fan and and highly recommend to all lover of police thriller and cinematic bad assery . my rating represent 8 . 5/10 .