clint eastwood would star again a the battle weary detective harry callahan and but would also direct the fourth entry in the dirty harry series . sudden impact again like the other addition and bring it own distinguishable style and tone and but if anything it probably the most similar to the original in it darker and seedy moment ( and bestow a classic line go ahead . make my day ) but some of it humor have to be see to believe . a bulldog name meathead that piss and fart . oh yeah . however an interesting fact this entry be only one in series to not have it set entirely in san francisco . the story follow that of detective callahan try to put the piece together of a murder where the victim be shoot in the groin and then between the eye . after get in some trouble with office superior and cause a stir which have some crime lord thug after his blood . he order to take leave and but it fall into a work one where he head to a coastal town san paulo and where a murder have occur similar in vein ( bullet to groin and between eye ) to his case . there he begin to dig up dirt and which lead to the idea of someone look for revenge . to be honest and i wasn not all that crash hot on eastwood take and but after many repeat viewing it virtually have grow on me to the point of probably be on par with the first sequel magnum force . this well assemble plot actually give eastwood another angle to work upon ( even though it feel more like a sophisticated take on the vigilante feature run rampant at that time ) and quite literal with something punish but luridly damaging . it like he experiment with noir thriller touch with character drive trait to help develop the emotionally bubbling and eventual morality framework . his use of image be last and due to it slickly foreboding atmospherics . dark tone and brood light like the scene towards the end akin to some western showdown of a silhouette figure ( harry with his new . 44 automag handgun ) move it way towards the stun prey on the fishing dock . it a striking sight that build fear . mix the hauntingly cold with plain brutality and dash of humor . it seem to come off . a major plus with these film be the dialogue and while i wouldn not call sudden impact first rate and it provide ample biting exchange and memorably creditable line youre a legend in your own mind . don not you just love hear harry spark an amusing quip and before pull out his piece . the beat action when it occur be excitingly jarring and intense the only way to go and the pacing fly by with little in the way of flat passage . lalo schfrin would return a composer ( after the enforcer have jerry field score ) bring a methodical funky kick and which still breathe those gloomy cue to a texturally breezy score that click from the get go . bruce surtees ( an eastwood regular ) get the job behind the camera ( where he do a piecing job with dirty harry ) and give the film plenty of scope by wonderfully frame the backdrop in some impeccable tracking scene and but also instrument edgy angle within those dramatic moment . eastwood a the dinosaur callahan still pack a punch and go beyond just that steely glare to get the job do and probably show a little more heart than one would expect from a young callahan . this go by the sudden shift in a plot turn of harry quest for justice by the badge even though he doesn not always agree with it . i just find it odd a real change of heart . across from him be a stupendous performance by his beau at the time sondra locke . her turn of traumatic torment ( be senselessly rap along with her young sister ) and be hide by a glassily quiet intensity . when the anger be release and it tactically accurate in it outcome . paul drake be perfectly menace and filthy a one of the targeted thug and audrie j. neenan nail down a repellently scummy and big mouth performance . these people be truly an ugly bunch of sap . pat hingle be sturdy a the chief of the small coastal town . in small part be bradford dillman and the agreeably potent albert popwell ( a regular in the series 1 4 and but under different character ) . how can you forget him in dirty harry yes he be bank robber that at the end of the trademark quote do i feel lucky . well and do ya and punk .