Go ahead, make my day make my day"" just before shooting Mick the rapist, who aims his stolen shotgun at Harry's lover, Jennifer Spencer. When speaking out against taxes at the 1985 American Business Conference, President Ronald Reagan, himself a former actor, stated "I have my veto pen drawn and ready for any tax increase that Congress might even think of sending up. And I have only one thing to say to the tax increasers. Go ahead—make my day." The movie "Sudden Impact" became popular in Kenya in the early 1990s. Kenyan kids pronounced 'make my day' as "Makmende" probably due to influence of the
Dirty Harry (film series) avenge herself and her catatonic sister by killing the people who sexually assaulted them. The film is notable for Callahan's catchphrase, "Go ahead, make my day". "The Dead Pool" (1988) was directed by Buddy Van Horn. Harry finds that he is among the subjects of a dead pool, a game betting on deaths of celebrities. Someone tries to rig the game by killing the celebrities on one player's list. After this film, Eastwood retired from playing the "Dirty Harry" character, as he felt his age (58 in 1988) would make Harry a parody. Frank Miller, creator of the "Sin City"