Discount Shopping Online :: VHS Magnum Force : : Ted Post

Magnum Force
starring: Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Mitch Ryan, David Soul, Tim Matheson
directed by: Ted Post

Used Price: $0.89
Collectible Price: $10.00
Third Party New Price: $0.49

Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780790733395
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 0790733390
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: January 13, 1998
Running Time: 124 minutes
Sales Rank: 13706
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: December 25, 1973

Related Items:

Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
This first sequel to Dirty Harry was written by a couple of strong voices, writer-directors Michael Cimino (The Deer Hunter) and John Milius (Farewell to the King). But that doesn't mean the film is particularly good. After Don Siegel's ferociously dark style in the first movie, Ted Post's blocky, television-ish direction in Magnum Force is a huge letdown. The story doesn't win any prizes, either. Eastwood's San Francisco detective Harry Callahan (apparently having retrieved his badge after throwing it away at the end of Dirty Harry) takes on a vigilante squad within the city's police force. David Soul is pretty convincing as the major spokesman for these right-wing avengers. Eastwood, on the other hand, had already turned Callahan from fascinating outsider in Siegel's film to purveyor of tough-guy shtick in this one. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- It's Clint!
Come on! It's Eastwood! You know you want this-just get it already and be done!

Rating:

- "Man's got to know his limitations."
The follow up to DIRTY HARRY is also a response to the critics who charged Eastwood and Don Siegel with being fascist. In MAGNUM FORCE the bad guys are a team of rogue cops who dispensing vigilante justice on the criminals of Sodom by the Bay (aka San Francisco). Harry's foil this time is Hal Hoolbrook as Lt Briggs and a team of rookie cops that include David Soul, Tim Matheson, Kip Niven and Robert Urich. John Mitchum (brother of Robert) returns as Frank degeorgio and look for Albert Popwell (the banker robber in DH, "I got's to know!") as a pimp with a new use for drain cleanerand Mitchell Ryan as a red herring. Not as good as the original, still an entertaining ride. Nice finale at the ship graveyard. Scripted by John Milius and Michael Cimmeno and with a score by Lalo Schiffrin.

Rating:

- It's the Colt Python .357 magnums vs. the Smith and Wesson Model 29 .44 magnum
Well not really. As a matter of fact, Dirty Harry doesn't even use his magnum to dispense the rogue cops. Davis (David Soul) is drown-fu'd, Grimes (Robert Urich) is car-fu'd, Astrachan (Kip Niven) is chop-fu'd and Lt. Briggs (Hal Holbrook) is bomb-fu'd by Harry. Sweet (Tim Matheson) is shotgun-fu'd in an ambush by the bad guys while serving a "Warrant"

The really good parts were the shooting range introductions of Dirty Harry to all the rogue cops (minus Rogue Boss - Briggs). Where Harry tells the traffic cops he uses "light specials" - meaning .44 Special ammunition; which I don't believe, due to the recoil of the gun. He's using full-power magnums, alright. Officer Sweet (Tim Matheson) gets to shoot Harry's big gun. "It was just a little heavy, I missed one" says Sweet.

Also, the combat pistol-shooting championships pit the Colt blue steel 4-inch .357 magnum 125gr JHP's and HKS speedloaders ... Read More

Rating:

- THE MOST UNDERRATED DIRY HARRY FILM
Funny Games was a difficult film to review. On one hand there are numerous outstanding elements to this horror/psychological thriller. On the other hand, the Director tries to be a bit too cute and threatens to drag the entire film down the drain. Funny Games is a shot-for-shot remake of the original Austrian film (also directed by Michael Haneke) that came out in 1997. Haneke remade the film in order to reach a broader U.S. audience who typically eschews foreign movies.

Naomi Watts and Tim Roth play Ann and George who, along with son George Jr., have come to stay at their lakefront vacation home. Their idyllic holiday soon turns to horror with the arrival of two young men who look like they just walked off the campus of some Ivy League school in their white, preppy golf attire. Under the pretense of wanting to borrow eggs for a neighbor, they break George's leg with a golf club and soon put the entire ... Read More

Discount Shopping Online Books and Publications

VHS : Magnum Force
Books and Publications Average Rating:

Search the web for info about Magnum Force

Discount Shopping Online Books and Publications

VHS : Magnum ForceBooks and Publications Average Rating:

Search the web for info about Magnum Force

VHS : Magnum Force
Books and Publications Average Rating: