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    Sudden Impact
    Genre: Action Adventure

    Reviewed In Issue 56 (Jan 2002) Of Widescreen Review®

    Stars:
    Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Bradford Dillman, Paul Drake, Audrie J. Neenan, Jack Thibeau, Michael Currie, Albert Popwell & Mark Keyloun

    WSR Review Scores
    WSR Picture Rating: 3
    DD Sound Rating: 4.5
    DTS Sound Rating: NA
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    Critics' Composite Score: 3
    Internet Links
    http://www.warnervideo.com
    Special Features
    Includes production notes and a waste-of-time


     DVD General Information

    (Studio/Distributor): Warner Home Video
    (Catalog Number): 18605
    (MPAA Rating): R
    (Rating Reason):
    (Retail Price): $19.98
    (DVD Type): Single Side, Dual Layer (DVD9)
    (Widescreen Edition): Yes
    (Full Screen Edition): No
    (Anamorphic Widescreen): Yes
    (Running Time In Minutes): 117
    (Color Type): Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
    (Closed Captioned): Yes
    (Regional Coding): 1
    (Theatrical Year): 1983
    (Theatrical Release): Yes
    (Direct-To-Video Release): No
    (DVD Release Date): 11/20/01
    (THX® Digitally Mastered): No

     Credits Information

    (Director): Clint Eastwood
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    Story Synopsis:
    After upsetting his superiors, in Sudden Impact, Detective Harry Callahan is sent out of town to do some busy work on a murder case. In typical Dirty Harry style, trouble finds him wherever he goes. This time Harry stumbles across a rape victim (Locke) who is hunting down her attackers and killing them one by one.

    DVD Picture:
    The anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 DVD picture exhibits images that are generally sharp, but at times wanting in detail and definition. Colors are well balanced, with nicely rendered fleshtones, and deepblacks, but hues appear dated and occasionally plugged-up. There is some loss of detail and minor smearing that could be related to noise reduction. Edge enhancement can be bothersome, but pixelization is infrequent. Some scenes appear slightly shaky. (Suzanne Hodges)

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