# Sudden Impact (1983)

> A transferred San Francisco inspector collides with a rape-revenge killer while dispensing brutally direct justice in coastal California.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/5718

## Facts

- Runtime: 117 min
- Genres: Thriller, Crime, Action, Drama
- Director: Clint Eastwood
- Cast: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Bradford Dillman, Paul Drake, Audrie Neenan, Jack Thibeau, Michael Currie
- TMDB rating: 6.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086383/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: gritty, aggressive, sardonic, action movie night, 1980s movie marathon

## Movies like Sudden Impact

- [Dirty Harry (1971)](https://ember.film/movie/815)
- [Coogan's Bluff (1968)](https://ember.film/movie/15566)
- [10 to Midnight (1983)](https://ember.film/movie/11203)
- [Cop (1988)](https://ember.film/movie/19878)
- [The Gauntlet (1977)](https://ember.film/movie/10649)
- [Code of Silence (1985)](https://ember.film/movie/12503)
- [Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)](https://ember.film/movie/15638)
- [The Evil That Men Do (1984)](https://ember.film/movie/36360)
- [The Presidio (1988)](https://ember.film/movie/6757)
- [Death Wish (1974)](https://ember.film/movie/8166)

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