One of the more graphically violent movies ever made, MAGNUM FORCE is shatteringly effective. Eastwood is a policeman man of few, often foul, words, who is baffled by a series of killings of prominent Bay Area criminals. His pal, Ryan, is on the verge of a nervous breakdown, and his new partner, Perry, notes that all of the deaths were caused by the same weapon, a .357 Magnum. This is the gun that's widely used by members of the S.F.P.D. and the implication is that a cop is doing the erasing. Eastwood wonders if his friend might be the person responsible until Ryan is killed in the same manner as the other victims.
