Magnum Force

Ted Post's 1973 film follows a detective investigating the summary execution of criminals in San Francisco. The trail leads inside the force. Young motorcycle officers are the suspects. The film answers the criticism made of the previous picture; the narrative places its hero against killing without trial. Clint Eastwood returned to the same character. John Milius is among the writers. It is the second film in the series. Who it's for: those who like nineteen-seventies police action. Who it's not for: viewers troubled by scenes where the women are written through the attitudes of the period; the film has aged there.