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Shooting that guy in the CROTCH??

posted 14 years ago by ztraybllet
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Does anyone else think shooting that guy in the crotch at the start of the film was a little harsh?

He was trying to escape up the stairs, okay, but there were other places Harry could've easily shot him in order to stop him!

Did that guy REALLY deserve to be shot in the GROIN of all places?!

(I know it's just a movie, but everytime I think of this movie I am reminded about that scene, ever since I first saw it. Imagine a powerful handgun shooting a sensitive as hell pair of balls. It just makes me shudder!).

[–] Guardia 14 years ago

It's a symbol of Harry's rough sense of justice. Rather than just injure them, he renders them impotent in all senses of the word.

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[–] c-huddleston 14 years ago

I remember seeing this in the cinema. The male part of the audience as a collective just about sucked all the air out of the auditorium in the sharpest intake of breath you've ever heard!

[–] BrainGremlin 12 years ago

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[–] vestdennis 11 years ago

The guy was rushing up the stairs so I doubt Harry meant to shot him in the balls. Probably just happened that way. At least he won't be able to reproduce...

[–] nutsberryfarm 12 years ago

he's dirty.

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[–] ivanizmir 14 years ago

Actually Harry shoots him in the arse.

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[–] c-huddleston 14 years ago

Watch closely - the way he comes down the stairs shows that he was shot from behind but not in the arse

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[–] cjh8504 14 years ago

Yeah. That one guy saw this in theaters?? He must be an old guy. Lol.

[–] c-huddleston 14 years ago

Don't worry. I still have my hair and teeth. I keep them in a drawer.

[–] cjh8504 14 years ago

But seriously. to see an R rated movie in 1976, you must be around 48, 52, something like that, at least.

[–] c-huddleston 14 years ago

In the UK it was an X (18). And yes, I'm something like that.

[–] Mississippi20 14 years ago

I like the perspectives of people who grew up with these films and lived through their releases, because I never got to, and I treasure movies like Dirty Harry, The Sting, Indiana Jones, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, etc.

[–] silver-surfer1 14 years ago

This is the IMDB, not "LOGAN'S RUN" *beep*

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[–] inneroscator2 13 years ago

He was threatening along with his partner to blow the heads off their 2 woman hostages. Too harsh huh?

[–] stones78 14 years ago

looks like the ass was shot.

[–] c-huddleston 14 years ago

Don't ever forget the penetrative powers of a .44 bullet at close range...

[–] copejorg 14 years ago

ivanizmir: "Actually Harry shoots him in the arse."

me: "Rectum, Ivan. Rectum!"

ivan: "Wrecked 'um?! It damn near killed 'um!"

(^_^)

[–] Woodyanders 14 years ago

Yeah, that scene was pretty brutal.

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[–] Traianus 14 years ago

I have to think that getting shot in the crotch with a .44 Magnum would look and feel a hell of a lot worse than it was depicted in that scene.

[–] billy51482 14 years ago

Nope, not a shot to the butt. Watch again. The bullet impact is between the legs. Big difference! He gets his nuts shot off, except from behind!

[–] gameoflife69 14 years ago

I thought it was AWESOME! Nothing says HALT! Like having your balls blown off by a .44 magnum.

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[–] rainbird131162 14 years ago

Does anyone else think shooting that guy in the crotch at the start of the film was a little harsh?

No. In fact it's the kind of delightfully vicious detail that made 70's exploitation cinema so enjoyable even when the stories weren't up to much. You wouldn't see something like that in American action cinema today. More's the pity IMO.

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[–] diamondyi 13 years ago

I've been trying to find that scene in the movie, can someone please tell me whereabouts it is? I remember it was the scene where Clint was chasing a group of people, and he shot the guy who was running up the stairs...

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[–] muzilon 10 years ago

You wouldn't see something like that in American action cinema today.

Robocop (the original) shot a would-be rapist in the junk, as I recall.

[–] Milkdoesabodygood 10 years ago

He ain't gonna B balling anytime soon.

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[–] BrainGremlin 12 years ago

Yeah, no kidding. I hated it for more than one reason. It was much too drastic, for one. Not only that, but GodDAMN IT, the second movie developed Harry's character so much... Can't imagine him doing that after it.

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[–] MovieMaster95 12 years ago

Agreed. Harry's a violent cop, but shooting someone from behind, in the crotch, just seems a little too much.

In the first two films he only fired his handgun in self defense or to protect others. The Enforcer was the movie when Harry started being excessively violent. Shooting someone from behind and getting revenge on the gang leader with a rocket launcher. This followed through into 'Sudden Impact' and 'The Dead Pool'.

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[–] dykesy30 11 years ago

You're forgetting about in Dirty Harry where he shoots Scorpio on the sports field and then proceeds to torture him.

[–] MovieMaster95 11 years ago

You're forgetting about in Dirty Harry where he shoots Scorpio on the sports field and then proceeds to torture him.

It's all about the scenerio. Scorpio had kidnapped, raped and mutilated a teenage girl who could potentially be dead or dying. Add to the fact that Scorpio had beaten him badly and shot at his partner. Harry had his reasons for being so violent. He wanted to find the girl by any means and he couldn't stand the idea that this monster deserve any rights. Yeah, it's fascist and the police shouldn't work like that but I'd imagine that anyone else would have done the same if there were no repercussions.

But Harry shooting that guy in the crotch in this film felt uncalled for. Yeah these guys could have killed him but he's going to shoot the last guy while he runs away, why not aim for his leg? The guy wasn't a current threat, and shooting him in his genitals was needlessly brutal. The only thing Harry accomplished by doing that is adding one more guy to his body count.

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[–] Mannlaw99 10 years ago

Now that's what I call a Crotch-shot!

[–] ztraybllet 10 years ago

LOL!

We have stairs at my work leading up to a sort of storage room and every time I ran up there it reminds me of that scene haha

[–] jmsocool 9 years ago

Dr. Callahan is ready to perform your vasectomy.

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"In a row?"

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