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  • The badass line to end all badass lines from the first film:
    "I know what you're thinking. 'Did he fire six shots, or only five?' Well, to tell you the truth in all this excitement, I kinda lost track myself. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and will blow your head...clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' ...Well, do ya, punk?"
    • Not to mention that when Harry starts to berate Scorpio he says "punk" with such force, Clint Eastwood's hair is blown back.
      • Even better when the bank robber from earlier in the film says "I gots to know..." after receiving a more subdued version of the speech in question. He needs to know whether Harry really did fire six shots or only five. Harry aims the gun at the man's head, he braces for death, Harry pulls the trigger...*click*. Harry just smirks and walks away, while the man is left muttering "Son of a bitch..." to himself. As for Scorpio...he isn't so lucky.
  • Scorpio's theme music.
  • When Scorpio is gleefully psychotic at the fact that he's getting away with kidnapping a whole bus load of children, only to see Harry Callahan's figure in the distance, standing on a bridge and watching.
  • When Harry finally ends Scorpio's rampage, many audience members cheered.
  • Real Life example: Clint Eastwood did his own stunts, including leaping from the bridge onto the bus.
  • Raymond Johnson, as the man Scorpio hires to beat him up and frame Harry, is only on screen for a couple of minutes but he damn near walks away with the film in that time.

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