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Michael_Elliott Extreme Prejudice (1987) *** (out of 4)As children, Jack benteen and Cash Bailey were the best of friends. As adults, Jack (Nick Nolte) is a Texas Ranger and Cash (Powers Boothe) has turned into one of the biggest drug pushers in Mexico. The two of them are about to face off over their morals as well as the woman they both love.Walter Hill's EXTREME PREJUDICE has one of the most familiar and predictable plots out there. It's somewhat surprising that this film basically contains every stereotype that you'd expect in an action movie like this yet it remains extremely entertaining throughout thanks to a terrific cast as well as a director with an eye for violence. I think the best thing this film has going for it are the performances by the entire cast. Both Nolte and Boothe are extremely effective in their roles and they really do make you feel as if they were once friends but now are battling on opposite sides of the law. The two really set off explosions when they're acting together. The cast also includes strong character actors like Michael Ironside, Rip Torn, Clancy Brown, William Forsythe, Matt Mulhern and quick roles for Mickey Jones and Lin Shaye. The cast certainly keeps the routine screenplay going but so does Hill's eye for action and violence. This is a pretty darn bloody movie with all sorts of gunshot wounds and slow motion scenes of blood flowing. If you're easily offended by violence and action then it's doubtful you're much of a fan of Hill but the director adds some great touches to the picture and especially during these action scenes. The finale is all out gun massacre and it's extremely effective and entertaining.As I said, EXTREME PREJUDICE isn't the most original movie ever made and it follows all the plot twists that you'd expect but if you're a fan of the director then it's certainly worth watching.

Spikeopath Extreme Prejudice is directed by Walter Hill and collectively written by John Milius, Fred Rexer, Deric Washburn and Harry Kleiner. It stars Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Maria Conchita Alonso, Michael Ironside, Rip Torn, Clancy Brown, William Forsythe and Matt Mulhern. Music is by Jerry Goldsmith and cinematography by Matthew F. Leonetti.Well it's a good day for a killing.Walter Hill homages and parodies the splinter of action cinema that encompasses the grizzled law enforcer tracking the bad guy, who in this case, was once a friend. That's the basic set up for Hill's brooding and bloody Extreme Prejudice. Action takes place down on the US/Mexico border, Ranger Jack Benteen (Nolte) is hunting his one time pal - and the man he shares his woman's love with – Cash Bailey (Boothe), who has taken up drug smuggling as his employment of choice. Complicating matters is that there is a gang of ex-forces specialists in the town ready to raid the bank for some funds and documents to nail Bailey. Loyalties are tested, twists, turns and bloody shocks do follow.Much of the film's strength is gained from the casting, it's a roll call of macho performers who combined make up a CV with enough beef to feed the third world. Even Alonso as the sole female of note fits the requisite toughness exam (she would do The Running Man this same year and go on to star in Predator 2). Much of the narrative involves brooding and tough talk, a slow burn approach from Hill who adds some meat to the bones of the main characters. Photography is pleasing, with actual locations shimmering on the screen, and Goldsmith's score is a pulser that is a fore runner to his score for Total Recall 3 years later.At times it's offbeat, at others it's gripping in its sweaty intensity, and then there is the balletic violence which Hill has proved himself to be an astute purveyor of, crowned here by his homage to Peckinpah's glorious finale in The Wild Bunch.Lean and tough with bodies and butchness everywhere. 7.5/10

dworldeater What we have here is one hell of a film. Which goes without saying when you have John Milius writing the script and Walter Hill directing it. Also an ensemble cast that includes Nick Nolte , Powers Boothe , Michael Ironside, Clancy Brown , William Forsythe, Maria Conchita Alonso, the dude who played Lamar in Revenge Of The Nerds and more. Extreme Predudice is pretty much The Wild Bunch set in the 1980's on the U.S./Mexican border . It is almost as good as The Wild Bunch also which is a huge compliment as The Wild Bunch is one of the best films ever made. The pacing on this is quicker. Expect lots of action , great dialogue and stellar performances . Most of Walter Hill 's movies are underrated in my opinion and this is one of his finest works. This is also my favorite western in a modern day setting . I also really like Lone Wolf McQuade, which John Milius wrote also( and is my favorite Chuck Norris film). If you are a fan of action films or westerns this is one movie you should check out.

rightwingisevil this was when nick nolte, power boothe, michael ironside were at their prime, just over forty, all full grown men and their acting performances were also matured like wine. this movie was adapted from a very powerful co-authored paperback novel, then so nicely adapted into a screenplay, then again, got a very good director and top notched production team, the final production, of course, logically turned out to be a power house movie. the tension, the plot twists, the betrayals, the bullshitting patriotism and the self-righteous personal selfish gain, the blind follow-order discipline, the born hostile, the drug cartel, the kingpin, the tough like nail Texas ranger....wow, this was a very dangerous movie full of dynamites and bullets. i didn't think boothe did a better Job after this movie, he, like ironside, turned into a b-movie actor. only nolte continued to survive and prosperous in the big screen movies. this movie also reminded me of the later 'no country for old man' and some of the other similar ones focus movies, such of 'lone wolf mcQuade' franchised by chuck norris in the early 80s.now the border between Mexico and those four u.s. states is changing, the situation also rapidly changed and deteriorating. there are 15' feet high great wall-like steel walls separated these two country, there are several u.s./Mexico border-crossing customs. illegal aliens and drug smugglers/dealers playing cat and mouse games on a 24/7/365 basis. u.s. border patrols got new electronic devices and even predators cruising in the sky. the whole scene and the game plan now have changed into a totally different scenario. this movie also urged me to re-watch the 5 episodes 'border war' produced by the national geography. but i'd say that i like the movies better than the documentary films.