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Release Date: 23 April, 2002 Retail Price: $9.98 OUR Price: $9.98 You SAVE: $0.00! Cast: Complete Cast (16 total) |
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How Long Must We Wait??!!
Plenty of other reviews here give a synopsis of this story so I'll skip that part, and get to the "Oh how I love this movie" part.
I first saw this Walter Hill movie around '88, and only on VHS, and it has always been on my top 10 list. Back in the day's before Robert Rodriquez,and Q.T. And when those of us on the east coast had no access to Hong Kong Cinema, Walter Hill was a name action fans looked for, along with the better known names of stylized action, Sergio Leone, Sam Peckenpaugh,Richard Donner, and John McTiernen. All of these directors delivered lots of entertaining action,but for my money in the 80s Hill delivered big time with this modern day western.
Performances are strong and memorable. What scenery isnt destroyed by gun fire is chewed to pieces. Rip Torn, and Powers Booth create characters that are especially fun. Nick Nolte does a great job of playing a Texas Ranger, in a mythological kinda way.
The direction is sharp despite some minor plot holes, but of course the action sequences are steller.
Big question now is "How long must we wait for a good DVD version of this film?" Widescreen is a must.
EXTREME PREJUDICE - A high-voltage thriller !
A tough Texas Ranger stands on one side of the border - Jack Benteen (Nick Nolte). His goal is to clean up the mexican drug traffic. On the other side of the Rio Grande stands Cash Bailey (Powers Boothe) - a ruthless narcotics kingpin who`ll stop at nothing to get his way...friends since childhood and now bitter
adversaries.
What`s left between them is the love of a beautiful girl, played by Maria Conchita Alonso.
And secretly, a government commando team (Michael Ironside, William Forsythe) moves into town. Their mission is to steal millions of drug dollars stashed in a bank. The heist quickly forces the two men into the ultimate confrontation...where only one can survive.
EXTREME PREJUDICE from 1987 is a great movie, and one of my favorite movies. Strong violent action and bad language. From the director Walter Hill (48 hrs. 1982, Another 48 hrs. 1990, Red Heat 1988).
The DVD-Edition from ARTISAN Entertainment is much better than the VHS-Tape released by AVID Home Entertainment.
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