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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Two plot strands run throughout this modern day western set on the Mexico/Texas border. The first is the conflict between childhood friends Jack Benteen (Nick Nolte) and Cash Bailey (Powers Boothe), now a Texas Ranger and Drug Kingpin respectively. The second is the planning and execution of a bank heist by a covert military team. Sounds cool right? It is.
Director Walter Hill is no stranger to finely crafted action, having cut his teeth as assistant director on 'Bullitt' and as screenwriter of 'The Getaway'. He has gone on to helm classics like 'Hard Times', 'The Warriors' and 'Southern Comfort'. He brings a grittiness to the film that other directors wouldn't have. You can really feel the opressive heat and grime of the border towns.
The cast assembled for 'Extreme Prejudice' is fantastic. Besides Nolte and Boothe there's Michael Ironside (Scanners/Total Recall/Starship Troopers), Clancy Brown (Highlander/The Shawshank Redemption) and William Forsythe (action movie fans will remember him as Richie from 'Out For Justice'). Everyone here is a tough guy. They all look like they shave with machetes and wash their armpits with brillo pads. Maria Conchita Alonso is the only notable female member of the cast but her character is basically used as a tool to play the men off against each other.
The film is rife with hard-boiled dialogue ("I don't give up my gun without somebody gettin' hurt") and brutal slow motion gun fights (Sam Peckinpah is obviously a huge influence on Walter Hill) but what sets 'Extreme Prejudice' apart from most other action films is the memorable characters and hardcore style. It's the kind of film they just don't make anymore. Any action fan should be proud to have this in their collection.
Director Walter Hill is no stranger to finely crafted action, having cut his teeth as assistant director on 'Bullitt' and as screenwriter of 'The Getaway'. He has gone on to helm classics like 'Hard Times', 'The Warriors' and 'Southern Comfort'. He brings a grittiness to the film that other directors wouldn't have. You can really feel the opressive heat and grime of the border towns.
The cast assembled for 'Extreme Prejudice' is fantastic. Besides Nolte and Boothe there's Michael Ironside (Scanners/Total Recall/Starship Troopers), Clancy Brown (Highlander/The Shawshank Redemption) and William Forsythe (action movie fans will remember him as Richie from 'Out For Justice'). Everyone here is a tough guy. They all look like they shave with machetes and wash their armpits with brillo pads. Maria Conchita Alonso is the only notable female member of the cast but her character is basically used as a tool to play the men off against each other.
The film is rife with hard-boiled dialogue ("I don't give up my gun without somebody gettin' hurt") and brutal slow motion gun fights (Sam Peckinpah is obviously a huge influence on Walter Hill) but what sets 'Extreme Prejudice' apart from most other action films is the memorable characters and hardcore style. It's the kind of film they just don't make anymore. Any action fan should be proud to have this in their collection.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
Set along the Texas-Mexico border, this is a modern day western blending high tech marines and old style Texas Rangers against local drug baron (Powers Booth). Excellent supporting performances, particularly by Michael Ironside make this good fun, despite the occasionally wooden performance of Nick Nolte. Overall this works surprisingly well.
Format:DVD
all action fans should watch this movie full stop it has every thing in it from grt shoot outs and fights with nick nolte playin the tough man to pefection... watch this movie n watch the bullets fly bang bang
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Extreme Prejudice
Good film, very underrated, but well worth a look and from a great director-Walter Hill. Arrived in excellent time, in good, safe packaging-first class service
Published 2 months ago by danielle
Excellent movie UK DVD PAL version significantly better than the NTSC...
I'm happy to say it is significantly better than the NTSC version.
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Published 21 months ago by Terence Tan Co
Under rated Movie ?
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Published on 23 Dec 2008 by Billy Ray Cyrus
shoot 'em up, blow 'em up in Texas
It's a case of brain in neutral and enjoy.
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Published on 4 Nov 2008 by Susan Belcher
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