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Extreme Prejudice

Name: Extreme Prejudice
Released: 1987-04-24T00:00:00.000000Z
Rating: 6.3

An army of forgotten heroes, all officially dead. They live for combat. Now they've met the wrong man.

1987 • 105 min • ★ 6.3 (200) • Released

Action Crime Drama Thriller Western

Lean, mean Texas Ranger Jack Benteen locks horns with a former friend, Cash Bailey, now a ruthless drug kingpin. Though they're on opposite sides of the law, they share a love interest in the sensual Sarita. When a crew of rogue soldiers descends upon the border town for an off-the-books mission, all roads lead to a bloody, to-the-death showdown, as loyalties shift and the lines between good and evil are blurred.

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Original title: Extreme Prejudice
Language: EN
Country: US
Budget: $22,000,000
Revenue: $11,300,000

Reviews & Ratings 1

John Chard

Sep 23, 2014 · via TMDB

★ 7.5

Extreme Prejudice (1987) The Zombie Unit. 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 proven 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

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drugs kingpin mexican standoff modern western neo-noir organized crime robbery texas texas ranger

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Cast 27

Nick Nolte

Jack Benteen

Powers Boothe

Cash Bailey

Michael Ironside

Major Paul Hackett

María Conchita Alonso

Sarita Cisneros

Rip Torn

Sheriff Hank Pearson

Clancy Brown

Sgt. Larry McRose

William Forsythe

Sgt. Buck Atwater

Matt Mulhern

Sgt. Declan Patrick Coker

Larry B. Scott

Sgt. Charles Biddle

Dan Tullis Jr.

Sgt. Luther Fry

John Dennis Johnston

Merv

James Lashly

Deputy Purvis

Marco Rodríguez

Deputy Cortez

Luis Contreras

Lupo

Gary Carlos Cervantes

Hector

Tommy Lister Jr.

Monday

Tony Frank

Clarence King

Mickey Jones

Chub Luke

Kent Lipham

T.C. Luke

Sam Gauny

Pearly Grips

Richard L. Duran

Man with Chub

Jimmy Ortega

Young Mexican Man

Lin Shaye

Employment Office Clerk

Ken Medlock

Redneck in Bank

Allan Graf

Ambush Shooter (uncredited)

Thomas Rosales Jr.

Scarza (uncredited)

Karly Rothenberg

Woman in Bank (uncredited)

Crew 24

Matthew F. Leonetti

Director of Photography

John R. Leonetti

First Assistant Camera

Bruce McBroom

Still Photographer

Marian Green

Stunt Double

Allan Graf

Stunts

Brian J. Williams

Stunts

Carl Ciarfalio

Stunts

George P. Wilbur

Stunts

J.P. Romano

Stunts

Jeff O'Haco

Stunts

Jerry Wills

Stunts

Jimmy Ortega

Stunts

Marian Green

Stunts

Michael Adams

Stunts

Thomas Rosales Jr.

Stunts

Walter Hill

Director

Steven Rosenblum

Assistant Editor

Andrew G. Vajna

Executive Producer

Mario Kassar

Executive Producer

Jerry Goldsmith

Conductor

Ry Cooder

Music Producer

Alexander Courage

Orchestrator

Jerry Goldsmith

Original Music Composer

John Milius

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US Release Dates 1

Apr 24, 1987

R Theatrical