An army of forgotten heroes, all officially dead. They live for combat. Now they've met the wrong man.
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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Classical in form, grave, plot-driven and unpretentious.
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- John Chardon TMDB · Sep 20147.5/10
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
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Cast
- Nick NolteJack Benteen
- Powers BootheCash Bailey
- Michael IronsideMajor Paul Hackett
- María Conchita AlonsoSarita Cisneros
- Rip TornSheriff Hank Pearson
- Clancy BrownSgt. Larry McRose
- William ForsytheSgt. Buck Atwater
- Matt MulhernSgt. Declan Patrick Coker
- Larry B. ScottSgt. Charles Biddle
- Dan Tullis Jr.Sgt. Luther Fry
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- Walter HillDirector
- Harry KleinerScreenplay
- Deric WashburnScreenplay
- Matthew F. LeonettiDirector of Photography
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
- Freeman A. DaviesEditor
- Billy WeberEditor
- David HoldenEditor
- Buzz FeitshansProducer
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