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Extreme Prejudice (1987)
Directed by Walter Hill
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Overview
A Texas Ranger and a ruthless narcotics kingpin - they were childhood friends, now they are adversaries…
Rated R | Length 101 minutes
Actors
Nick Nolte | Powers Boothe | Michael Ironside | María Conchita Alonso | Rip Torn | Clancy Brown | William Forsythe | Matt Mulhern | Larry B. Scott | Dan Tullis Jr. | John Dennis Johnston | Luis Contreras | Gary Carlos Cervantes | Tom Lister Jr. | Marco Rodríguez | James Lashly | Tony Frank | Mickey Jones | Kent Lipham | Sam Gauny | Rick Garcia | Richard L. Duran | Larry Duran | Jimmy Ortega | Ken Medlock | Lin Shaye | Christina Garcia
Viewing History (seen 2 times)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/21/2022 | Home Theater | Blu-ray | Owned | 8 stars |
| 07/26/2014 | TV | DVD | Rented | 8 stars |
| (Average) 8 stars |
Viewing Notes
I’ve been trying to watch, or as in this case, re-watch Walter Hill’s films. I’d seen Extreme Prejudice a long time ago but remembered little about it. It’s weird that this movie has mostly disappeared from everyone’s memories because it’s some great straight up ‘80s macho action movie making. It feels like a western through and through, which makes sense given that Walter Hill has said all of the movies he’s directed are essentially westerns.
I love Nolte’s cold and unfathomable pissed off portrayal of his Texas Ranger character, and Rip Torn is awesome as the local sheriff and his sidekick for the first quarter of the film. I’d have loved to have seen more of Torn’s character.
A number of great character actors shows up in this as well, including Michael Ironside, William Forsythe and the great Clancy Brown for starters.
Unfortunately the DVD I got from Netflix is an old pressing and was fullscreen, which stymied some of the scenes. I’d love to track down a widescreen version of this, if it exists on media, and watch it again.
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