Extreme Prejudice (1987)

Director:

Walter Hill

Writers:

John Milius (story) and
Fred Rexer (story) ...

Release Date:

24 April 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Western

Tagline:

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

Plot:

A Texas Ranger and a ruthless narcotics kingpin - they were childhood friends, now they are adversaries...

Plot Keywords:

Drug | Texas | Kingpin | Texas Ranger | Drug Lord

Cast

Nick Nolte	...	Jack Benteen
Powers Boothe	...	Cash Bailey
Michael Ironside	...	Maj. Paul Hackett
Maria Conchita Alonso	...	Sarita Cisneros
Rip Torn	...	Sheriff Hank Pearson
Clancy Brown	...	MSgt. Larry McRose
William Forsythe	...	Sgt. Buck Atwater
Matt Mulhern	...	SSgt. Declan Patrick Coker
Larry B. Scott	...	Sgt. Charles Biddle
Dan Tullis Jr.	...	Sgt. Luther Fry
John Dennis Johnston	...	Merv
Luis Contreras	...	Lupo
Gary Cervantes	...	Hector (as Carlos Cervantes)
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister	...	Monday
Marco Rodríguez	...	Deputy Cortez

Runtime:

96 min | USA:104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (original rating) | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18

Filming Locations:

El Paso, Texas, USA

Company:

Carolco Entertainment

Trivia:

In the scene in which Powers Boothe picks up the scorpion and then crushes it with his bare hand was done in one take.

Goofs:

Continuity: Cash gains a beard when he walks into the cantina.

Quotes:

Sheriff Hank Pearson: Morning.
Jack Benteen: [snaps] What's good about it!?
Sheriff Hank Pearson: Well hell, I said "morning." I didn't say "good morning."

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Hot Fuzz (2007)

Soundtrack:

A TOTONILCO

My favorite modern day western!!

Walter Hill is one of the most underrated directors, and this is his most underrated movie. A masterpiece, not just of action but dialogue, great character actors. When I first saw this movie, I hated it. Absolutely thought it was the most boring thing I've ever seen. But I wasn't watching it, I was on CQ (you military people will know what that is) and was getting up every five minutes to sign people in. Later on I put the movie in again, and actually sat down and watched it, and listened to it, and it just opened up for me. The dialogue makes this movie, it has lines in it that I feel, that have become part of me. It is really a beautifully written movie, beautifully directed, and littered with some of the finest character actors since RESERVOIR DOGS. Nick Nolte delivering one of his finest performances, in a career littered with great performances. My favorite modern day western! "Hell, you can buy me Cash, you always could. But you can't buy the badge, and one without the other ain't no damn good!" Highly recommended.