Extreme Prejudice

What a mixture. The cia meet the A team and mission impossible and the wild bunch. A modern sheriff who does gun fights. A high tech bank robbery. All there. I was not happy with the acting but suppose the younger generation will love every minute of it. Load of gun play.

Extreme Prejudice is a rooting tooting modern Western, from the legendary Walter Hill, who brought you films of the likes of The Warriors. This is the story of America's secret war against drug dealers. Nick Nolte is Jack Beatman, a hard as nails Texas Ranger, going against Powers Boothe, as Cash Bailey, a ruthless drug baron, who used to be a friend of Jack when they were children. It kind of makes me think of what would happen if I had to fight someone who used to be my old friend... and it's even more complicated where they both love the same woman. And they are all caught up in a huge war of American commandos who are all believed to be dead, but are undercover to smash a drugs ring operating out of Mexico. The film has an energising, exciting film score, by legendary film composer James Horner. The Marines are all played by some of the tough guys of the screen, Michael Ironside, Clancy Brown, William Forsyth... This is a fantastic enjoyable modern Western, in the vein of the Wild Bunch. I loved every minute of it, and it's an essential piece to any action movie fan's collection! Two thumbs up, a brilliant bullet fest! Check it out. That's an order!