Extreme Prejudice
1987 · Movie · R · 105 min · ★ 6.2 · 61% critics
A hard-edged Texas lawman hunts a drug smuggler who used to be his close friend, with an old romance adding fuel to the feud. When a covert team of rogue soldiers arrives in a border town on a secret mission, shifting loyalties and competing agendas push everyone toward a violent showdown.
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Details
- Years
- 1987
- Release date
- 1987-04-24
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Critic score
- 61/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (191 votes)
- Box office
- $11,307,844
- Budget
- $22,000,000
About
If you enjoy gritty modern-day westerns with macho standoffs, shifting loyalties, and lots of bloody action, this should hit the spot; Not for you if you want a calm, character-first drama like Last Man Standing.
Pros: tough cast chemistry; gritty border-town tension; intense shootouts | Cons: familiar premise; uneven pacing; muddled subplots
Themes
- robbery
- texas
- mexican standoff
- texas ranger
- organized crime
- drugs
- kingpin
- modern western
- neo-noir
Cast & crew
Nick Nolte
as Jack Benteen
Powers Boothe
as Cash Bailey
Michael Ironside
as Major Paul Hackett
María Conchita Alonso
as Sarita Cisneros
Rip Torn
as Sheriff Hank Pearson
Clancy Brown
as Sgt. Larry McRose
William Forsythe
as Sgt. Buck Atwater
Matt Mulhern
as Sgt. Declan Patrick Coker
Larry B. Scott
as Sgt. Charles Biddle
Dan Tullis Jr.
as Sgt. Luther Fry
Directed by Walter Hill