Extreme Prejudice (1987)

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When it comes to macho action movies, Walter Hill is the incontestable master. Extreme Prejudice is one of his most adrenaline-charged and one of the best in the genre. It is famous for the lengthy, bloody final shootout that is excellently executed. Not to mention a stellar ensemble cast (Nick Nolte, Michael Ironside, Powers Boothe, Rip Torn, William Forsythe, Clancy Brown).

Some movies just need to be viewed in widescreen to be fully enjoyed and this is one of them. I wasn't happy with the Fullscreen DVD which is the only version available in North America so I bought a Widescreen DVD on the Internet. One of my best buys yet. My fellow fans can now rejoice, here is Extreme Prejudice in glorious widescreen, brought to you by yours truly.
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Review from Allmovie.com:


Walter Hill's wildly over-the-top Peckinpah-flavored Western often borders on camp, but fans of the genre will enjoy the exaggerated posturing of the leads and the film's carefully stylized violence. Employing the Precambrian-era plot about former friends on different sides of the law who are in love with the same woman, Hill adds nothing new, while painting both the hero and villain as larger-than-life, primed-to-explode kegs of testosterone. For good measure, he also throws in a cadre of CIA contract mercenaries, whose indecipherable mission requires a meticulously executed bank robbery. Is this really where our tax dollars are going?

Nolte, as the stalwart Texas Ranger, transforms his face into solid granite in what may be his least expressive role, while Boothe seems to revel in the hard-boiled epigrams favored by two dimensional villains. The final bloody shootout in the Mexican village, a homage which tries to out-Peckinpah Peckinpah, is skillfully executed, but its length may have some viewers checking their watch. As usual with Hill, the woman's role is negligible, leaving Maria Conchita Alonso little to do, but Rip Torn, as Nolte's Ranger buddy, is the film's most lively character, and one is sorry to see him get the deep six so early.

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File size : 1.36 GB
Type : AVI
Duration : 1:40:21
Audio stream: 1
Cds: 1

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Resolution: 704 x 368
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Language: English
Subs: German, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, Dutch, and Portuguese (vobsub)

Ripper: CroakerBC