Extreme Prejudice (DVD & Blu-Ray) ( Double Border )

Extreme Prejudice (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Double Border
Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Denmark ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Blu-Ray & DVD Combo

Movie filmed in 1987 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Walter Hill

Written By:
John Milius
Fred Rexer

Actors:
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 Carlos Cervantes ..... Hector
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister ..... Monday
Marco Rodríguez ..... Deputy Cortez

Synopsis:

When they were kids Texas Ranger Jack Benteen used to be best friends with drug kingpin Cash Bailey. At present, however, the only element linking them together is Jack's girlfriend Sarita, who used to be with Cash. She returns to Cash as a voluntary hostage to make certain that Jack keeps his hands off the drug lord's operation. On top of that, there is a meticulously planned drug bust, in which both Jack and Cash butt heads with CIA-funded paramilitary Maj. Paul Hackett, following his own agenda.

The film was directed by Walter Hill; it was written by John Milius, Fred Rexer and Deric Washburn (the latter collaborated with Michael Cimino on Silent Running and The Deer Hunter). Extreme Prejudice stars Nick Nolte and Powers Boothe as two former friends on opposing sides of the law forced to confrontation. The film is an homage, of sorts, to The Wild Bunch, a western directed by Sam Peckinpah and with whom Hill worked on The Getaway (1972 film). Both films end with a massive gun fight in a Mexican border town. The title originates from "terminate with extreme prejudice", a phrase popularized by the 1979 film Apocalypse Now, also written by John Milius. The character of Jack Benteen was loosely based on Joaquin Jackson, now a retired Texas Ranger. Nolte spent three weeks with Jackson learning the day to day activities of a Ranger. Nolte took what he learned and incorporated it into his character; the mannerisms and dress.

Jack Benteen (Nick Nolte) used to be childhood friends with Cash Bailey (Powers Boothe). Now Jack has become a Texas Ranger while Cash has gone to the other side of the law and runs a drug cartel. Meanwhile, Major Paul Hackett (Michael Ironside) is leading a squad of men, all officially dead, to further his own ends.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 31 October, 2012.

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