Highly Overrated But Still Good

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Larry McRose (Clancy Brown), Buckman Atwater (William Forsythe), Declan Patrick Coker (Matt Mulhern), Charles Biddle (Larry B. Scott), Luther Fry (Dan Tullis, Jr.), and Major Paul Hackett (Michael Ironside) are officially dead soldiers. They are a part of the secret black ops Zombie Unit led by Hackett. Jack Benteen (Nick Nolte) is a no non-sense Texas Ranger and his school friend Cash Bailey (Powers Boothe) has become a drug lord on the other side of the border. Sarita Cisneros (María Conchita Alonso) is Benteen's latina singer girlfriend. Sheriff Hank Pearson (Rip Torn) is the local cop. Bailey offers Benteen a bribe and Benteen counter-offers for him to walk away from his drug empire.Director Walter Hill delivers an unabashed hard action B-movie. It's a throwback. Everybody is doing their hard-edged characters. Forsythe has a bit of fun. I like the murky nature of the Zombie Unit. It's a good B-movie delivering an implausible story and good action.

This modern-day western starts off as a heist thriller and carries on as such until the action moves to Mexico two-thirds of the way through. After that, it becomes like a modern variant of THE WILD BUCH, with an impressive shoot-out at the end with lots of bloody squibs and a high body count - definitely a thumbs up in my book. Up until this moment, we have good actors doing their bit, a cast to die for in terms of '80s action cinema. All of this comes together into a nice package - a violent, heavily-plotted thriller with an above average cast.Nick Nolte is the tough (what else?) sheriff, spending most of his time in shoot-outs with various drug runners - in Texas, apparently, the locals don't give a damn about shooting policemen. Powers Boothe is the drug lord with little screen time, in a fairly clichéd role; acting honours go to Michael Ironside for providing us with yet another textbook example of how to be a villain. For added might, Clancy Brown has a minor role as one of Ironside's men, and the cast is generally full of hard-asses like William Forsythe and Rip Torn. EXTREME PREJUDICE provides solid entertainment when and where it counts, with macho dialogue, toughness, and violent action throughout.

Never One to let Nuance Intrude on His Action Movies, Director Walter Hill is in Complete Macho-Mode in this High-Energy Modern Day Western. An Underrated Director even His Lesser Movies are Almost Always Better than Average and Some of the Better Ones Attain Near Greatness, and a Few are Just That. GreatThere is a Look to this Movie that while Watching, it Seems that the Film just might Ignite from the Heat. It is Sun and Sweat Drenched and has the Feel of a Sauna with a Glass Ceiling. Nick Nolte Leads a Wild Bunch of Over the Top Actors and it all Plays Out in a Fun, Bullet-Ridden Movie Massacre that Folds Genres on Top of Each Other.This is not one the Director's Best Movies but it Sure is an Entertaining Romp, Heavy on Pithy, Pitiless Dialog and Destruction. An Underrated Film that will not Disappoint Fans of this Type and it is an All Out, Extreme Take on the Well Traveled Story of Opposite Law Friends and goes Over the Edge with its Rooster Strutting, Posturing and Pulverizing Violence.

When i saw Extreme prejudice in Swedish cinemas in 1987 it was heavily cut, the movie had become a real mess by Swedish censors. When i bought the U.K DVD, one scene was cut (killing of a rat) after that, i found the Canal Plus version it seemed uncut, however the movie seems to be subjected to bad editing or is it cut by the MPAA? I have even tried to contact Walter Hill, asking if Carolco or MPAA have done some cut's to this movie.I did not come in contact with Walter Hill. Besides from what's been mentioned above. The movie is an absolute masterpiece, with the best action cast, ever in a movie. Nolte has never been better same applies for Michael Ironside, Powers Boothe and William Forsythe to not mention Clancy Brown. Extreme Prejudice is a must see for all who loves movies. It is the mother of all Actioners