Post by stefancrosscoe on Jan 13, 2018 11:08:37 GMT
Extreme Prejudice (1987)
It had been on my watchlist for years now and I finally got around to see this action-western film.
When a film opens up with "A Mario Kassar & Andrew G. Vajna Production" then followed by Walter Hill (director), John Millius (writer or one of them) and then an incredible list of badasses such as: Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Michael Ironside, Rip Torn, Clancy Brown and William Forsythe just to name a few.
Then one also has the stunning Maria Chonchita Alonso in there also, and my expectations where probably too much, anyway I enjoyed the action, which was great and I am glad I found an uncut very good DVD copy, not the butchered one.
I really, really wanted to like this one and I wanted it to be a new favorite of mine, but somewhere in, the story and characters just did not do it for me.
I think most of the actors did good but there was little of the "classic" stuff that which might have raised it amongst the great action films of the 80s.
Nick Nolte plays a mean son-of-a-bitch but is not all that likeable, in fact I wanted to see more of the Michael Ironside crew because that was what kept me on my toes, the bank robbery and set up and then later on some nasty surprises within the group that is led by a ruthless Ironside.
And here is another "problem", I felt Michael did such a good job that it kind of put Powers Boothe villain part in the background, he was ok but not very memorable and the whole build-up to the big showdown between Nolte and Boothe was rather disappointing, it just felt so random.
Again, the action was great, the actors did mostly good but the story and characters (specially Chonchita Alonso who did not get enough screentime and while I enjoyed the scenes she had, it was not very impressive and I never bought the "dramatic" love-relationship triangle between her and the two main leads).
The music was ok, not very memorable or catchy, but I guess it fitted well in with this kind of film.
I end up with a kind but somewhat "disappointing" final rating, as I probably went in with far too big expectations and this one (in my opinion) is far away of the best stuff that Walter Hill made, but is still a watchable action film but not one that I will probably see again anytime soon.
7/10
It had been on my watchlist for years now and I finally got around to see this action-western film.
When a film opens up with "A Mario Kassar & Andrew G. Vajna Production" then followed by Walter Hill (director), John Millius (writer or one of them) and then an incredible list of badasses such as: Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Michael Ironside, Rip Torn, Clancy Brown and William Forsythe just to name a few.
Then one also has the stunning Maria Chonchita Alonso in there also, and my expectations where probably too much, anyway I enjoyed the action, which was great and I am glad I found an uncut very good DVD copy, not the butchered one.
I really, really wanted to like this one and I wanted it to be a new favorite of mine, but somewhere in, the story and characters just did not do it for me.
I think most of the actors did good but there was little of the "classic" stuff that which might have raised it amongst the great action films of the 80s.
Nick Nolte plays a mean son-of-a-bitch but is not all that likeable, in fact I wanted to see more of the Michael Ironside crew because that was what kept me on my toes, the bank robbery and set up and then later on some nasty surprises within the group that is led by a ruthless Ironside.
And here is another "problem", I felt Michael did such a good job that it kind of put Powers Boothe villain part in the background, he was ok but not very memorable and the whole build-up to the big showdown between Nolte and Boothe was rather disappointing, it just felt so random.
Again, the action was great, the actors did mostly good but the story and characters (specially Chonchita Alonso who did not get enough screentime and while I enjoyed the scenes she had, it was not very impressive and I never bought the "dramatic" love-relationship triangle between her and the two main leads).
The music was ok, not very memorable or catchy, but I guess it fitted well in with this kind of film.
I end up with a kind but somewhat "disappointing" final rating, as I probably went in with far too big expectations and this one (in my opinion) is far away of the best stuff that Walter Hill made, but is still a watchable action film but not one that I will probably see again anytime soon.
7/10