a5c7b9f00b A Texas Ranger and a ruthless narcotics kingpin - they were childhood friends, now they are adversaries… 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&#39;s girlfriend Sarita, who used to be with Cash. She returns to Casha voluntary hostage to make certain that Jack keeps his hands off the drug lord&#39;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 premise of the movie is hardly new: super secret military force intended to protect America goes awry. Yet that hardly explains the whole picture. In quite a few ways this is really a western set in modern times. Instead of the wild wild west, we have the no man&#39;s land between the U.S. and Mexico where drug runners have carved out a private empire for themselves. The sullen masculinity of Nick Nolte&#39;s small town sheriff is nicely offset by the malevolently gregarious Powers Booth, his erstwhile friend. Throw in Clancy Brown and companyan elite undercover military force caught up in political machinations and you have an interesting study of masculinity, loyalty and patriotism in a complex world. <br/><br/>Walter Hill has always struck meone highly influenced by Sam Peckinpah, and the parallels with &quot;The Wild Bunch&quot; are too clear and keen to be anything but intentional. The bloody finale is a virtual remake of the shoot out at the end of bloody Sam&#39;s classic. This is not top form thinking guy movie, but it&#39;s still a real film that doesn&#39;t resort to cartoon action figures to entertain. Jack Benteen is a hard-edged Texas ranger, Cash is his boyhood friend who now lives across the border and worksa major drug smuggler bringing crime into Texas. The conflict between the two men is complicated further when a group of soldiers registeredkilled in action arrive in the area and begin to involve themselves in the existing drug war.<br/><br/>This is a good Walter Hill film that has plenty of good old fashioned western style action. The plot seems a little strange for most of the film because you&#39;re not quite sure where it&#39;s going. At the start you assume that the main focus of the film will be the relationship between Power Booth&#39;s Cash and Nolte&#39;s Benteen, but after 15 minutes the focus shifts onto the arrival of the army unit and stays split between them and Nolte. Because you&#39;re not sure what the unit is doing in this situation it keeps your interest throughout. However this means that Boothe is sidelined for most of the film which is a shame.<br/><br/>Both Boothe and Nolte are good, with Nolte doing his usual tough guy stuff. However the real pleasure comes from the depth of famous faces in the supporting cast. Maria Conchita Alonso is in a thankless rolethe girlfriend torn between Cash and Benteen, Rip Torn is the local sheriff while the army unit includes many now well-known faces of Michael Ironside, Clancy Brown, William Forsythe and a small role for the always recognisable Tom &quot;Tiny&quot; Lister Jr.<br/><br/>The action is good throughout despite being a little flat and without any great style. The &quot;wild bunch&quot; style ending is exciting if a little unlikely and is typical of Walter Hill.<br/><br/>Overall a good modern day western with a strong cast, good plot and good action. It&#39;s nothing out of the ordinary but it&#39;s still entertaining decades after it was made.
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