Beyond Justice (1992)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

Director:

Duccio Tessari

Writers:

Adriano Bolzoni (screenplay)
Adriano Bolzoni (story)

Release Date:

1992 (Italy)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Plot:

A woman's ex-husband, who is the son of an Arab chieftain, kidnaps their teenage son and brings him back to Morocco...

Plot Keywords:

Psychotronic | Edited From TV Series | Cult Favorite

Cast

Rutger Hauer	...	Tom Burton
Carol Alt	...	Christine Sanders
Omar Sharif	...	Emir Beni-Zair
Elliott Gould	...	Red Merchantson
Kabir Bedi	...	Moulet
Stewart Bick		(as Stewart Jan Bick)
David Flosi	...	Robert Sanders
Brett Halsey	...	Sal Cuomo
Peter Sands	...	James Ross
Christopher Ahrens	...	Bodyguard
Larry Dolgin	...	Duncan
D.R. Nanayakkara	...	El Mahadi (as Dilum Nanayakkara)
David Thompson	...	Headmaster Bligh
Richard Buckingham Clark	...	Johnson
Donald Hodson	...	Hostage professor

Also Known As:

Desert Law (UK) (video title)

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Morocco

Company:

Titanus Produzione

Quotes:

Emir: Your weapons are indeed beautiful.

Movie Connections:

References Casablanca (1942)

Soundtrack:

Unione Musicisti Di Rona

Adventure Returns to Casablanca

The synopsis on the video box hardly do any sort of justice to this movie, depicting it as more of a regular kidnapping story where a mother hires a rather unorthodox agent to trail her strange husband. But this movie has none of that. Filmed in Morroco, it is more like a modern tale of adventure in the deserts of Morroco complete with sword fights and camel rides.

A rich woman's husband, son of a Morrocan Prince, takes their son to Morroco with plans to live in grandfather's palace. While the grandfather declares the grandson heir to the throne and prepares him for living in the Holy Land and ridding himself of the life he once knew, the woman hires a few men (including Rutger Hauer) to get her grandson back. And it turns out to be a very dangerous mission.

This is a fantastic adventure film, though a pretty violent one, since it's a deadly mission and one that, although the main premise involves a kidnapping, continues on to involve all sorts of wild intrigue including that of a feuding Morrocan tribe. It seems so unusual because it is an ancient tale told in a modern setting when the family is taken away from their modern conveniences into a highly hostile desert scenery with completely different customs and culture.

These Italian filmmakers have given us something that I would less consider an action movie and more of an adventure tale. I would definitely recommend this movie if you're in the mood for something really different.