Beyond Justice (1992)

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)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

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

Filming Locations:

Morocco

Company:

Reteitalia

Quotes:

Emir: Your weapons are indeed beautiful.

Movie Connections:

References Casablanca (1942)

Soundtrack:

Unione Musicisti Di Rona

Beyond redemption. Even Rutger Hauer fans may be frustrated.

A rich, bossy executive's son is kidnapped by her ex-husband, an arab who has been warned to return to his people or face the consequences, which could include her death. When he and the boy arrive at the settlement of his father, the Emir (Omar Sharif), he is informed that, because he has been a bad boy who transgressed against his society's precepts, he will be bypassed and his son, now thirteen, will eventually rule the Emir's people. Meanwhile, the frantic mother (Carol Alt, looking quite elegant) has been put in touch with a specialist in "dirty" operations (Rutger Hauer), who agrees, for a price, to rescue the boy from the Emir's clutches. At this point, the movie begins to slow down as Hauer and his associates penetrate the Emir's lair. There's a lack of imagination and flair to the filming. They just crunch it out. One gets tired of seeing people diving off camels or rolling down sand dunes after they get shot. The film score sounds as if it were written for some other, equally pedestrian movie. And just when you think everything is about to be tied up in a neat package, there's a twenty-minute coda of more gunplay. When you run out of dialogue or plot twists, get out those AK-47s. Does the father pay for his "crime"? Does the kid get saved? Does the Emir say "It is written....?" Does Hauer end up with Alt? Have you ever seen a movie?