ChanBot i must have seen a different film!!

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

ThrillMessage There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Woodyanders Heiress Christine Sanders (stiffly played by the striking Carol Alt) hires former CIA agent turned mercenary Tom Burton (Rutger Hauer coasting along on automatic pilot) to go to Morocco and rescue her bratty kidnapped son Robert (an obnoxious portrayal by David Flossi).Sound tense and exciting? Well, it just ain't. Although competently directed by Duccio Tessari, the talky script, sluggish pace, and infrequent blandly staged action set pieces all ensure that this movie fizzles when it ought to sizzle. Worse yet, Alt's cardboard acting and plastic personality make it impossible to care about her character while the annoying abducted kid just isn't worth all the effort everyone exerts to save him. Fortunately, the solid supporting cast keep this picture watchable: Omar Sharif as hearty sheik Emir Beni-Zair, Kabir Bedi as Christine's dashing husband Moulet, Brett Halsey as the two-fisted Sal Coumo, Peter Sands as Burton's rugged partner James Ross, and Elliott Gould as smitten lawyer Red Merchantson. In addition, the insights into Arabic culture are pretty interesting and insightful, the exotic desert locations are stunning, Giorgio Di Battista's glossy cinematography supplies a pleasing polished look, and Ennio Morricone comes through with a typically lush and sweeping score. A strictly passable diversion.

agent_squirrel I recently had the pleasure of watching this movie at a friend's house and let me tell you, it sucks major cock. Rutger Hauer's filmography is like an avalanche. Start out with something decent like "BladeRunner" and then roughly ten years later star in a cut and paste mess known as "Beyond Justice". Of course the movie should be called "Beyond Saving" because let's face it, if you sit through this crap you're brain dead. Me and my buddy managed to get through about 57 minutes, and then once we realized we didn't have the damnedest idea what was going on, we fast-forwarded to the last 11 minutes where in the aftermath of a huge shootout the previous hunter/hunted characters had come together in an effort to fight a larger enemy. I was able to extrapolate the entire plot from the last hour without having watched it. And just a quick aside on the box art for the DVD: Putting the heads of all the characters and adding swirlies all around them makes it look like a collection of Twilight Zone episodes.Anyhow, I'm going to go out on a limb here and say anyone who picks up the box and looks at the DVD case is probably going to leave with about as much understanding of the film as I did, and I actually watched most of it. So do yourself and track down every copy and burn it in a pyre that we can all dance around like magic wood nymphs.

adoberep Late night at the drug store picking up ice & vodka,i notice a rack of discount DVDs. Rite in front i find a Collector's edition, 4 hrs. Rutger Hauer action pack for $3.99. My evening is looking up! First up, Beyond Justice, A fantastic story of international intrigue, moral responsibility, as a hansom mercenary (Rutger Hauer) is hired by a beautiful and rich divorce (Carrol Alt) to rescue her kidnapped son from his father who has taken him back to his homeland of Morraco. The X husband is clearly in a dilemma that would test the limits of any well intending man. His father is a Emir of a nomadic tribe in Morraco and has threatened to kill his X wife if he dose not deliver the boy to him to claim his prince hood.Needles to say as i was drinking my vodka and cleaning my guns, i enjoyed this movie very much. hope you like it to!

cbabbot The first time I saw this movie I was on a bus in Mexico. It was a sweltering 110 degrees, the air conditioner was broken, and I was battling amoebic dysentery. When this movie came on, my world changed. Elliot Gould, Omar Sharif, and others give breathtaking performances as the kidnapped American child is reclaimed by an unorthodox hero. 15,000 dead Morroccans later, the child is rescued and brought swiftly back to his mother. For those two hours, I forgot about my perils in a foreign land and simply enjoyed the show. This film take you to the edge of your seat, doing the wave with your friends, and sharing the beauty of one of the most wondrous creations to grace the silver screen. Bravo.