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Beyond Justice  (1992)
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Desert Law
Justice
The Law of the Desert
Maktub - Law of the Desert
Tagline(s):A gripping cat and mouse thriller co-starring Carol Alt, Omar Sharif, and Elliott Gould
 Sometimes Justice Isn't Blind...
 There is no law. There are no limits.
 An Assassin Accepts an Impossible Mission... To Save a Young Boy. Is This His Final Mission, or a New Beginning?
 An ex-CIA Agent is hired to rescue the kidnapped son of a beautiful executive
 Sometimes...JUSTICE Isn't BLIND!
Nomination Year: 2003
SYNOPSIS: Rutger Hauer is a British mercenary hired by Carol Alt to retrieve her kidnapped son from her estranged husband's father (Omar Sharif). Granddad wants the kid to be his heir, and the future Emir of a fabulously wealthy desert tribe. Mom has a problem with this, for some reason. She insists on accompanying Rutger on the mission and the predictable hijinks ensue.
Matt Quirk
Smithee Award Nominations
Inane Dialogue
Except for Them
"Nobody would rescue you."
Flash grenade! Cavalry!
Worst Acting
Adel El Gabry, Arabian Badness
Adel El Gabry plays the Arabic gentleman conversing with Rutger Hauer in this scene. He not only holds his own against Rutger (no slouch), he eclipses Rutger in terms of sheer badness.
Directors
Director Claim to Fame
Duccio Tessari Italian writer/director who directed A Pistol for Ringo, Kiss Kiss - Bang Bang, and Zorro...and this. 
Cast
Actor Character Claim to Fame
Rutger Hauer Tom Burton Very blond, ruggedly handsome Dutch action star who's extremely prolific in sci-fi and action films, both pretty good and very Bad. Played the main android Roy Batty in Blade Runner, whose ad-libbed "Tears in the Rain" speech will bring you to those tears. 
Carol Alt Christine Sanders Famous supermodel known for Private Parts, My Last Best Friend, To Rome with Love, and Deadly Past
Omar Sharif Emir Beni-Zair An Egyptian actor celebrated as one of the best of all time, certainly not a name you'd expect to find in the Smithees--but every actor has to pay bills, I guess... Best known for Sherif Ali in Lawrence of Arabia and Yuri in Doctor Zhivago, but has done much else. 
Elliott Gould Red Murchison Very famous actor, both comedic and dramatic, made famous as the original Trapper John in M*A*S*H (the movie), Marlowe in The Long Goodbye, Ted of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, and conman Reuben Tishkoff in the Ocean's Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen series (the remakes). Also voiced Kim Possible's dad. 
Kabir Bedi Moulay Beni-Zair One of India's most famous actors, he played Gobinda in Octopussy
Brett Halsey Sal Cuomo One of Hollywood's busiest actors of the late '50s/early '60s, he's known for playing Douglas Michelson in The Godfather Part III, Philippe Delambre in Return of the Fly and even voiced Bolivar Trask on "X-Men: The Animated Series." 
David L. Thompson Holy Man Pops up in surprisingly good and Bad movies in strange places... Terminator II, Arena, The Godfather Part III... 
Adel El Gabry Mr. Sandal His only credit...thank goodness. 
Richard Buckingham Clark ?  
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