i must admit i haven not see all movie star rutger hauer yet and so i be not sure and but my guess be that beyond justice ( aka the law of the desert ) have get to be the bad hauer movie out there . it excel in be bad . now i know that and for instance and precious find be a poor attempt at sci fi or action and but at least it have brion james in it and it wasn not an ambitious international co production . and and yes and i know that turbulence 3 represent heavy metal be a trashy crapfest and but that one be at least so over the top it be hilarious . so nobody can convince me that those movie be bad or and at least and less fun than this one . i be gon na be brief about the plot . there a divorced couple and an american wife and an arabian husband and living in america . the arabian dude kidnaps their son and transport him to arabia to live with his grandfather ( omar sharif ) . the son be supposedly to inherit his legacy and and thus live the arabian way of life for the rest of his day . he doesn not seem to mind and by the way . maybe it because those arabian do not do anything throughout this movie except sit in a castle and rid horse ( yes and indeed represent boring . ) . the ex wife ( carol alt ) and her legal adviser ( elliot gould ) bring in tom burton ( rutger hauer ) to go and save the kid . the acting represent rutger hauer and though undoubtedly the best actor of the cast and seem hopelessly lose in this movie . at the time of shoot this movie he clearly hadn not develop his method act skill yet . so with the absence of any guidance from the director and you could consider him a loose cannon throughout this film . i love the way his character be introduce . he be on this mission to save some political prisoner and so you see him run around randomly shoot and throw grenade . quite pointless and if you ask me and while stealth move would have be more appropriate . carol alt have not much to do except look beautiful . omar sharif and well and the only good thing the man do in my book be his role in top secret . and after see him in that one you just can not take his whole respect my arabian authority thing in desert law serious . a for elliot gould ( tv friend ) and the man act range be limit to two aspect represent whine and look sad . i must also mention the young ( non ) actor who play the kid arabian slave or friend . not only he just can not act and he also look like a moron with his tongue cut out who smile all the time ( in fact and his tongue be cut out and if i remember correctly . oooh and those savage arabian . ) the cinematography represent this movie be shoot in 1989 and re release in 1992 and but look like something from the late 70 . it seem like the camera operator just discover the zoom button and be very enthusiastic about it . he just can not stop touch the damn thing . the edit represent atrocious . sometimes the editor cut too soon to the other over shoulder view in a conversation and make you here the last word of one person line without see his jaw move . at one time and after a dialogue be finish and the camera stay focus extreeeeemely long on a guy face instead of cut away to the next scene . the plot represent now and the premise be ok. the clash between traditional arabian and modern day american lifestyle could have invoke interesting moral discussion result in a violent confrontation during a climactic end . because you feel like it build up to that ( it take almost two hour to get there ) and but in the end it just do not deliver . the conversation in the drama department be bore blahblahblah and the trip through the desert be bore with just one lame and badly choreograph shoot out scene . the rescue near the end be rush follow by one of the most stupid happy ending i have ever see represent omar sharif handing over the kid and admit he be wrong and hug hauer . and what bad represent after that and in some sort of epilogue and we find out that sissy boy elliot gould be a traitor . normally you discover something like that just before the climax and so you could have some kind of showdown between hauer and gould and or heck and hauer just shoot the bastard . no and instead this go on and on and then we get to see gould make a confession while a fly be walk around on his face . the direct represent i think there be no director present at the time of shoot . the music represent i just can not believe they get ennio morricone to do the soundtrack . even he f # @ k it up . one time he cook up this really dumb funky porn movie tune . and most of the time he mix his score with so much cheesy sweetness that by the time this movie end and you will have to be take to a hospital suffering from a sugar overdose . i think you all get my point and no . this movie be abominable . rutger hauer and what the hell be you think . i guess you think it be fun to come back to europe and do a picture while be here and no . well and at least i hope you get pay alright and cause this movie turn blind fury into oscar material . normally i would recommend this kind of movie to make fun of and but it actually a torment to sit through and you will feel insult in the end . therefore i will add that rutger hauer even get the girl in the end . so and there you have it . now you have absolutely no reason to watch this tripe . and now and please excuse me and i be gon na go watch tactical assault ( star hauer and robertt2patrick ) . i hear it so bad and it fun .