Joshua Tree (1993)
Joshua Tree (released under the alternative title Army of One) is a 1993 American action film directed by Vic Armstrong, written by Steven Pressfield and starring Dolph Lundgren, Kristian Alfonso, and George Segal. Much of the film was filmed in Los Angeles, Lone Pine, Agua Dulce, and Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California. The climax was shot in the Cottonwood Canyon region of the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
Plot
Wellman Anthony Santee is a former race car driver who has turned to a life of crime since the death of his mother. Santee and his friend Eddie Turner bend the law for profit by hauling exotic stolen cars. Santee’s latest assignment is to transport such goods across the desert, but a highway patrol officer pulls him over. The officer notices that Turner carries a gun hidden behind his back and prepares to arrest him, when suddenly a pair of cops named Frank Severance and Jack “Rudy” Rudisill arrive. After a brief gun battle, Eddie and the officer are killed, and Santee is left wounded.
After recovering in a prison hospital, Santee escapes during transfer to the fictional San Gorgonio Penitentiary after correctly sensing that his guards intend to murder him. Wounded and on the run, Santee abducts Rita Marrick from a nearby gas station, unaware that she is a police officer.
Rita’s partner Michael Agnos leads the search for Santee and Rita. As Santee eludes capture with the help of Eddie’s widow and child, Severance and Rudisill continue their investigation. Rita’s attempt to escape, which forces Santee to violently disable nearby police officers (as opposed to kill) causes her to begin to doubt Santee’s guilt.
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Cast:
- Dolph Lundgren as Wellman Anthony
- Kristian Alfonsoas Deputy Rita Marrick
- Matt Battagliaas Deputy Michael Agnos
- George Segal as Lieutenant Franklin L.
- Michael Paul Chanas Jimmy “Shoeshine”
- Beau Starras Detective Jack “Rudy” Rudisill
- Geoffrey Lewisas Sheriff Cepeda
- Michelle Phillipsas Esther Severance
- Nick Chinlundas Deputy Tomay
- Bert Remsenas Woody Engstrom
- Ken Foreeas Eddie Turner
- Khandi Alexanderas Maralena Turner
- Marcus Brownas E.G. Turner
- Rondi Reed as Detective Chelsey