Highly Overrated But Still Good

Disturbing yet enthralling

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

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

In the 80's, Brian Bosworth was a big deal. A two time All-American with the Barry Switzer coached Oklahoma Sooners, he wrote his autobiography during his first season with the Seattle Seahawks. Bosworth was a pro wrestler in real life, talking crap on the NCAA, publically claiming he would contain Bo Jackson (he didn't) and trash talking John Elway so much that 10,000 Denver fans bought and wore "Ban the Boz" t-shirts. And those T-shirts? He manufactured and sold them.Yep, Bosworth knew how to play the media game, even if his NFL career ended after three seasons. But what was next?Acting. Of course! And the first film that Bosworth starred in was Stone Cold, a tough cop versus evil bikers epic.Joe Huff (Bosworth) has been suspended for how rough he is on criminals. In fact, the film starts with him decimating several crooks that are robbing a supermarket. A government agent blackmails him into going undercover to stop a white supremacist biker gang, The Brotherhood.The gang is led by Chains Cooper (Lance Henriksen, Near Dark), who is over the top insane. Just seeing the stuff the gang does in the opening montage will give you an idea of how amazing this film is going to be - they shotgun a priest through a stained glass window seconds into the start of the movie.Joe becomes John Stone, but the rest of the gang doesn't accept him. And his FBI contact Lance (Sam McMurray, Raising Arizona) is a germophobe who is really no help at all.To finally be part of the gang, Joe/John has to kill a man. The FBI helps him fake the kill, but Chains' top guy, Ice (William Forsythe, The Devil's Rejects) still doesn't believe in him. Luckily, a high-speed motorcycle chase leads to his death and our hero is in.The gang has one goal: to kill DA Brent "The Whip" Whipperton, who has announced that he is going to become Governor of Mississippi and get tough on crime. They've stolen military weapons and plan on attacking the Supreme Court to save one of their own, the guy who killed that priest.Joe/John falls in love with Nancy, Chains' girl and offers her immunity if she cooperates. But then the man our hero had supposedly killed shows back up and the Brotherhood declares war on him. Chains takes the news that Nancy is cheating on him by shooting her, while he plans on putting a bomb on Joe/John's body and dropping him from a helicopter onto the courthouse.The gang manages to kill the DA, but our hero survives and kicks the poo out of Chains. Yet he is merciful and lets the man live. Bad idea - the villain grabs a gun and comes back for Joe/John, who is saved by Lance.Stone Cold was originally going to be directed by Bruce Malmuth (Hard to Kill, Nighthawks), but personal problems led to the backstory of Bosworth's character being removed from the movie and Craig R. Baxley (Action Jackson, I Come in Peace) taking over.This movie is everything awesome about 80's and 90's action films and their cliches. Yet it's even better, because you have Lance Henriksen writing all of his own dialogue, plenty of explosions, even more nudity, Bosworth's impressive hair and outfits, and a fight scene between WWE's one time heir apparent to Hulk Hogan, Tom Magee (seriously, he had a try out against Bret Hart that convinced everyone that he was going to be someone until everyone realized that Bret was the reason the match was so good) and Bosworth. And hey, how did Bosworth never get into pro wrestling, what with him coming from the same school as Steve "Dr. Death" Williams and being friends with Jim Ross?I have no idea how this isn't a movie that is treasured and celebrated by genre geeks. It's such a time capsule of how one man captivated our attention and became a major star before disappearing.

This is not your blow up everything in sight action movie, this is not your good guy saves the world flick, this is what action is supposed to be about. Stone Cold will give you a glimpse into an organized MC Club (motorcycle: for the uninitiated)and this action flick knows how to play it. Stone Cold has some of the best talent around making this movie happen, Brian Bosworth, William Forsythe, Lance Henriksen (Millenium, Hard Target, Terminator). The movie offers a great combination of action, biker and undercover cop genres. It also presents Bosworth as a decent actor whose on screen persona fit those direct to video movies, never quite being good enough to make it to major releases but solid enough to make a living as an action star in his own right. As bad guys Forsythe and Henriksen both stand out here showing why their careers have lasted as long as they have. Both continue to make movies and have added some fantastic characters to their list of achievements over the years."Stone Cold" is an underrated, hardcore, 90's action flick. It doesn't just have explosions and gun fights to be cute. It has a solid plot that unravels with unbridled action. The bad guys of this flick really make you hate them and want to see them get their just desserts. Another thing I love, is that the one-liners in "Stone Cold" aren't corny. They actually sound really clever and extreme. A lot of the kill scenes in this film are brutal and raw. But it's the final action packed scene that really tops off this movie. "Stone Cold" moves at a fast pace almost too fast, but it's one that will keep you intrigued beginning to end. I hope everyone in this film got paid extra for their spectacular performances. It's baffling to know that this movie did so poorly when it first came out and that Bosworth even got a Razzie award nomination for worst new star. Seriously, he wasn't that bad. Overall, you're not bound to find too many more action films that be on the same mega-macho level as "Stone Cold". It just has everything to satisfy your action movie needs.Overall rating: 7 out of 10.

WOW....what a movie !! i really love this kind of flick. But i wonder how come this movie is not a success at the box office??? Moreover there are only around 2000 voters who voted for this movie and yet, the ratings given here is only 5.2 ! I don't think this movie deserve a low rating, it should be more than 6.0 i guess...To all people who gives this movie a low vote and bad reviews about Stone Cold, please watch this movie again and judge this this movie as an simple action movie, not drama, war or anything else because Stone Cold is definitely not an Oscar Nominated movie, but indeed it does have good elements, hard hitting action and violence.Give this movie a try...if u're a fan of Lance Henriksen, i guarantee u will love this flick...10*/10 (Excellent)

My summary is not really a compliment at all. Brian Bosworth was not a horrible actor, but was a horrible professional football player. I am surprised that he was not able to get many roles after this one, unless he declined to play villains and secondary characters. He is not star material, he reminds me of Dolph Lundgren, but whereas Dolph seems to recognize that the only roles he is going to get in more big time fare is by not being the lead, my guess is the Boz felt he should be the big cheese in any film he participated in. Still, all the negative stuff aside this movie was not exactly bad. It was enjoyable in places and did provide entertainment as it was very violent and had nudity and all that stuff that were the stuff back in the 80's and early 90's. Brian plays a guy who goes undercover or something to stop these biker dudes who are linked to crimes or something to that effect. The plot is not really important in a film such as this, you watch these films for the action and shoot outs and the boobs and this movie offers plenty. Still, it may have been better had they put someone bigger in the starring role and perhaps even got someone better for the villain role too. Lance Henrickson is a good actor, just did not have the look of a biker leader that he played here.