Really Surprised!

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

Best movie ever!

The film takes place in Australia in the 1970's. Following a political assassination, the Grave Diggers bike club become targets, Stone (Ken Shorter) a cop joins the group in order to find the killer. They know he is a cop.The film spends a lot of footage of guys riding bikes with a bad soundtrack. This production was directed, written, and starred Sandy Harbutt and has become a cult classic in his native Australia. It was been compared to "Mad Max" but I failed to see any significant similarity, a comparison I would suggest was created by the promoters and blindly followed by fans.I thought this was just another era biker's film, nothing special Guide: F-word, nudity.

1974 - Out of the cultural desert that was the Australian Film industry, came STONE. Full of hard gritty realism, using real people in roles to fill out the tableau. Real Bikers paid with beer, actors riding the bikes and doing some of their own stunts.Made for a pittance, and a box office success, it was dealt harshly with by the critics, who missed the point of the movie. An honest film that delivers what it promises, little more, and no less.A majority of key actors went on to play similar roles in the first Mad Max, (oft cited as a derivative of sorts of STONE). Speed scenes accurate (no cinematic effects), a good cross section of emerging Oz actors appearing in this. Do yourself a favour and view this film.

Declared by many fanatic and knowledgeable cinema experts – amongst them Quentin Tarantino – as THE ultimate biker-exploitation classic, "Stone" indeed is a quintessential 70's highlight that fully surpassed my already high expectations. In his genre, the movie simply is a lot better than the other and this is illustrated through a non-stop series of powerful and astonishing sequence from the opening credits and onwards. "Stone" is different to watch you expect at first … more stylish, classier and absorbing than you could ever imagine. You anticipate seeing a trashy and savage biker-flick, but you actually get the complete opposite. For example, usually the opening credits in this type of film exist of images of tough bikers riding through desolate landscapes guided by heavy guitar music and loud rock lyrics; am I right? Well, "Stone" does the contrary. The opening credits are serene, with close ups of mechanical motorcycle equipment and no music at all. Simply the distinctness of this particular sequence made a very big impression on me. Then immediately after follow three murder sequences, but not at all gratuitous or unnecessarily violent ones. Almost saddening killings of biker men who – as far as we know up until that moment, at least – haven't even committed any crimes. Someone is targeting the members of the Sydney biker gang The Grave Diggers for elimination. In spite of their hugely different opinions and moral codes, The Grave Diggers – led by the charismatic Undertaker – eventually allow undercover cop Stone to ride with them and thus infiltrate in the harsh world of crime, brotherhood, violence and Kawasaki 900's. The most powerful sequence of the entire film is undoubtedly the phenomenal biker funeral parade. This scene is extendedly shown and discussed in the superb documentary on Australian cult cinema "Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation" and it was the main reason why I desperately wanted to see the film. It certainly doesn't disappoint as I even experienced goose bumps at the sight of more than 400 amateur bikers participating in this event. Inevitably, but understandably as well, "Stone" can't keep up the level of brilliance throughout the entire film. The scenario gradually becomes more talkative and moralistic, but still there are several more flashes of sheer ingenuity, craftsmanship and subject matter expertise (like the downbeat climax, to name just one). "Stone" is the vastly admirable one-man-project of Sandy Harbutt, who wrote and directed the film, composed some of the soundtrack, designed the sets AND plays the complex role of gang front man Undertaker. Even though he never did anything else anymore after "Stone", cult freaks should nevertheless eternally respect Harbutt for what he accomplished here. I'm sure that if "Mad Max" hadn't came along, "Stone" would still be the number one cult movie of Australia. In my humble opinion, Sandy Harbutt's only mistake was the casting of Ken Shorter as the titular anti-hero "Stone". He certainly isn't plausible enough to depict a raw biker – even an undercover one – with his baby face and Prince Valiant haircut.

What a great little Aussie film,and one of the first Aussie films to be ripped off and unsuccessfully remade by the US studios as STONE COLD. This film had it all, political assassinations,nudity,great action scenes, world class stunts,great scenery.While not in the same league as the later Mad Max films it still showcases an early Australian film industry which would prove later to be one of the best in the world. Some of the stars,stuntmen and film crew went on to bigger and better things, while others faded into obscurity but the film itself remains an ICON to Australian bike clubs and a classic Australian film.Get hold of copy if you can and sit back for an early example of Australian film making at its best!