Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

The first must-see film of the year.

Mafia don Al Vescari (Martin Balsam) seeks revenge against the heads of criminal families around the country using a team of Vietnam vets. Police detective Lou Torrey (Charles Bronson) loses his job after the death of a young suspect. He gets a new job in L.A. He stumbles upon Vescari's plan and starts investigating with Daniels (Norman Fell).This has some darker police drama. It's not the most thought out but it works. There are some interesting bad guys. Bronson would do Death Wish the year after. The movie climaxes with lots of crashing cars, gunfire, and general fire in an underground parking lot. It's a fun, action-packed, exciting ending to a fine crime drama.

Definitely not a thinking person's movie. The main plot element here asks the viewer to believe that a top Mafia Don (Martin Balsam) waited forty two years to exact revenge on the mob families that killed his forefathers, planning it on the anniversary date of the initial murders. So right there, this picture blows away the twenty five years a German agent spent infiltrating the British government to aid the Nazis in "Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror". I like my movie protagonists to show discipline but this is just asking too much.And whoa, a police detective rams thorough a dozen flea market stalls and then sideswipes another dozen cars on the way to capture a rogue killer? Not only that, but Lou Torrey (Charles Bronson) barrels through the store front window of a mechanic's garage to boot! If the word 'ridiculous' doesn't cross your mind watching this, then you haven't reached your tolerance level for mindless entertainment yet.But then again, it's Charles Bronson in another one of his Seventies action flicks, and die hard fans will certainly get their fill of the craggy hero here. Personally, I like Bronson myself, so this is one of those guilty pleasures I indulge in every now and then. Even if you have to overlook things like the hood shot by Torrey from an upper story window, who then uses his legs to spring himself forward out the window. Dead guys aren't supposed to be able to do that.The kicker to all this is Martin Balsam in a Godfather styled role who has a fondness for repeating the phrase 'Cappo de tutti capi' a number of times. And since I brought it up, what's with the fellow mobster who seems to be channeling Brando's Don Corleone? That deserved a contract hit right there. You know, when all is said and done, one might have to take in this movie using the advice of Torrey's boss Guido Lorenz (David Sheiner), who at one point stated - "Some mornings I wake up and I wonder why".

No 3D, graphics effects gizmos for this one!!!!The best car vs motorcycle chase, in history. A helicopter chase. And a real, based-on-real-facts, story to boot. Charles Bronson. Murder and high speed chases. Big, fat cars of the 70's. And this thing is a 6.2? And that BS about Batman getting ****ed in the financial markets gets an 8?You know that's BS. So pick this one up. The Stone Killer. Short, straight to the point. And the real story is ever better. I'm sorry but I have to pay attention to this incredible movie. I'm sorry if there were any typos. Forget about writing. Just watch this movie, now.

This movie with Charles Bronson was extremely no nonsense, whatsoever. "The Stone Killer" is when Bronson plays a hard as nails cop who uncovered a group of Vietnam veterans who are do the dirty work for the Mafia. That form of dirty work is to take out the completion. In this movie, there are future "Three's Company" stars John Ritter and Norman Fell. Ritter plays the one in uniform, while Fell plays Lou Torrey's boss Les Daniels. Lou Torrey (Bronson) worked for the NYPD, until a incident with a young offender caused him to quit the force. So he ends up moving to Los Angeles as a detective to investigate mob like killings. It turns out that the mafia has been using Vietnam veterans to kill the competition. Some of their help have ended up dead by the people that hired them. This was a coast to coast situation for the police to handle. And Torres showed plenty of tenacity to put an end to this mess. The shootout in both areas was awesome. Especially in the parking lot scene in New York. Great movie, great plot, great cast, "The Stone Killer" makes great sense! 3 out of 5 stars