Cult Movie Review: Stone Cold
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
- A Cop who enforces his own brand of justice, we review Brian Bosworth as maverick cop in Stone Cold, 1991
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Summary: Joe Huff is a cop who is angry at the system for handling criminals with kid gloves. Joe is on suspension, but the FBI gives him an opportunity to go undercover in Mississippi and infiltrate "The Brotherhood," a white supremacist biker gang that runs drugs. In the Brotherhood, each member legally changes his name to his Brotherhood nickname. The Brotherhood is led by a violent psychopath named Chains Cooper. Joe -- rechristened "John Stone" -- accepts the job, even though he's not happy about it. His FBI contact, Lance, doesn't really look at home in biker bars. And the members of the Brotherhood, especially Chains, have their doubts about Joe, who wants a piece of their action. Joe has to kill a man as his initiation. With the FBI's help, he carefully fakes a murder and is accepted by everyone except for Chains's right hand man Ice, who still thinks Joe's an undercover cop. Joe befriends Chains's girlfriend Nancy, and when Joe learns that Nancy is not happy being with Chains, Joe offers to help her escape. Ice finds Joe meeting with Lance, and tries to warn Chains, but Ice is killed in a fiery motorcycle crash before he can get to Chains. Nancy is later killed by Chains, and the man Joe is supposed to have murdered turns up alive, blowing Joe's cover. Chains and his gang later take the Mississippi supreme court hostage in an effort to stop one of their men, Trouble Owens, from being sentenced to be executed for killing a priest, and it's up to Joe to end the situation.
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"No car goes uncrashed, no window unsmashed, and no barroom untrashed". Almost certainly better than the real tagline.
"He is way too good an actor to be in this shitty movie." is the best way to describe 99% of Lance Henriksen's filmography.
Christopher Lee once said, "Every actor has to make terrible movies; the trick is not to be terrible in them."🎬
😂😂😂😂
@@willmfrankGood point.
The gleeful nature of the crims in that beginning sequence is just wonderful. Have you ever seen people with so much enthusiasm and joy doing their simple, 9 to 5 job? Robbers in the 90s really were a special breed.
I know he’s the villain, but Lance Hendricken’s line was awesome!!!
‘My father’s last words, don’t son, that gun’s loaded.’
I watched this years ago and pretty much agree with this review but I gotta admit that was a great line.
I saw Lance Henrickson at a convention just before this came out, and he talked about how Bosworth had the same screen presence as John Wayne and how this movie was going to go down as an action classic. Bosworth was about as good at acting as he was at stopping Bo Jackson.
Well if the Raiders had just picked up Boz like he wanted, he wouldn't have had to fail at stopping Bo.
Lance was laying it on thick my god 😂
To be fair, NOBODY was good at stopping Bo Jackson. Bosworth was a legend at OU and rightfully so. Of course, after the PED issue forced him to clean up, he just wasn't the same as a pro and injuries forced him out of the game.
@@JohnDrummondPhoto So when he was cheating he was good and when he was forced to stop cheating, he wasn't good anymore? Okay, got it.
@@broghad8241 Well, he IS an actor....
You're missing the point - it's not meant to be taken seriously, even the opening supermarket scene is an ironic nod to Stallone in 'Cobra. Lance Henrikson and William Forsythe are great actors. The Boz isn't but has a laugh. A guilty pleasure. And the line " Put that gun down, son; it's LOADED !" - classic
The Peewee Herman "I meant to do that" defense of a bad movie.
Yup.
Trust me, there's never been anything viral about our videos." Insert reaction shot of Kristin Bell laughing and then crying.
CDC Agent, "There's been an outbreak of Dark Corners! We're going to have to nuke the town!"
Appreciating the Golem T-shirt. Now I'm wondering what a golem cop would be like. I can see it now -- Clay Cold.
Golem cop? Might I recommend the book Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett. 🙂
I thought, "Well, this film ticked all the boxes for me back when I was a teenager"; then I did the maths... I was in my 30's! Talk about being a late bloomer! 🤪
Lance Henriksen dressed as a priest shooting up s courthouse. The man has done everything.
It's fun to watch on its own genre level. Lance Hendrickson and William Forsythe delight in playing their parts.
The most 80s action movie ever made (from the early 90s). Awesome … and free on RUclips
One thing always bugs me about robberies in movies - they always shoot the CCTV camera after showing their face in full. OK, it looks cool, but they still have your face on the tape.
I went to school with a guy who got busted for a robbery shortly before we were to graduate, and the rumor was that he did this exact thing. I still randomly wonder sometimes if he was dumb enough to have actually done that.
If you want realism,
watch STAR TREK (Any series).
But if they shoot the camera first they can claim all the other customers beat themselves up and say they never laid a finger on them...
4:31 in gay hankie code, the color grey means into bondage. The makers of this movie must have known what they were doing when they placed that hankie on Bosworth.
How the hell you know that? Gay hankie code? Never knew there was such a thing. LOL
@@mikehunt4986 the gay hankie code is a real thing used in gay bars, especially in leather bars, to advertise one’s sexual “interests” to others. It might not be used anymore and I am sure most younger gays are not familiar with it. But, it was used at bars during the 1970s through the 1990s..
@@mikehunt4986believe it or not, they teach it in schools now.
I was hoping this movie was an autobiography of Steve Austin.
My favourite Stone is still Rutger Hauer's (R.I.P.) "Harley Stone" from the 1992 film "Split Second". If you haven't seen that you should give it a try. Awesome movie. :)
My favorite stone is named
SHARON.
Tom Selleck is good as Jesse Stone in the series of films about the chief of small town Paradise.
Stone Cold Steve Austin is the greatest Stone of all.
@@wildman2012 Earlier ones. Some of the later are tired and very low budget.
Hauer makes everything he's in better.
I saw this in the theater when it came out, but I can't remember *why*, unless it was a) the idea of the guy I was dating at the time, or b) because of Lance Henrikson. Probably the latter.
Oh, you actually explained my affection for this movie really succinctly. It was the bit where you were explaining how this was directed by a stunt man and so they blew up and destroyed everything.
I usually want something more from my dumb action movies, but sometimes? Sometimes just the dumb is enough.
"You don't have to stop a crime if you kill the victims before."
-Joe Huff/John Stone
When I watched The Manchurian Candidate, my take-away was that Frank Sinatra's character allowed everyone to get killed.
But his fight scene was one of cinemas best.
"And that's the bottom line, cos Stone Cold said so!"
This is Jim Ross' favourite movie... "STONE COLD STONE COLD STONE COLD!!!"
Love Stone Cold. Utter tosh with a terribly wooden lead but director Craig R Baxley could always put together a fun cheesy action flick with some good stunts. Plus Lance Henrickson and William Forsythe as the bad guys. Great stuff.
The Boz proving he can't act worth a damn, but stuff blows up real good in this movie
'Disturbing man panties' is my favourite line from this particular review.
Had a cat once that we named "Trouble." He deserved it. He also drank from the kitchen sink -- licking the faucet....
This movie made my brain cells start jumping out my ears, but Lance Henriksen and William Forsythe are national treasures. Love those guys.
I still remember when this was in theaters, and they would show the tv spots. Stone Cold RATED R!!!!! became a run on joke in my household in the early 90s.
I might just have to watch this. Henrickson looks like he’s having the time of his life. He smiled more in the first two seconds of his appearance in this video than in three seasons of “Millennium”!
There's a RiffTrax version out there.
If Millennium had lasted only one season, it would be a cult classic.
@@a.champagne6238 I’m rewatching it right now. Just started season three. Season two is still my favorite!
@@AlexanderBlues1228in season one the Millennium Group was ex-law enforcement who investigate bizarre crimes. In season two, they are the Knights Templar and in season three they are the syndicate from The X-Files. That would make for a very confusing binge watch for someone new to the series. Had it lasted one season, it would be a cult classic.
@@a.champagne6238 "This is who we are." Also that and the other thing.
It is such a weird film that the "hero" is so ineffectual in thwarting the badguy's plans. Michael Dudikoff's Avenging Force is similar in that respect. This was directed by Craig R Baxley, who as you point out has a background as a stuntman. He also directed two other bangers, Dark Angel starring Dolph Lundgren and Action Jackson, starring Carl Weathers and Sharon Stone.
As Dr, Eugene Porter would say: 'WHilst you will have noticed my fondness for nineteen nineties male hairstyles, such as my initial mullet, and the ponytail I sported for one whole season that was similar to the one that Clark Kent once had, I can categorically state that I consider the Boz's hairdo in this to be downright embarrassing. And that is a fact.'
Never heard of this until RLM covered it, but so glad I did. This film is just glorious.
2:21 The black guy was Tommy Guns manager in Rocky 4.
You can't ever understand why, because you're a Brit.
'MU-RI-CA! 'MU-RI-CA! 'MU-RI-CA! 'MU-RI-CA! 'MU-RI-CA! 'MU-RI-CA! 'MU-RI-CA!
It's a "smashing shit up" movie. That's why people like it.
Unearned victory lap? Flash Gordon! Dale and Zarkov take care of more baddies than he does, and the only reason he kills Ming is because he doesn't know how to fly. I love the movie to death but he is seriously the most USELESS hero.
It's funny. If that's the best thing about the movie, it's better than a lot of bad movies
I loved this movie even before it got the Rifftrax treatment. It's that good. It didn't need to be riffed to be fun, although I'm glad it was. It's the over-the-top tone of the movie that really sells it. Another movie that I love for those same reasons is Kill and Kill again. The other things that make this film so great are the supporting performances from William Forsythe, and especially Lance Henricksen. His line about his father's final words is one of the all-time great movie lines and it deserves to be better remembered. The other thing that deserves to be better remembered is Arabella Holzbog who played Nancy. Such an odd name for such a hot actress. The only other thing I saw her in was Carnosaur 2. I specifically sought that one out because she was in it.
2:37 Guy in the back seat used to work in food additives with Clark W Griswold 😂
Brian Bosworth, isn't he guy from Bread? 'Greetings' 😂
that first machine gun guy sure didn't like those snacks
Lance Hendrickson as a biker gang leader is something I didn't know I needed... and for some reason it seems to suit him perfectly.
Two words that explain why people like this film: Lance Henriksen.
The main saving grace for this Flik, Robin, is Lance Henriksen, at his absolute Lancest!
The chap always played an awesome bad guy during the mid '80s to mid '90s, and though I prefer him in "Near Dark" and "Pumpkin Head" during this era of his incredibly prolific career, I still think he was a real treat as "Chains Cooper" in this hilarious kill & crash -fest, heh. :)
Yes this does remind me quite a bit of Samurai Cop.
@0:38 If I had a nickle for every time.... I don't really think that ending presented Huff as that much of a hero. He walked out looking less than happy, maybe even a little shell shocked, everyone around him was giving him dirty looks.. I think this time the host was letting his biases get in the way of actually seeing what was on the screen.
This whole review was biased.
Solid supporting cast and a reference to the Osploitation flick "Stone"? And a mullet? What's not to love? :P
Come back Samurai Cop, all is forgiven!
I remember this being advertised on the back cover of virtually every DC comic book for about three months prior to its release. Should have called it P.R. Huffnstuf! Y'know, cos Bosworth's character is called Huff... and... stuff(?)
I think what made this movie a cut above 80's schlock was Lance Henricksen's bad guy. "My father's last words,..Don't son, that gun is loaded!" But Bosworth, yeah, you can see why this guy didn't have a movie career.
He didn't have much of a football career either, he was so damn cocky and arrogant and where is he now? Maybe Dancing With Nobodies can give him a call.
So the director it's a visionary. It''s the Michael Bay's of stunts and destruction!
Brian Bosworth is...Vanilla Ice 😂
Ironically Bosworth was the only bad actor in this cast...which would have been fine if he hadn't been the freaking lead.
I love the movie because it seems like an ultimate over-the-top parody of 70's and 80's undercover rogue cop (Cobra anyone?) / biker flicks, and in a way that the average fan of the movie might not understand. As Nigel Tufnel would say, "but this one goes to eleven." It makes sense that it was directed by a stunt man, because I enjoy this as much as I do Roadhouse with Patrick Swayze. And you cannot deny the presence of Lance Henriksen as the bad guy. I think he definitely understood what he job was in the movie, and rode the bomb to the end, like at the end of Dr. Strangelove.
"The Moron Seven Samurai" !!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Gotta love how it ends with the hero not stopping the bad guy plans and his only victory is that he kicked his ass at the end.
I just realized - the Black police captain was in Babylon 5 - Season 5 - as Captain McDonough. The things you remember 😃
He was also in Special Unit 2
For the benefit of British Dark Corners fans (and North American ones under 35): Bosworth was a legendary linebacker in college, which is how he got this role as a film badass. Again for the benefit of British fans, a "linebacker" is a position in American football. There isn't a clear analogue in Association Football, but a near-equivalent would be "sod."
I don't follow sports. I only knew about Bozworth due to him constantly being mocked on Almost Live (a Seattle sketch comedy show that ran from the 80s through the end of the 1990s). Here's one where they dubbed over a clip from Stone Cold: ruclips.net/video/YTcMV2fYJJk/видео.html
Had no clue this even existed but it actually looks pretty awesome!
"No one steals cookies in my store!" Especially oatmeal raisin and ginger molasses!
The scene where he makes a smoothie with all manner of disgusting ingredients is etched into my brain.
Kind of like what Arnold did in 'End of Days'.
0:40 Yeah, every Thursday evening at my local Tesco. Regular as clock work were those early 90s machine gun toting supermarket raiders. Still, it was entertaining. Miami Vice had ended by then and there were no repeats, so you had to make do 😂
I have great respect for the recently deceased actor, Rutger Hauer, but he did play an absolutely over the top, tough guy cop in the film, Split Second. Even as I was watching him in the movie, I thought how bad it would be just to be his co-worker. He seemed to just punch anyone willy nilly for the least little thing they said or did. I reckon he would punch out a little old lady on a bus for knitting too loudly.
This, Motion Picture takes place in Alabama but was filmed in Arkansas
Someone made this movie in 1991 so that in 2023 you could have fun editing the dialogue in your review.
This film is jaw droppingly tasteless and I'm stunned this film got made with this juvenile of a script. It's the most 80's action flick...although it was made in the 90's...which adds to the weirdness of it. As for other films with undeserved heroes. THE UNTOUCHABLES with Kevin Costner. He gets half his team killed due to his poor leadership.
"You just couldn't go shopping in the '90s without this happening." Guess what: in the U.S., you still can't.
You can’t often say ‘this is a ripoff of Cobra’ but here we are
Unearned victory lap at the end of a film? How about Indiana Jones at the end of Indy 4, getting a standing ovation for getting married, after two hours of uninvolving drama and gutless action.
Lance Henriksen should have fired his agent years ago.
"He is way too good an actor to be in this shitty movie."
is the best way to describe 99% of his filmography.
Another terrific review Robin. I've had a look around the site and was wondering if you'd ever had a go at Circus of Horrors with Anton Diffring, Donald Pleasance and a dude in a gorilla suit.
I admit that I'm glad that Lance Henrickson got some work for this.
As for a movie with an unearned victory lap, the film Magic Sword. The "hero" doesn't do much of anything heroic, and the heavy lifting is all done by his mother or a group of magical creations (some knight companions created by his mother.) He gets the girl at the end, and everyone loves him.
Wait a minute. Wasn't the director of Stone Cold also the stunt coordinator for the Dukes of Hazzard? Again, it just doesn't get any awesomer than that.
Director Craig R. Baxley worked on stunts for Predator, A-Team, Dukes of Hazard, 21 Jump Street, MASH, The Warriors, Wonder Woman and more
YES YES YES I LOVE IT!!!! You’re the best Robin! I can’t hit LIKE fast enough!!
Is he though? What about Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, etc... I'm just saying I've never seen him do a flying trapeze kick to The Joker's face.
"Stone Cold" gaining a cult following makes The Boz's movie career more successful than his NFL career. He's a staple of 'All Time Draft Bust' lists.
Stone is the sort of cop who would say, “hey, we could arrest these guys for all the petty crimes they commit and save a lot of lives, but hear me out. If we let them kill a few people - or, hell, a lot people - then we could arrest them for murder. I mean, murder is a lot better than assault and battery or robbery right?”
It was crazy how stupidly violent criminals and cops seemed to be in movies back then. It was like every city in America was based on Detroit in ROBOCOP… or just plain Detroit.
Of course the best unearned (and tragic) hero is John Travolta in Blow Out. David Hemmings in Blow-up number 2 ?
Movies just don't get much awesomer than Stone Cold!
When Bo Jackson ran him over like a steamroller, he should have just quietly disappeared…
Didn't The Boz trash talk Bo before that very game?
What!? That's not Barry Bostwick....oh..wait..my bad.
Wow, lance henriksen was kinda ripped back in the day
Absolutely love this movie. But even as a kid, I had also wondered why he’s made out to be a hero when he fails to prevent the villains’ plan and then some. For schlock action, it’s top notch though.
not even Rifftrax made this bearable.
They made it even more fun! Then again, I thought Stone Cold was a parody of 80's action / biker films, sort of like how Starship Troopers was supposed to be a parody of nazis but that not everyone got the joke.
"I know some people love this film, but I just don't understand why."
Holy crap the bearded biker is the prison escapee from Raising Arizona!!
I was bummed when I read that the brave nuns from The Longest Day, never really happened. To to Sean Connery's surprise they walk right out in the middle of a battle to tend the wounded.
I suppose that was an unearned victory lap.
Chains is like a precursor to Jack from Breaking Bad.
3:37 oh. This is the Prestige.
The story of a man, his lizard, and a banana hammock.
This is an amazing movie. It might be the best 80s/90s action movie. The nonsensical plot only makes it better. It seems like they all know the Boz is a cop, but still practically force him to join their gang.
I also loathe this "film." I equated it to that awful feeling when you need to throw up, but can't bring yourself to do it for a couple of hours, all the time getting more and more nauseated...that's what watching this movie is like. Dark Corners takes one for the team!
This is in frequent rotation on the RiffTrax Twitch channel.
I think this script was curacao inspired rather than Kurasawa 😂
After suffering through Blonde last night, this looks pretty good!
It’s free on RUclips. And Awesome
What the hell is Blonde?
6:15 .... so the henchman drove his bike onto the upper levels of the courthouse? This film is an 80s action masterpiece in machismo stupidity.... and should be remembered as the classic it truly is. 👍
Lance H. William Forsythe,this might be the rarest of movies,every supporting player..including craft services ,even even transportation has more charisma....even the lizard.
6:34 Magnolia reference.
*The BOZ!*
LOL! I want a T shirt that says, You wouldn't like me in a huff!
LOL, people love it for the unbridled mayhem, nothing more. Oh, and Lance Henrikson was awesome in it; I was actually rooting for him, not the moronic "hero".
The shopping mall scene is simply a rip-off of a similar scene in Cobra with Stallone.