Interesteg
What makes it different from others?
ChicDragon
It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.
Catangro
After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.
Sam Panico
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.
hwg1957-102-265704
A police officer goes undercover in a biker gang called The Brotherhood to take them down. Nothing new really and it goes along in a familiar way to the unsurprising climax. The last action scenes are well staged however so it does end with a bit of excitement. Brian Bosworth in his first film can't act but he looks the part, despite having a silly earring and a chortle inducing mullet. He does indeed look like a grown up version of Bam-Bam as remarked by one of the characters. Thankfully the film has Lance Henriksen, William Forsythe and Gregory Scott Cummins as villains to liven up proceedings. Magic Schwarz plays Poker. Not the game, that's his monicker of course. Jerry Colker plays 'Market Psycho' and does it very well. If you like leather, bikes and violence this is the film for you.
Uriah43
"Joe Huff" (Brian Bosworth) is an Alabama cop who has trouble with authority. So while serving a suspension the FBI contacts him to infiltrate a neo-Nazi motorcycle gang known as "the Brotherhood" who deal in drugs and murder throughout the Deep South. Unfortunately, as soon as he makes contact (under the alias of "John Stone") one of the gang members named "Ice" (William Forsythe) takes an immediate dislike to him and tries to persuade the leader, "Chains" (Lance Henriksen) not to trust him. Along with that Chain's girlfriend, "Nancy" (Arabella Holzbog) also has her suspicions. Anyway, rather than disclose the rest of the story and possibly ruin the movie for those who haven't seen it I will just say that this film had some good points and it had some bad points as well. First, I liked the basic premise of the movie and I was totally surprised by the acting of Brian Bosworth. I also liked the performances of William Forsythe, Lance Henriksen and Arabella Holzbog. On the other hand, while I will admit that the action was pretty brisk I thought that Hollywood went way too far in quite a few scenes. As a matter of fact, it seemed that the further the movie progressed the more preposterous it got. Now, I have no doubt that those who are willing to disregard reality in favor of plentiful action will certainly love this movie. But some of the scenes were so ridiculous that it left me shaking my head on more than one occasion. As a result I rate this movie as slightly below average.
FlashCallahan
Joe Huff is a tough, go-it-alone cop with a flair for infiltrating dangerous biker gangs.The FBI blackmail Joe into an undercover operation to convict some extremely violent bikers, who are angry at the capture of their leader.....A brilliant early nineties action film, full of what you would expect. An ex football star who was given a chance at being a box office draw, but never hit the big screen again, Henriksen in probably one of his best bad guy roles, naked women, a maniacal Forsythe coming straight from out for justice.And of course, silly explosions, stick in the ass partners, punch ups for no reason, and rock music playing whenever Bosworth mounts a bike.It's not plausible, the story is rotten, but does it give you a lot of bang for your buck. Bosworth can't act for toffee, but his mullet speaks in volumes, stumbling from one set piece to the next, he tries his hardest, but Baxley more than makes up for the leads acting with great set pieces.The film is short, and there is little character study, but this leaves room for more explosions and an ending so over the top, it turns a bad movie into an instant cult.It's a bad movie, but for sheer fun, you can't beat this.
