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Stone Cold

Stone Cold

Action · Crime · Thriller · 1991

Joe Huff is a tough, loner cop with a flair for infiltrating dangerous biker gangs. The FBI blackmail Huff into an undercover operation that entails infiltrating The Brotherhood – a powerful Mississippi biker gang linked in the murder of government officials as well as dealing drugs with the mafia.

Movie details

Stone Cold

“A cop who enforces his own brand of justice.”

1991 Action · Crime · Thriller 1h 32m

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6.2 / 10

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Joe Huff is a tough, loner cop with a flair for infiltrating dangerous biker gangs. The FBI blackmail Huff into an undercover operation that entails infiltrating The Brotherhood – a powerful Mississippi biker gang linked in the murder of government officials as well as dealing drugs with the mafia.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Craig R. Baxley

Written by

Walter Doniger

Brian Bosworth

Brian Bosworth

Joe Huff / John Stone

Lance Henriksen

Lance Henriksen

Chains Cooper

William Forsythe

William Forsythe

Ice

Arabella Holzbog

Arabella Holzbog

Nancy

Sam McMurray

Sam McMurray

Lance

Richard Gant

Richard Gant

Cunningham

Paulo Tocha

Paulo Tocha

Bolivian

Court is in session

Put Stone Cold on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Adrenaline Seeker

“Momentum is a formal choice.”

The velocity sharpens instinct and tension, making every beat land before self-importance can settle in.

The prosecution The Auteur Devotee

“Speed as an alibi.”

The film races past its weak spots and hopes acceleration will keep the audience from inspecting the evidence.