Stone Cold

Overview

Tom Selleck stars as Jesse Stone, an ex-Los Angeles homicide detective whose alcoholism forced him to downsize his career and take a job as a small town police chief. When Stone investigates the town's first ever murder, he soon finds himself embroiled in a hunt for serial killers who seem determined to make him a victim as well. Complications arise when a young girl's parents reveal she was raped and Stone orders his team to investigate the charges while keeping both crimes under the radar of national press, state police and FBI. Stone must uncover both mysteries and faces the most challenging case of his career - one that could possibly claim the life of someone very close to him.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	0887090102209
Publisher:	OLIVE FILMS
Publication date:	06/23/2015
Edition description:	Color / Wide Screen / DTS
Product dimensions:	5.45(w) x 0.62(h) x 7.53(d)

Editorial Reviews

On the surface, Stone Cold might seem like a throwaway action film built around a sports personality but it's actually much more. In fact, this is a model b-movie: the storyline offers a barrage of action in a unique setting and simple but effectively-drawn characters that keep the audience involved between the setpieces. Brian Bosworth acquits himself well as the hero, underplaying the role while delivering on the fighting skills and macho attitude the viewer expects. However, it's the supporting cast that really shines: Lance Henriksen is charming and chilling by turns as the biker gang's smart yet sociopathic leader and William Forsythe delivers a feral, rip-snorting turn as the temperamental biker who suspects Bosworth is up to something. Finally and most importantly, stunt coordinator-turned-filmmaker Craig Baxley does an excellent job in the director's chair. He gives the story a lean, vigorous pace, makes the visuals as colorful and comic-bookish as possible and handles the frequent action scenes with kinetic flair. The best example of his skills in the latter department is the bombastic finale, which takes place in a highly unusual location and involves everything from fisticuffs to helicopter stunts -- it is one of the best action sequences ever in a b-movie. In short, Stone Cold is a premiere example of the action b-movie and twice as much fun as a lot of higher-budgeted action films.