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Tarfumes.com - The Stone Killer
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List Price: $59.99
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Manufacturer: Columbia/Tri-Star
Starring: Charles Bronson, Martin Balsam, Jack Colvin, Paul Koslo, Norman Fell
Directed By: Michael Winner
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302799163
Format: Color
ISBN: 6302799163
Label: Columbia/Tri-Star
Manufacturer: Columbia/Tri-Star
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Columbia/Tri-Star
Release Date: 1993-05-21
Running Time: 95
Studio: Columbia/Tri-Star
Theatrical Release Date: 1973-08-08
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Bronson vs. Mafia
Comment: The Stone Killer, directed by Michael Winner ,starring Charles Bronson as Lt. Torrey, a tough cop who takes no s--- or bullets,in this case Torrey is quicker on the draw or you might say a little trigger happy, never hesitating to eliminate anyone who stands in the way, as it may be the mafia. Martin Balsam is the head honcho inviting all the local mafia dons to a birthday party while Bronson follows the tracks and leads while bullets are flying and bodys are falling. The Stone Killer, isn't lacking in action,just a very confusing plot of who's who and Martin Balsam is not very convincing as a mob boss,probably miscast, Norman Fell, as the police captain does an exceptional acting job,and Charles Bronson is his usual self,this is a Columbia Tri-star VHS,with your normal VHS quality,not remastered, so you get the original old transfer of the film.
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Summary: An Interesting if implausible period piece
Comment: In"The Stone Killer"Charles Bronson plays a rather nasty police detective named Torrey involved in an attempt,by a mafia godfather,to re-write underworld history..Based on the book"A Complete State Of Death"By John Gardener,"The Stone Killer"as directed by Michael Winner becomes a period piece,at once dated and implausible..
Set in the early 1970s,the film includes an unnecessary scene at an"ashram"populated by a horde of stereotypical "hippies"that has absolutely no bearing on the plot,but which was included,apparently,because Winner thought that it would make his otherwise routine action film relevant..Likewise we have a medical doctor spouting off about how the viet-nam conflict alledgedly transforms decent american males into"stone killers"..
Stuart Margolin plays the leader of one such group of"stone Killers",who have contracted with an elderly mob boss,played by Martin Balsam,to murder all of the other mob bosses,apparently in some sort of bizarre revenge over a similiar incident that had taken place almost 50 years previously..That a mob boss would wait almost half a century to kill a bunch of rival mobsters because other,long dead mobsters had killed his
countrymen nearly half a century earlier makes no sense..That this mob boss would contract his mass execution out to a group of non-mafia ex-servicemen makes even less sense...
Sure,the flick is long on action,and has a nice score by the late Roy Budd,but it has more holes in it's plot that a whole wheel of swiss cheese.
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Summary: ITS BRONSON!
Comment: Bronson and director Michael Winner warmed up before DEATH WISH in 1973 with this watchable thriller that has its' "gaudy moments" as quoted by Bronson. There are some great lines and where else can you see (Papa Walton) Ralph Waite playing a racist detective in a series of outdated suits? You also get a very young John Ritter in LAPD blue serge and Martin Balsam haming it up (fake Italian accent and all) as the central casting New York Mafioso. THE STONE KILLER isn't great, it isn't awful. It's Bronson!
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Summary: Where's the DVD??
Comment: Great Bronson film loaded with action and great Bronson lines. I truly think he should have gone with this character as his franchise instead of his career ending Death Wish stuff. Bronson gives a great performance and the soundtrack is in the same classic 70's style as Enter the Dragon and Dirty Harry. Also available at Amazon.com, check out the re-mastered soundtrack for The Stone Killer. A must have for fans of the 70's!!! Be advised that this VHS pictured here is recorded in the dreaded EP mode. Time to put this one on DVD.....
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Summary: Bronson's best
Comment: This film takes it's place right in the tough cop films of the seventies. I place it right in with the likes of The French Connection; Dirty Harry; Magnum Force and Death Wish. Another plus is the movies great sondtrack.
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