Charles Bronson was a legendary tough guy actor from the good old days of kick-ass Cinema, & he's excellent here in director Michael Winners cop thriller.
Sandwiched between Michael Winners The Mechanic & Death Wish there was his other not ever mentioned, The Stone Killer. Michael Winner directed Bronson in many great & gritty action thriller films & along with the very first Death Wish (1974) & the crazy good-time violent fantasy Death Wish 3 (1985), his Stone Killer is possibly his best Bronson collaboration, or atleast right next to the first Death Wish.
As of now, in the seriously dark & Depressing times of 2023, watching 1973's The Stone Killer feels almost comforting with it's no tech world & no nonsense vigilante cops that do what needs to be done & seeing a old face of movie justice: Charles Bronson, i was definitely comforted by the simpler times of it's decade the 1970's.
In a world like ours now as of 2023, we need no nonsense tough justice fighters like Bronson's hard cop Lou Vescari, a Detective that plays by his own rules in Dirty Harry fashion, & fears no one. Bronson plays the part perfectly & created one of his best characters in my opinion. There's definitely a lovely feeling watching old 70's & 80's action stars taking out the evil scum of the world. There's something so nice about watching the likes of Charles Bronson, Chuck Norris, Roy Scheider, Gene Hackman, Clint Eastwood, Stallone, Schwarzenegger & others tearing through gritty places & shooting up street scum as they deal out death to those that deserve it. Its a rewarding watching experience because in real life we're powerless & the law protects the evil scum but in the movie world we get to witness the blood thirsty vengeance we all want.
The Stone Killer is a cracking 70's cop thriller that feels like it's made in the mould of an old noir Detective film.
Bronson is Detective Vascari, a New York City hard-ass that gets in serous trouble with his superiors, the newspapers & the city for gunning down a teenage thug that pulled a gun of him. Just another day in the bleak violent city but its enough for Bronson's cop to move to another dark, bleak & violent city: Los Angeles. Bronson is between New York & LA throughout the movie as he goes about trying to solve a crime & stop old mafioso boss Vescari, played by the great Martin Belsam (Death Wish 3, The Delta Force) from his planned revenge plot that would slaughter mob bosses from all over America. There's alot going on in Stone Killer but it all comes together fine in the end for a thrilling action-packed showdown. There's plenty of recognisable faces from other 70's films, especially from Bronson films & the music score is very cool.
The Stone Killer has plenty of cool car chases, shootouts, punches & fun dialogue, it's a great Bronson film that fits in with his other cult classic cop thrillers like: 10 To Midnight & Murphy's Law.
Sandwiched between Michael Winners The Mechanic & Death Wish there was his other not ever mentioned, The Stone Killer. Michael Winner directed Bronson in many great & gritty action thriller films & along with the very first Death Wish (1974) & the crazy good-time violent fantasy Death Wish 3 (1985), his Stone Killer is possibly his best Bronson collaboration, or atleast right next to the first Death Wish.
As of now, in the seriously dark & Depressing times of 2023, watching 1973's The Stone Killer feels almost comforting with it's no tech world & no nonsense vigilante cops that do what needs to be done & seeing a old face of movie justice: Charles Bronson, i was definitely comforted by the simpler times of it's decade the 1970's.
In a world like ours now as of 2023, we need no nonsense tough justice fighters like Bronson's hard cop Lou Vescari, a Detective that plays by his own rules in Dirty Harry fashion, & fears no one. Bronson plays the part perfectly & created one of his best characters in my opinion. There's definitely a lovely feeling watching old 70's & 80's action stars taking out the evil scum of the world. There's something so nice about watching the likes of Charles Bronson, Chuck Norris, Roy Scheider, Gene Hackman, Clint Eastwood, Stallone, Schwarzenegger & others tearing through gritty places & shooting up street scum as they deal out death to those that deserve it. Its a rewarding watching experience because in real life we're powerless & the law protects the evil scum but in the movie world we get to witness the blood thirsty vengeance we all want.
The Stone Killer is a cracking 70's cop thriller that feels like it's made in the mould of an old noir Detective film.
Bronson is Detective Vascari, a New York City hard-ass that gets in serous trouble with his superiors, the newspapers & the city for gunning down a teenage thug that pulled a gun of him. Just another day in the bleak violent city but its enough for Bronson's cop to move to another dark, bleak & violent city: Los Angeles. Bronson is between New York & LA throughout the movie as he goes about trying to solve a crime & stop old mafioso boss Vescari, played by the great Martin Belsam (Death Wish 3, The Delta Force) from his planned revenge plot that would slaughter mob bosses from all over America. There's alot going on in Stone Killer but it all comes together fine in the end for a thrilling action-packed showdown. There's plenty of recognisable faces from other 70's films, especially from Bronson films & the music score is very cool.
The Stone Killer has plenty of cool car chases, shootouts, punches & fun dialogue, it's a great Bronson film that fits in with his other cult classic cop thrillers like: 10 To Midnight & Murphy's Law.