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Written by James M. Tate / 6/03/2022 / No comments / action , adam ant , brad davis , cop , eighties , import , jonathan banks , revenge , sharon stone

BRAD DAVIS AND SHARON STONE IN 'COLD STEEL' WITH ADAM ANT

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2kS3HpRI0wL1cXNRg9gNRC-XHqcFVnXW5hQ60wcsc_Q-zh2vMdbaNmt3eI1P8yYYYBVPMnnfX9mZmkxoeg07hlCAUM7HJ98Qwe4IyGbchRzqV9mYP9PXNoLeKkGbGpQU7m0jytAY7SP52RfwnA9zQuTgC-Aff5AXzXTTbeUtAsx7bGpL-TZzxp4zZqtUc/s1816/Screen%20Shot%202024-12-24%20at%207.48.18%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="962" data-original-width="1816" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2kS3HpRI0wL1cXNRg9gNRC-XHqcFVnXW5hQ60wcsc_Q-zh2vMdbaNmt3eI1P8yYYYBVPMnnfX9mZmkxoeg07hlCAUM7HJ98Qwe4IyGbchRzqV9mYP9PXNoLeKkGbGpQU7m0jytAY7SP52RfwnA9zQuTgC-Aff5AXzXTTbeUtAsx7bGpL-TZzxp4zZqtUc/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-12-24%20at%207.48.18%20PM.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title: COLD STEEL Year: 1987 Rating: ***1/2 </td></tr></tbody></table>Sometimes those unknown flicks that seem straight-to-video or befitting a light night cable channel can actually work, like COLD STEEL, now billed as a Sharon Stone vehicle since her BASIC INSTINCT breakthrough, a cop action drama actually literally driven by MIDNIGHT EXPRESS actor Brad Davis as a cop whose father is murdered, and he wants revenge... 
 
On the peripheral, looming in the antagonist spot is Iceman, a villain both living up to his name and the film's title... <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgijljEmE8BeMBa4nIF2WYUePvTKVmbfe3VuLGWmuJWWJX4HZnC9hB6MMRnrB7RfagNf2PL37c1wmrzb-LfghWitXzy2VCI7Cd6ah6FpacVJLa9NYTSI8Z8GwuBdpyBlnFt63gq2ot8Pp-pBuL8b0cNPMhNfgc-nD768NUTnjfFvgUPs6tqrY6nkS2Upa3B/s1797/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-01%20at%2010.03.24%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="1797" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgijljEmE8BeMBa4nIF2WYUePvTKVmbfe3VuLGWmuJWWJX4HZnC9hB6MMRnrB7RfagNf2PL37c1wmrzb-LfghWitXzy2VCI7Cd6ah6FpacVJLa9NYTSI8Z8GwuBdpyBlnFt63gq2ot8Pp-pBuL8b0cNPMhNfgc-nD768NUTnjfFvgUPs6tqrY6nkS2Upa3B/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-01%20at%2010.03.24%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brad Davis and Sharon Stone in COLD STEEL</td></tr></tbody></table>Like any thug played by Jonathan Banks, fresh from BEVERLY HILLS COP only in charge this time and equally formidable, frightening and with a robotic voice-box in his throat, each pre-kill threat has a creepy and sinister vibe...As Davis and his comic-relief partner venture from one near-death situation to the next, the suspense builds nicely, as does the action, in particular one car chase starting on the streets and winding up in the middle of a stock car race, about as good as any big venue mainstream action flick...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9kkQEsFica-sf0UiK2NWMSIzsVTUcp-kzx37VrEYfd59zxbYmxu87vro9g1H9kM78uUlqBOSd3mkvlkxpAivHT9FBfjNr-nQ68nnKedQUYvfyC_NKotQ9OUKBlXg1fA0KctgsGLo44f52vkcWHlLSdbiXQZhJ4SaS1vE-V8XqSho6Gx_geA2zFgHrZJrk/s1806/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-01%20at%2010.08.42%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="1806" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9kkQEsFica-sf0UiK2NWMSIzsVTUcp-kzx37VrEYfd59zxbYmxu87vro9g1H9kM78uUlqBOSd3mkvlkxpAivHT9FBfjNr-nQ68nnKedQUYvfyC_NKotQ9OUKBlXg1fA0KctgsGLo44f52vkcWHlLSdbiXQZhJ4SaS1vE-V8XqSho6Gx_geA2zFgHrZJrk/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-01%20at%2010.08.42%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adam Ant in COLD STEEL</td></tr></tbody></table>And he's chasing none other than 80's new wave icon Adam Ant as Iceman’s hyperactive, cool and ultra-quirky British partner, and a pretty good actor for a musician, providing a terrific balance of overboard zany and lethal menace, as if this were his very own cult b-movie, especially with the line "I feel bigger with a trigger!" And, last but not least is Sharon Stone, whose gorgeous blond ingenue enters our hero’s life so breezily you’ll know there's something  under her sleeve, and, okay fine, so it’s not THE FRENCH CONNECTION: but for an unknown underdog cop thriller, this has bite.

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BRAD DAVIS AND SHARON STONE IN 'COLD STEEL' WITH ADAM ANT

Title: COLD STEEL Year: 1987 Rating: ***1/2 Sometimes those unknown flicks that seem straight-to-video or befitting a light night cable cha...

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