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Stone Cold is a 1991 action movie about a biker gang, The Brotherhood, who are going after legal officials.

The brazen murder of a judge, sends the FBI into action. And that sent us into action. We love our action flicks, we love fights, we love explosions. The Really Awful Movies Podcast is all about that!

Brian Bosworth is Joe Huff (a great action movie name if there ever was one), a tough Southern cop, on suspension for beating the snot out of dirtniks in a convenience store.

He’s summoned by a wimpy agent, who along with colleagues, blackmail Huff into taking part in a dangerous mission: becoming a member of The Brotherhood, in order to infiltrate the gang.

The gang’s got deep ties to the mafia, and is led by the charismatic Chains (Lance Henriksen).

Meanwhile, Huff adopts a new ID: John Stone.

Will he be able to go from prospect to biker, and take down the outlaws? Or will his terrible fashion sense get in the way? CHECK OUT, STONE COLD.

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First Blood folks. RAMBO time.

First Blood is the iconic 1982 Stallone-starrer directed by Ted Kotcheff. A troubled ‘Nam vet gets harassed by cops, then flees into the woods. He then has to rely on his formidable combat skills to fight off the police.

Based on David Morrell’s 1972 novel of the same name it’s the first installment of the Rambo series.

The film was released in the US on October 22, 1982. It got lukewarm reviews, and yet the film was a box office success.

It actually grossed nearly 50 million at the box office.

Since its release, First Blood has been getting a fairer shake, with many praising the roles of Stallone, Dennehy, and Crenna, and recognizing it as an influential film in the action genre. The brainchild of Stallone also spawned a franchise, consisting of three sequels (all which were co-written by and starred Stallone).

For more genre film chat, check out the Really Awful Movies Podcast every week!

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Lou Ferrigno AND Reb Brown. This is basically B-movie heaven for us on the Really Awful Movies Podcast.

In CAGE, the two muscled legends are soldiers in ‘Nam, and Billy (the go-to name for someone who is a bit slow-witted) is wounded by shrapnel. This causes him brain damage. The sergeant whose life he saved, Scotty (Brown) later helps him recuperate and basically becomes his caregiver.

Now that we’ve explained away deaf Lou’s speech as the result of a brain injury, we can get on with the lunkheaded UFC-style cage-fighting subplot.

Two low level mafiosi are in debt to some goons and they figure the giant Billy, whose muscles have muscles (and then have more muscles) would make for a great cage fighter. So they kidnap him. And put him in a tournament run by Chinese gangsters. And Scotty has to find him before it’s too late.

Racist, offensive, stupid, and yet fun-filled (just the way we like ’em) we delve into the little known (and for good reason) CAGE.