From the World Wrestling Federation ring to the acting scenes, here are some of the Best Stone Cold Steve Austin Movies. Firstly, Steven James Anderson is a famous and notorious wrestling legend, actor, and podcaster who rose to fame when the current WWE was the WWF. He fought Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, he fought Shawn Michaels, he torched Vince McMahon’s car, and he was a no holds barred dude on the ring. But there’s also a side of him many people don’t know, his acting side, which we will explore today.
Most of Stone Cold Steve Austin movies are low-budget, direct-to-video Canadian productions where he repetitively takes on the same role or the same story: The real badass dude who comes back with a vengeance. Except for a couple of movies, you’ll see from this list, they are all cheesy yet entertaining in their own accretions. Moreover, we included the coordinates on where to find them if you feel like watching them. Now without further ado, let’s begin taking a look at Stone Cold’s acting career.
The Condemned
The premise for this Stone Cold Steve Austin movie is a lot like…Squid Game! But before Squid Game. In it, our boy Steve is down on his luck criminal that goes to an island to fight off a bunch of other dangerous criminals in deadly matches. And the organizers all have a shady agenda. Moreover, in the same fashion as Squid Game, the organizers broadcast these deadly matches to the world.
In this movie, we get to see Steve perform opposite former footballer Vinnie Jones (you may remember him from Guy Ritchie’s crime film “Snatch”) from a script from Scott Wiper, who also directed the movie. Lastly, if you want to watch “The Condemned,” you can navigate to Hulu Plus, Tubi, and Plex. Also, the movie is available for rent or purchase on Vudu, Google Play, Amazon Instant Video, and iTunes.
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Hunt To Kill
Hunt To Kill is a 2010 Canadian film by Keoni Waxman based on a script by Frank Hannah. In this movie, Stone Cold Steve Austin plays Jim Rhodes, a U.S. Border Patron agent that gets kidnapped with his daughter in the forests of Montana by some thieves who just pulled a giant heist on a casino. It’s a convoluted plot on the casino robber’s side. It turns out the dudes try to kill each other out to get a bigger part of the loot.
Consequently, the thieves need to escape. And to do so, they tell Steve Austin to help them cross the border. When they try to kill him and leave him for dead, Steve vows revenge and goes full-on Rambo mode on these dudes. They sure messed with the wrong man. If you want to watch Hunt To Kill, the film is available on Hulu Plus, Pluto, Amazon Prime Video. Google Play, iTunes, Vudu, and Tubi.
The Stranger
“The Stranger” is a 2010 Canadian movie directed by Robert Lieberman (he also directed D3: The Mighty Ducks starring Emilio Estévez) of a script penned by Quinn Scott. Firstly, Mason Reese (played by Adam Beach) has been collaborating with psychiatrist Grace Bishop (played by Erica Cerra) to track down a man (our hero, Steve Austin) whom Grace has been treating on and off for a while.
According to Mason, the man is suspected of being involved with a variety of crimes, while Grace is concerned for him because he suffers from a form of amnesia that causes him to forget even minor events. It ends up causing him to take on various identities and jobs as he travels around. However, it appears that this mysterious man may be in possession of vital information. It appears the intel they have links various criminal organizations to a group inside the FBI, putting his life in jeopardy.
Knockout
In this 2011 movie directed by Anne Wheeler, Steve Austin plays Dan Barnes, a former professional boxer who retired due to a growing dissatisfaction with his violent lifestyle. While Matthew learns to box and defend himself against his tormentors, one of whom is Hector Torres (Jaren Brandt Bartlett), Dan’s newfound role as a teacher aids him in coming to terms with his tumultuous past. Hector constantly bullies Matthew (Daniel Magder) throughout the film; on several occasions, Hector and his friends target Matthew and do everything they can to get under his skin. Matthew has a passion for boxing because his grandfather was a professional boxer at a young age.
Hector becomes aggressive towards Matthew as they spar in the boxing ring. Matthew takes a cheap shot at Hector after the referee blows the whistle and says, stop fighting, resulting in him being booted out of the boxing club the first day. Dan, the janitor, notices everything and approaches Matthew, who appears very upset about the situation. Dan then takes on the task of assisting Matthew in realizing his boxing ambitions. Matthew works hard and goes above and beyond to be the best. Matthew can train and improve as a boxer with the support and advice of his coach Dan. Dan teaches Matthew both mentally and physically all through his training with him, and he allows Matthew to box his all-time bully Hector and a second chance to join the boxing club.
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Recoil
This 2011 Canadian film by Terry Miles out of a John Sullivan script puts Steve Austin in the lead role opposite Danny Trejo and Serinda Swan. Moreover, Steve plays Ryan Varrett, a former law enforcement officer that goes out to revenge his family. He goes out to the sticks to find the people who murdered his family. Steve lands in a small town in the Western United States. As Austin looms into the killers, he finds out that they’re a gang of methamphetamine tweakers and illegal arms dealers.
One by one, he begins killing the gang. And it turns out that he isn’t the only one hunting down the gang, an agent for the ATF is also on the case, in a legal form. As Ryan executes his revenge, he’s let go by the federal agent and moves on with his life. If you want to watch Recoil, you can navigate to Pluto, Tubi, or Amazon Prime Video.
Tactical Force
This is a movie directed and written by Adamo Paolo Cultraro starring Steve Austin and Michael Jai White. Firstly, Austin plays Captain Frank Tate, leader of a SWAT team in Los Ángeles, where they stop crimes but cause significant damages to property owners. Angered by this, their superior sends Tate and his team through training again. Meanwhile, two Russian mobsters kidnap a dude, take him into a warehouse and clash with members of the Italian Mafia. It turns out that right in the middle of this problem, the SWAT team is supposed to train in that warehouse. With blank bullets and their skills, the SWAT team must fight tooth and nail with heavily armed criminals. Who will survive? If you want to watch Steve Austin in this movie, navigate to Pluto, Tubi, or Amazon Prime Video.
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Chain of Command
This is a 2015 Ray Peters movie starring Steve Austin and Michael Jai White. Firstly, Stone Cold plays Special Operations agent Ray Peters. Secondly, his best friend and former colleague, played by Michael Jai White has the antagonist role, a special ops agent that goes to Afghanistan to check things on the opium trade and becomes corrupt. When Webster witnesses his brother’s murder, he becomes hellbent on finding the people who killed him, only to discover that it was a bunch of corrupt people from inside the Pentagon. If you want to watch Chain of Command, you will have to wait a little while because it’s not available for stream currently on any platform, but you can buy it from Amazon.com in DVD or Blu-Ray format.
The Longest Yard
No list of Stone Cold Steve Austin movies would be complete without his supporting role in the 2005 prison comedy “The Longest Yard”. In this film, he plays the vicious prison guard Dunham. In this movie, one of his first roles as an actor. He worked with Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds, Adam Sandler, Nelly, Joey Díaz, Terry Crews, and Tracy Morgan.
If you want to watch The Longest Yard, you can do it on Pluto, Google Play, Vudu, iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, and iTunes. With this, we wrap up our coverage of the Best Stone Cold Steve Austin movies here at Otakukart. Thanks for reading our article. And please keep coming back for more daily updates on all your favorite movies, series, and shows.
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