''Back in Business'' is a 1997

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starring

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and

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. The film revolves around two policemen, Joe Elkhart (Bosworth) and Tony Dunbar (Torry) and their pursuit of drug runners and dirty cops. Bosworth's character is an environmentalist, similar to Steven Seagal's character in "Fire Down Below."

Cast

as Joe Elkhart *

as Tony Dunbar * Dara Tomanovich as Natalie Walker *

Alan Scarfe Alan John Scarfe (born 8 June 1946) is a British–Canadian actor, stage director and author. He is a former Associate Director of the Stratford Festival (1976–77) and the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool (1967–68). He won the 1985 Genie Aw ...

as David Ashby *

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as Remy *

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as Emery Ryker * Aleks Shaklin as Hank Berdsall *

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as Java

German release

The film was released in Germany under the title ''Heart of Stone'' in May 1997. The German VHS release changed the title to ''Stone Cold 2'' and marketed it as a sequel to

's 1991 debut film '' Stone Cold'', including a picture of Bosworth from the VHS cover for that film. The later German DVD release used the same artwork.

Reception

Critical reception for ''Back in Business'' has been negative. ''

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'' felt that "Not very exciting, not very funny and hardly likely to promote either of its stars out of the low-rent sector, it cruises along like a very old car, you know it'll get to where it's going in the end but you don't want to go along for the ride." ''

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'' criticized the film, writing that "Although the film gets some mileage out of the running gag about our hero's attempts to control his temper by speaking to a talk-radio psychiatrist, the film's false starts and detours are best exemplified by Bosworth's "''

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''"-like interplay with Torry. Trying way too hard to divert, ''BACK IN BUSINESS'' falls prey to extraneous explosions and lame comic relief." ''

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'' rated the movie a C-, stating that Bosworth's " fledgling charisma can’t save this clanking thriller".

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