When stealing weaponry, one of Savak's henchmen, Marcus, kills Darlene and Marianne North, the wife and daughter of Army Staff Sgt.

At the end, it's revealed that Savak was the one behind the murders of North's family and he avenges them when he throws him off a roof and onto a piano, killing him.

[5] Another reviewer stated that Stone Cold 'may be Brian Bosworth’s finest hour, but One Man’s Justice is a fitting encore' and that 'Bruce Payne, with his Whitesnake hair and nose ring is slimeball perfection as the villain'.

[6] A different reviewer described the film as a 'slice of red-blooded American Macho' and stated that it 'is the finest hour of Payne’s storied career, and he dutifully gives One Tough Bastard an energising kick to the Boz'.

[8] Jedadiah Leland stated that the film was 'a dumb but fun movie that’s enlivened by three actors [Bosworth, Payne and Kober] who know how to be convincingly tough on camera'.