Quiet Cool (1986): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1986, Quiet Cool is an action and crime film directed by Clay Borris, running about 80 minutes. “It can get you rich, get you high, or get you dead.” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. This actioner is set in a remote, heavily forested area in Northern California where marijuana growers raise their illegal crops and run whole communities with their terrorist tactics and wealth. The tale centers on the efforts of a fearless New York cop to free one such community from the tyranny of the pot growers. It begins with a surveyor who is leading the town's crooked sheriff to a small marijuana field he has just discovered. The surveyor is killed before he can get there. Joshua, a small boy, sees the execution and tries to get back in time to tell his parents. Unfortunately, the killers murder his family and throw him off a cliff. The boy's aunt, worried at not hearing from her family, gets suspicious and asks an old flame, NY cop Joe Dillon, to investigate. The town sheriff is not pleased by his intrusion and warns him to stay out of it. Dillon disobeys, and that is where all the action comes in.

Who’s in it. Quiet Cool stars James Remar as Joe Dylanne, Adam Coleman Howard as Joshua Greer, Daphne Ashbrook as Katy Greer and Jared Martin as Mike Prior, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 7.1/10, Quiet Cool has been warmly received by audiences.

Where to watch. In US you can rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store and Fandango At Home. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Quiet Cool page.

If you liked it. Fans of Quiet Cool tend to enjoy The Dark Knight, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Inception and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.