Shipka makes for a gutsy heroine, the perfect yin to Sutherland's seedy yang, and both deliver performances that lift proceedings (slightly) above formulaic, sub-Tarantino fare.

…Stone Cold Fox a perfectly acceptable Saturday-night movie, with its heart in the right place and a young, energetic cast making this less of a a hard-crime thriller than a female Superbad-style tall-story, with a fun bad-guy turn from Kiefer Sutherland…

From its appreciation for the action movies that came before to its message of found family, Stone Cold Fox is a revenge tale wrapped in a hug.

On paper, it sounds like a gritty, emotional revenge tale with a feminist twist. In practice, it’s a mix of good intentions and bad editing.