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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543131045
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 01, 2005
Running Time: 109 minutes
Sales Rank: 13450
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: August 05, 1983
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When crime on the street gets out of hand, a group of socially prominent men form a vigilante squad. Michael Douglas is chilling.
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Rating: - Star Chamber Review
The Star Chamber has good acting and fine script, although it's not really a suspenseful film, and its ending is rather abrupt and poor. Overall, it's an interesting and watchable film, particularly for the fans of Hal Holbrook and Michael Douglas--such as myself.
Rating: - What a great movie!
I can't believe I had never even heard of this movie before. I'm enrolled in a college course majoring in legal studies, and this movie was part of a homework assignment. If not for this class, I doubt I ever would have seen it. This was an excellent movie, and I don't understand why it wasn't a bigger hit at the box office. I would strongly recommend watching this movie if you have not before. Just like "Boondock Saints," this movie focuses on a negative aspect of our legal system and offers a vigilante solution. This movie points out how our justice system is failing in some regards; then demonstrates why straying from the system is not the answer. Great story.
Rating: - A great watch
A thought provoking thriller still highly watchable decades after its release. Michael Douglas plays a judge, who grows increasingly tired of the protections the law affords criminals. As he is forced to acquit one criminal after another, his mentor hints at other ways to effect justice....
The film raises the age old question: "Quis custodiet custodes?". In addition it showcases some excellent performances, particularly from Yaphet Kotto who plays the lonely but persistent cop who spends his nights pouring over case files.
All in all, an eight out of ten.
Rating: - A personal favorite
"The Star Chamber" is one of my personal favorites. I don't know why. The movie stars Michael Douglas, an actor I don't really care for most of the time. Nonetheless, I have always enjoyed watching this film. I'll actually stop whatever I am doing and sit down to watch the picture if I notice it's on television. Why? Maybe the reason has something to do with director Peter Hyams. He has lensed a bunch of films that I end up watching despite their inherent flaws. This guy is responsible for such films as "2010," "Outland," and "The Presidio". I like all three of these pictures. I also enjoyed "A Sound of Thunder," "Capricorn One," and "Timecop". As for "End of Days," well, not so much. Lest you think Hyams sticks solely to thrillers and actioners, he also directed the John Ritter comedy "Stay Tuned" back in the early 1990s as well as a coming of age flick called "Our Time" back in 1974. He's versatile, I'll give him that. Anyway, "The Star Chamber" obviously received a studio green light in an effort to cash in on the public's concerns over a spiraling crime rate back in the early 1980s.
Douglas plays Superior Court Judge Steven Hardin, a good guy that takes his job very seriously. He wants to do the right thing and put the bad guys away for a long time, but the legal system hinders his efforts at every turn. It seems that every lawyer coming into his courtroom figures out some technicality--some niggling point hidden in the law books--that forces Hardin to release the obviously guilty ... Read More
Rating: - What is justice?
I have long awaited this movie to be released on DVD. A great suspense story that taps into that internal desire to have justice metted out. Would you get it right?
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