Underrated Manly Movies: Part V
The Star Chamber (1983)
One of Michael Douglas’ lesser known movies. Gentlemen… sometimes you just have to resort to vigilantism.
This might sound like something from a Charles Bronson feature of the time, but it’s less gung ho and more… Walter Hill-ish. It’s a thriller, with a few twists. But not the shitty gimmick type of twist, natural ones that belong in the old 70’s style thriller. It’s a seedy movie, perhaps sometimes a little slow. It has a considerable weakness too in that it’s kind of anti-climatic. But it’s definitely worthy of being hunted down and added to a manly movie collection. Good performances and a very good story.
It’s out on Blu-Ray now too, cool ’80s movie, give it a chance.
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