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The Star Chamber (1983)
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Reviews Counted:14
Fresh:10
Rotten:4
Average Rating:6/10
Synopsis: Hardin is a hard-working, honest judge becoming frustrated with a legal system, that continuously forces him to release criminals on technicalities. He reaches his breaking point when he must set... Hardin is a hard-working, honest judge becoming frustrated with a legal system, that continuously forces him to release criminals on technicalities. He reaches his breaking point when he must set free two members of a child-pornography ring accused of murdering a boy. Feeling defeated, Hardin turns to his mentor Judge Caulfield, who ushers him into a secret society of magistrates called the Star Chamber. These judges act as deadly vigilantes, exacting revenge on heinous lawbreakers freed on technicalities. But when the Star Chamber sets its sights on the child-porno duo, Hardin finds himself protecting the killers, who may not be guilty after all. [More]
Starring: Michael Douglas, Hal Holbrook, Sharon Gless, Yaphet Kotto
Starring: Michael Douglas, Hal Holbrook, Sharon Gless, Yaphet Kotto, James B. Sikking, Joe Regalbuto, Don Calfa, John DiSanti, Jack Kehoe, Larry Hankin, Dick Anthony Williams, Dana Gladstone, David Proval, Robin Gammell, Matthew Faison, Michael Ensign, Jason Bernard, Frances Bergen
Director: Peter Hyams
Director: Peter Hyams
Screenwriter: Roderick Taylor, Peter Hyams
Reviews for The Star Chamber
A tour-de-force thriller from Hyams and Douglas... its final moments are as gripping as Superglue!
The Star Chamber is an intense, thought-provoking, great-looking action-packed thriller. Sadly overlooked in theaters, this is truly an '80s buried treasure.
While the movie is set in L.A., the rules of justice appear exaggerated to the point where the film seems to be taking place in a different country, but it doesn't really matter. It would be great fun just to put up your feet and watch director Peter Hyam
directed with pace and style by Peter Hyams and beautifully photographed by Richard Hannah
Latest News for The Star Chamber
September 22, 2005:
Fox Plans Another Visit from "The Star Chamber"
The Hollywood Reporter indicates that 20th Century Fox is moving ahead with a remake of the 1983 Michael Douglas thriller "The Star Chamber." More...
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