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The Star Chamber

1983

Peter Hyams

Michael Douglas, Hal Holbrook, Yaphet Kotto, Sharon Gless ...

5.8

955

Mystery Fed up with watching vicious criminals walk on technicalities and loopholes, judge Michael Douglas accepts his older colleague Hal Holbrook's invitation to join "The Star Chamber." This sub-rosa organization consists of nine like-minded judges who endeavor to take the law into their own hands. Essentially, these are robed vigilantes, but Douglas joins them, determining that the end justifies the means. Before long, however, Douglas ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Gary Arnold The Washington Post	"It's a beautifully composed and tautly engineered production, a model of trim and attractive genre moviemaking."	POS
United States	TV Guide	"Taut, if occasionally silly, the film is hampered by ideological confusion. Director Peter Hyams doesn't seem to know if he's making a reactionary 'Death Wish' clone or a liberal problem film."	NEU
United States	David Ansen Newsweek	"Supported by an excellent cast and very stylish cinematography, Hyams sustains the tension from start to finish, no matter how preposterous the plotting becomes"	POS
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"It is a great disappointment, halfway into the movie, to find 'The Star Chamber' so far off the track that its credibility almost entirely disappears"	NEU
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"Funciona brillantemente hasta que se encierra en una trama. Entonces deja de bailar y empieza a marchar (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU

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