steven@ism70.UUCP (05/08/85)
CODE OF SILENCE
Starring Chuck Norris and Henry Silva.
Directed by Andrew Davis. Written by Michael Butler and Dennis
Shryack and Mike Gray. Story by Michael Butler and Dennis
Shryack. Produced by Raymond Wagner.
Photographed by Dick Bush. Production Designed by Ahmed Ramed.
Edited by Peter Pareshalas and Christopher Holmes. Music by
David Frank.
From Orion Pictures (1985).
I've never seen a Chuck Norris movie before. Not _M_i_s_s_i_n_g_ _i_n
_A_c_t_i_o_n or _M_i_s_s_i_n_g_ _i_n_ _A_c_t_i_o_n_ _2_:_ _T_h_e_ _B_e_g_i_n_n_i_n_g or _S_i_l_e_n_t_ _R_a_g_e or
_L_o_n_e_ _W_o_l_f_ _M_c_Q_u_a_d_e or _G_o_o_d_ _G_u_y_s_ _W_e_a_r_ _B_l_a_c_k or _A_n_ _E_y_e_ _f_o_r_ _a_n_ _E_y_e or
any of the Norris oeuvre of kicking, shooting, punching and
growling. So what do I find?
I found third-rate Eastwood, that's what I found. There are
these two rival drug dealing gangs who go to war after a hit
wipes out one family pretty badly. Norris gets caught in the
middle as an incorruptible cop who specializes in alienating his
colleagues and jumping off El trains into the Chicago River while
chasing after suspects.
One good line ("If I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of
you."), some decent action footage and a lead who absolutely
could not act his way out of a paper bag.
One and a half stars out of four.kevin@ism70.UUCP (05/10/85)
Not that anyone out there probably cares, but here's a correction: Frank Tidy photographed _C_o_d_e_ _o_f_ _S_i_l_e_n_c_e, not Dick Bush.