The last action film you watched

The last action film you watched Apr 8, 2021 8:42:31 GMT Dramatic Look Gopher and mgmarshall like this

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Post by stefancrosscoe on Apr 8, 2021 8:42:31 GMT

Apr 8, 2021 3:11:03 GMT Dramatic Look Gopher said:

Code Of Silence (1985)

A tough, individualistic cop is caught between the gangland war of two rival Hispanic crime families. Meanwhile, his new partner is struggling to cope after witnessing another cop's reckless shooting of an innocent teenager, and trying to decide whether or not to break the "code of silence" among the police by ratting him out.

Standard action fare, but still irresistible. Good writing that has some doses of humor and tough talk, plus great use of Chicago locations, and an awesome barroom brawl are some highlights. Chuck Norris was never as good an actor as other action stars, due to his lack of acting style. But with Code Of Silence he gives the Eddie Cusack role a solid no-nonsense loner type of persona. Definitely one of Chuck's best performances, if not his best.

One of my favorite scenes is when Henry Silva comes up to Norris and gleefully tells him he would love to give him a Colombian Necktie (cutting a throat and pulling the tongue out through the slit), then Norris looks straight at him and utters "Why don't you give it to me right now!" That sure wiped the smile off of Silva's face, lol!

Code Of Silence was originally conceived as a Dirty Harry sequel. But then Clint Eastwood passed on the script, so it was eventually rewritten as a Chuck Norris vehicle.

Interesting, I did not know of that, but yeah, it feels like something that surely might have suited the style and persona of someone like Harry Callahan. But I am still glad Chuck Norris got the part, as this was quite a turning point, getting a shot at doing a bit more "fragile" and dramatic character, that is not just another post Vietnam one man army jungle-war action adventurer, or the usual b-movie martial art stuff, as the film is a real good and gritty, hard hitting urban/inner city feel to it, and I always wanted to see a few more of these films, with Andrew Davis as the director, and Norris in the lead. But I guess next up, was another upcoming action/martial arts star, in Steven Seagal, and Davis and him seeemed to hit off well, for a while.