The Star Chamber

The Star Chamber

1983 · 105 min · EN · R · 6.0 (145 votes)
Dir. Peter Hyams · Starring Michael Douglas, Hal Holbrook, Yaphet Kotto, Sharon Gless, James B. Sikking, Joe Regalbuto · Music Michael Small

They meet. They judge. They execute.

DramaThriller

As violence escalates in Los Angeles and heinous murders are committed, Steven Hardin, a young judge of the California Supreme Court, must struggle with his tortured conscience and growing despair as he watches helplessly as the ruthless criminals brought before his court go free because clever lawyers find obscure loopholes in the law.

VIBE

A dark, cynical descent into the legal system's failures. It feels like a grim, tense examination of justice, where desperation breeds a dangerous, morally ambiguous path. A true-crime thriller that questions the very nature of right and wrong.

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