jadavix "Code of Silence" is a lacklustre Chuck Norris vehicle that goes nowhere interesting. It's also confusingly plotted, with half hour gaps in between sequential events so that you forget what led to what you are currently seeing.The employment of action movie clichés is at least a source of unintentional comedy. Norris is the typical lone wolf cop whose actions serve as an indication to why police are supposed to have partners. Norris leaves his own partner behind constantly, and then gets involved in situations that wouldn't have occurred if he hadn't been so selfish, like a girl being taken hostage by a thug while he has to quickly use his martial arts skills to incapacitate a bunch of others, unrealistically, before giving chase. If his partner had been with him the girl probably wouldn't have been taken. The fact that she was taken means she could have easily been killed or otherwise injured. Nice going, Chuck.The movie also doesn't let Chuck play to his strengths, or, er, strength. Apart from the scene mentioned above, he only really breaks out his martial arts skills once in the whole movie, in a fight that is admittedly impressive, but ends with Chuck getting his butt kicked. This will be unbelievable to anyone who remembers those jokes floating around about him back in the mid 2000s.Chuck without martial arts isn't much of a Chuck at all. He doesn't have the personality to come off as anything other than a weirdo as he wanders around leaving his partner behind and pulling guns on a police robot. The superb character actor, Henry Silva, barely does anything as a villain we hardly get to see. Two wastes in one movie.

utgard14 Chuck Norris is a Chicago cop who must take on two rival gangs alone. The other cops hate him for ratting out a fellow cop for killing a kid and planting a gun on him. So it's up to Chuck to take matters into his own hands. Considered by many to be Chuck Norris' best "serious" movie. By serious I mean judged on a technical and artistic level, not just for entertainment value. I don't personally consider this Chuck's best but I see why others say that. This is an entertaining cop movie with a solid performance by Norris and a great supporting cast. Henry Silva makes for an enjoyable villain. Some quality support from Dennis Farina, Bert Remsen, Mike Genovese, Molly Hagan, Ron Dean, and many others. Special mention for Ralph Foody. This is one of his most entertaining movies as the foul-mouthed Cragie. For those of you not familiar with Ralph Foody, you might remember him from his tiny but memorable parts in the Home Alone movies. He was the old guy in the movie Kevin watches that ends with him shooting up the joint and saying "Keep the change, ya filthy animal."

Maziun Interesting thing - this was supposed to be a Clint Eastwood movie , but he decided to do "Pale rider" instead. It's funny , because the story here feels a little bit like western . "COS" has got obviously more story than average Chuck movie . The corrupt cops angle is nothing new or particularly deep , but works well enough. It's hard to call this story unpredictable and the ending conclusion is rather unfitting to the rest of the movie , but doesn't destroy it. There is one very funny scene involving two unlucky robbers that will make you laugh hard. There are some silly moments here and there , but overall this movie manages to be serious and have decent dialogues .Chuck is his usual self here , but somewhat less wooden . Henry Silva ("Nico : Above the law") is effective enough as the mob boss. The rest of the cast involving known faces like Ron Dean and Dennis Farina is also very OK.The action is rather unspectacular , although it's well placed and enjoyable. The big shootout at the end (Chuck versus mafia) is both silly and kinda creative. Director Andrew Davis ("The Fugitive" , "Under siege" and "Nico : Above the law") keeps the movie at nice pace. Veteran action movie composer David Michael Frank gives a nice funky score. Chicago does look really nice in this movie.I give it 5/10. Not really an underrated movie , but decent enough to watch it if it's on TV and you have nothing to do. It lacks that certain something that would make it stand out from many movies of the genre. Compared to almost every other movie Norris made this is however a freaking masterpiece. Along with "Delta force" and "The Lone wolf McQuade" his best work.

Boba_Fett1138 This movie is generally being regarded as one of the better Chuck Norrir flicks. I don't really have any other material to compare it to but I can still see why some people would feel that way about this movie. It's a genuinely good '80's genre flick, with an healthy amount of cheese sprinkled over it.This is actually being a movie in which Norris gets to do some real acting. He isn't just constantly kicking and blasting people away but he is playing a real compelling and likable character as well.The story is a bit all over the place though, I admit to that. At times I had no idea what was going on already but on the other hand, I also couldn't really care about it anyway. It's just a movie you have to take for what it is and don't think too much about its story or overall credibility.It's just being one of those movies I won't mind watching when it catch it somewhere on TV, late at night, when I have nothing better to do. It's definitely being an entertaining enough genre flick, though I'm the first to admit that this is truly far from a great movie. It's an obviously cheaply done film, without any true mind blowing action or explosions in it but still I don't feel that the lovers of action flicks would mind this all very much. There are still plenty of moments to compensate, such as a couple of formulaic chase sequences and shootouts. And I must say; Norris handles all of the action quite well and he certainly has the right charisma, which is required for these type of roles and this sort of movies. A good movie to enjoy, if you won't be thinking too much about its story or what is all going on in it.6/10 http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/