Excellent, Without a doubt!!

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Code of Silence (1985) *** 1/2 (out of 4)Chuck Norris stars as Chicago cop Eddie Cusack who finds himself in the middle of a gang war. While the two sides of the gang are seeking revenge against each other, Cusack must try and save an innocent victim from one of the family's. While all of that is going on Eddie becomes a target in his own department when he refuses to stand up for a dirty cop.CODE OF SILENCE was sold as another Chuck Norris vehicle but it's far from just that. This is in fact an Andrew Davis film that manages to be better than his future hit UNDER SIEGE and in fact I'd say it's right on the same level as his film THE FUGITIVE. Sure, this film contains a lot of action and martial arts but the picture is so much more than just that. This is really a rather intense thriller about a moral officer standing up to do what's right even if he has to take on a gang war by himself.I must admit that I went into the film just expecting some mindless action but it didn't take long for this to really take form and impress. A lot of times routine action movies remain just routine because the director's just want to deliver the same old thing in an attempt to make money. That's certainly not the case with Davis because he wants to deliver suspense and tension and that's exactly what he does. There are some extremely effective scenes here including a court room scene where we wonder if the dirty cop is going to be exposed. Yet another sequence deals with a chase where the innocent victim is trying to get away from her death.The film also benefits from having some very good action scenes. This includes the ending, which goes 100% full throttle as Norris must take on an entire gang. This was proceeded by a great sequence inside a bar where Norris gets worked up. There are some great car chases, a great sting operation and an impressive mob hit. The action scenes are extremely well done and they mix quite well with the main story as well as the personal drama for the lead character. Norris turns in a fine performance here and manages to really turn in a character and not just martial arts. Henry Silva and Dennis Farina lead a nice supporting cast.CODE OF SILENCE is certainly one of the more memorable action films from the decade. It doesn't get enough credit for what it does, which is a shame but fans of the genre should really enjoy it.

Andrew Davis directs this Chicago-based action film that stars Chuck Norris as police officer Eddie Cusack, who is a tough cop determined to take down two rival and warring drug gangs that are plaguing the city. Trouble is, Eddie has made himself an outcast in the department by testifying against an aging officer who shot and killed an unarmed teenager, and Eddie doesn't think he should get away with it. Despite this, Eddie goes forth with his duties, which also has him using the department's newest weapon: a robotic crime-fighting vehicle called "The Prowler". Reasonably good film has Chuck in fine form, with efficient direction, though the plot itself is routine. Funny scene involving two crooks trying to hold up a restaurant filled with cops!

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.

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/