Both these movies were directed by Peter Hyams ,and were released in the space of five years:I found strange analogies between them.
1.Fake is the keyword for both.A fake landing for "capricorn",pretence of justice for "chamber",nothing seems to be real in Hyams's world.
2.The necessity to get rid of the "actors" of the farce,be they innocent (Capricorn) or guilty(chamber).
3.The necessity for the actors to search help outside of their immediate background (a journalist in "capricorn" ,a policeman in "chamber") *SPOILER -DON'T READ 4 SPOILER* 4.THe two finale scenes verge on black humor: the astronaut full of life comes back for his... funeral;the judge comes back to confound... not one judge,but a dirty dozen of them. *END OF SPOILER*
Nevertheless,"Capricorn one "seems superior to "the star chamber" which features too many plot holes and which screenplay is not that much original after all.Some kind of updated Agatha Christie's "ten little Indians" (aka "And then there were none"),no more ,no less.But worth seeing it,anyway.
1.Fake is the keyword for both.A fake landing for "capricorn",pretence of justice for "chamber",nothing seems to be real in Hyams's world.
2.The necessity to get rid of the "actors" of the farce,be they innocent (Capricorn) or guilty(chamber).
3.The necessity for the actors to search help outside of their immediate background (a journalist in "capricorn" ,a policeman in "chamber") *SPOILER -DON'T READ 4 SPOILER* 4.THe two finale scenes verge on black humor: the astronaut full of life comes back for his... funeral;the judge comes back to confound... not one judge,but a dirty dozen of them. *END OF SPOILER*
Nevertheless,"Capricorn one "seems superior to "the star chamber" which features too many plot holes and which screenplay is not that much original after all.Some kind of updated Agatha Christie's "ten little Indians" (aka "And then there were none"),no more ,no less.But worth seeing it,anyway.