The Octagon
After the respectable to pretty good actioner A FORCE OF ONE , would-be thespian Chuck Norris, who passed away last March, followed up with 1980's rather unfortunate THE OCTAGON, a weirdly confused and sometimes even confusing motion picture that also commits the unpardonable sin of being dull. And unintentionally funny, at least in the first act or two. Chuck's previous ventures had distinguished screenwriters like Mark Medoff and Ernest Tidyman. This time Paul Aaron (director of FORCE) and Leigh Chapman, a woman who penned a few well regarded low budgeters, had the task and their script is a real twisty mess of poorly developed ideas that had potential. Also, some amazingly bad, self aware dialogue, mainly via the female characters. There are also ninjas, again. Chuck plays Scott James, a (what else?) karate champion who has decided to retire from the ring and maybe enjoy life. But one night his date with a dancer ends very badly after one of ...
