Fine example of the golden age of Hollywood

Rating: Null/10 (2 October 2006)

Recently my housemate and I had a film marathon involving SCANNERS and TRUE LIES, two films I have seen before and will see again. After these two he suggested '12 Angry Men' a film I had never heard of before and wasn't really in the mood for. I was very wrong. The film itself is excellent and a true calling card for the classic and noir period. A period where anger is displayed through shouting, not shooting, and this shouting is done using the English language...not a flurry of abuse we are so used to these days. I am blathering I know BUT this film surprised me, made me laugh, worried me, interested me and angered me, all the things that a very good film really should do.
The fact that all of this came from a film where the characters are in one room for 98% of the run time is an even bigger example of the timelessness of the piece. I will be watching this again.
dan
'SOB SOB! NOT GUILTY!'