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As the title character of Judge Dredd, a heavy-metal law enforcer who roams the sets of Blade Runner excuse me, the futuristic urban wasteland of Mega-City One arresting, ''judging,'' and (mostly) offing criminal scum, Sylvester Stallone wears a suit of paramilitary robot armor that's so huge and bulky and dehumanizing it makes Val Kilmer's S & M Batsuit look like something off the Gr'Animals rack.
There's a hint of "Star Wars" in some of the set design and more than a dollop of "Blade Runner" in a plot that revolves around Stallone's genetically engineered evil twin (Armand Assante), who, like Rutger Hauer in "Runner," may actually be the last "free" (if psychotic) man in an overly regimented society.
The special effects are messy and cluttered, but atmospheric; they show us a Megacity that looks like a cross between the cities in " Blade Runner " and "Total Recall," with buildings towering into the sky and gangs rumbling in the streets and helpful neon signs that say things like "Store."
In spite of not being in the same league as similar films like RoboCop and Blade Runner, JUDGE DREDD is an enjoyable-enough movie as long as you moderate your expectations.
It's a bad career move reminiscent of such travesties as John Travolta in Battlefield Earth, Louis Gosset Jr. in Enemy Mine and Sylvester Stallone in Judge Dredd.
Despite its relatively poor showing at the box office, 2012’s Dredd reboot is remembered much more fondly than 1995’s Sylvester Stallone-starring stinker, Judge Dredd .
This was smart on Stallone’s part because it would have echoed the Judge Dredd fiasco he starred in years ago.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)
Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton
influenced by Judge Dredd (1995)
Visuals
There's a 'tank', which is built around a Saracen armoured car but those have been cosplaying in comic book movies since at least Judge Dredd…
Just ask Jeremiah Chechik and Danny Cannon, the former big shots responsible for The Avengers and Judge Dredd respectively.)
It's the Dirty Harry school of hanging judgment--the iconography of Eastwood and Bronson and Stallone in the '80s (culminating for the latter in the ultimate state-sanctioned vigilante, Judge Dredd)--and it's only really interesting for its popularity again amid the reign of a President who's modeled his administration after Reagan's.
"A History of Violence" is an adaptation of a graphic novel from John Wagner, who also created "Judge Dredd" (the comics, not the crappy Stallone flick).
Instead of veering into outright insanity, director Pitof (apparently this generations Tarsem) and the gang of writers come up with the same old stupidities; incoherent action scenes, evil villains whose diabolical plans make absolutely no sense and, in the character of Patiences co-worker played by Alex Borstein, the single most annoying sidekick character since Rob Schneider appeared in "Judge Dredd".
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003)
Directed by Jan de Bont
influenced by Judge Dredd (1995)
Director Jan de Bont ("Speed") and writer Steven E. de Souza ("Judge Dredd", "Hudson Hawk") apparently felt they have a handle on where their boxoffice coin will be coming from and kept story elements comic book simple.
Roof's Agent Shavers might occasionally fall into the trap of being Rob Schneider in Judge Dredd to Diesel's Sly Stallone, but he pulls himself out of it by not only making us laugh, but also by giving Shavers enough humanity to make him more than just a sidekick.
The second attempt at adapting the classic British comic book antihero Judge Dredd to film, titled just Dredd , is a vastly better movie than the last attempt, 1995's Sylvester Stallone vehicle Judge Dredd ; but this is true of nearly all movies, which makes it a some pointless observation.
Unlike the Hollywood version of the uber-judge, “Judge Dredd” starring Sylvester Stallone, this rendition is based on the comic book characters from Carlos Ezquerra and John Wagner’s 1970’s 2000 AD.
In 1995 this rang true with the inaugural film adaption of Judge Dredd where director Danny Cannon and lead Sylvester Stallone did a magnificent job completely f*cking up an adaptation with real silver screen potential.
And practically nobody remembers Hollywood's first attempt to turn the comic into a cross-platform property, the 1995 flop Judge Dredd, which paired a scowling Sylvester Stallone with a hyperactive Rob Schneider.
"Judge Dredd" has been a popular British crime fighter since 1977, long before the 1993 "Judge Dredd" movie, whose atrocities include a gratuitous love interest, the removal of Dredd's helmet and Rob Schneider as comic relief.
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Directed by Edgar Wright
influenced by The Young Americans (1993), Judge Dredd (1995)
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Despite those obvious pitfalls, Brits Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, the creators of the brilliant zombie comedy “Shaun of the Dead,” have decided to attempt just such a film–an even riskier proposition when you consider that England, though experts at quirky mysteries and tough crime dramas, doesn’t exactly have a long tradition of slam-bang spectacles of this type (as anyone who saw “The Young Americans” can attest)–and have come up with the absolutely hilarious “Hot Fuzz,” a spot-on genre goof that may well be the most consistently funny film to come along since. .
Nobody takes Nicholas� Judge Dredd rectitude seriously except Danny, who thinks city cop work is just like Bad Boys II, with balletic gunfights carried out in mid-air.
Screenwriters William Wisher of "The Terminator" and Steven E. de Souza of "Die Hard" even cannibalized their own hits in the vain hope of finding a new mission for another pumped-up palooka of pulp derivation.
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
Directed by Luc Besson
influenced by Judge Dredd (1995)
Themes
How can you create a truly groundbreaking Judge Dredd film after Paul Verhoeven already made one, but called it RoboCop?
Starting with Danny Boyle's " The Beach ," based on his novel, and continuing through two more collaborations with Boyle, "28 Days Later" and "Sunshine" and the remake of " Judge Dredd ," Garland has demonstrated great interest in the organization of society, the tension between the need for rules and the abuse of authority, and the way that gender roles handed down over thousands of years can poison otherwise pure relationships.
Miller co-wrote Fury Road —whose origins date back to the late 1990s, and whose troubled production includes one false start in 2001 and a continent-shifting change of venue—with actor Nick Lathouris and comic-book artist Brendan McCarthy ( Judge Dredd , Rogan Gosh ).
Comic book adaptations such as Spawn, Judge Dredd, Captain America, and The Fantastic Four are so bad that suicide is a viable alternative to spending 2 hours staring at them.
Hotel Artemis maintains interest, if not investment, for those predisposed to the urban doom and gloom of films such as Escape from New York, Assault on Precinct 13, John Wick (whose ?“hotel for criminals” concept could have been the spark here), Judge Dredd and, just a theory, 1932’s Grand Hotel.