Judge Dredd (1995)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Movie Review: "Judge Dredd" (1995)One of the early real solid graphic novel adaptation with a fulminate cast throughout, starting with actor Sylvester Stallone, embracing his trademarks to comic extensions, creating the title-given character bold and righteous with occasional flight of humour, stroke by his supporting characters Hershey and Fergie, portrayed by Diane Lane and stand-up comedian Rob Schneider respectively, already given recent Marvel comic adaptations the formula of international box office successes without reaching this picture's balance between the dark of suggested-hardcore violence with R-rated visuals and the light of a extroverted costume design for the judges by Jean-Paul Gaultier executed for further set operations by costume designer Emma Porteous, which makes a brilliant figure in enriching texture and character subconsciously in addition to Adrian Biddle's cinematography and Nigel Phelps' production design.That this 70 Million Dollar production directed by a 26-year-old Danny Cannon, who works nowadays in U.S. television for as show-running director for episodes of "Gotham", still hails its relevance 22 years after a disappointing summer release on June 30th 1995 at the box office, and further never quite received the cult status which it might deserve, has been due to some MPAA regulations that certain scene, especially the fight scene between Dredd's nemesis brother Rico, mesmerizing portrayed by actor Armand Assante, had to be cut as rumor has it because of some inconceivable shots of half-breed clones charging for attack in a secret Mega City laboratory. In that sense the 90 minutes cut by under pressure appearing editor Harry Keramidas and substituted by Alex Mackie feels to this very day incomplete with the internal desire to be improved to make "Judge Dredd" an epic as it deserves to be due to a fallen, governmental-judged, desert-abandoned and risen-again storyline of the leading character's arc, Judge Dredd himself.© 2017 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

One thing I did like about Judge Dredd is that most futuristic science fiction films only put their events maybe decades away and in film we've seen enough over past decades to know thing didn't turn out quite as predicted. Judge Dredd is set safely several centuries in the future so by then if things don't turn out as abysmally for the earth no one is around for an I told you so.This is one dismal future. We've not reached the stars, we've poisoned our own planet and the population is now all urban dwellers. I didn't see anything on how food was provided, presumably we're all eating Soylent products. But with the kind of crowding in these domed cities law and order is a problem.A lid is being kept on with a system of judges. But don't expect learned written opinions from these guys. They are police, judge, and executioner. Stallone is a guy who dispenses summary judgment in his court of the streets, very few appeals are made. Rooster Cogburn would have liked this system.But Stallone himself is accused of murder, but he's given a life sentence at a penal colony in Aspen. Nevertheless he escapes and finds out who put him in the jackpot with the help of fellow judge Diane Lane and petty criminal Rob Schneider.The villain here is Armand Assante who has appeared in several of Sly's films. Let's say he has a plan of reforming the system that will bring real law and order to the world according to him.Sly over the years has developed a light touch and it's applied in Judge Dredd when needed. Imagine Rambo dispensing summary judgment and you have Judge Dredd.

Two things that jumped to mind while watching "Judge Dredd": 1. The art design on this movie is impressive. Y'ask me, it makes the movie. The most fun I had was drinking in the sets and architecture. The movie has its problems, sure, but you can see where the money went.2. Who the hell was in charge of music? You've got a big Summer action movie - a Stallone actioner, no less - and you bring on the end credits with the muscular sounds of . . . The Cure? C'mon, someone should've been fired for that one.Putting aside those stray observations, I've gotta be honest, I vastly prefer the Karl Urban movie. Now, even I know that it's not really fair to compare them (they're just two completely different beasts), but it still colors my impression while revisiting this one. I think it's more fair to compare this to "Demolition Man", something that better uses Stallone's talents. He just felt more at home there. The humor is also hit-or-miss. Rob Schneider isn't annoying, but most of his jokes don't land.But it all comes down to the look of the movie, and there's a strange apocalyptic vibe coming off of this, while even the opening credits are touting Versace as the costume designer.6/10

More no-brain thrills and spills from Stallone, who found his popularity on the wane at around this period. On the strength of this film, I can't say I'm surprised, especially as scenes of Stallone walking around like a tree shouting "I am the LAW!" in a supposed-serious manner are frequently laughable and make you feel embarrassed for the actor. JUDGE DREDD is one of those movies that was possibly messed up in post-production, as the disjointed, fragmented narrative and frequently confusing action may testify to. Indeed in one scene we see a bloodless Stallone in action; in the next we see him running down a corridor bleeding profusely, suggesting that perhaps large chunks of the film were cut out due to negative audience reaction? Whatever the reasons, JUDGE DREDD is a shallow, action-packed film totally lacking in any characterisation or deep plot. In this respect it may be a good approximation of a comic book, but as a film it's a failure and makes you wonder why on earth they bothered in the first place. The biggest insult is that the producers have gathered together an excellent cast of famous names and faces, only to mishandle them and let them sleepwalk through their respective roles on autopilot. Apart from the granite-jawed Stallone in the lead role, we have Diane Lane as the superfluous love interest who spends a large amount of screen time missing; Jurgen Prochnow (in his "do anything for the money" period) as the boring, ineffectual and forgettable bad guy; Max Von Sydow as Chief Justice, whose role amounts to little more than a cameo; and Joan Chen whose screen time is also minimal. The only people who seem to be trying are the not-too-irritating Rob Schneider as the comedy sidekick and Armand Assante as the crazed, ruthless villain.It's a shame as this movie is so poor, because the special effects are marvellous. The evocation of a futuristic cityscape is something that is done often in the movies and here it is most impressive. Also impressive are two robot creations (one CGI, one makeup) which act as adversaries for Stallone. The first is a gigantic, ED-209 style bodyguard for Assante, which lumbers through scenes shooting and tearing people limb from limb! Cool stuff and some fantastic CGI work. The second is an equally impressive android-man called Mean Machine who has a metal head and arm; he's one of the evilest robots that I've seen in a film, and it's a shame that he only appears in one scene. Sadly, as a whole JUDGE DREDD is a mess which glamourises death and violence so much that it doesn't mean anything in the end (by the time Stallone finishes slaughtering his 100th bad guy in EXACTLY THE SAME WAY you end up getting sick and tired of it all). COMMANDO this ain't. Instead, it's a time wasting big-budget flick which is impossible to enjoy with the brain engaged.