Why? Because it's one of Sylvester Stallone's best movie but sadly it has become one of his biggest flops alongside 1991's stop or my mom will shoot!.
Judge Dredd is an excellent sci-fi movie with plenty of action, explosions and shootouts.
The story's about a dystopian future where the law is dished out by a group of judges. Sly's Dredd is the most respected and experienced street judge but is framed and sentenced to life without parole at a penal colony when his prison ship is attacked and crashes giving Dredd the chance to escape and with a fellow convict (Great comic relief Rob Schneider who wisecracks his way through the movie) to clear his name.
Great supporting stars including Diana Lane as Sly's love interest, Armand Assante, Jurgen Prochnow & Max von Sydow.
The movie's a visual treat with fantastic special FX which most of the film's $90m budget seems to have gone on and at just over 90 mins dosen't outstay it's welcome, So why was it a flop I hear you say? Because the comic book geeks this movie was primarily made for thought it didn't follow the Comic Books as much as they'd like, and being a 18 or 'R' Certificate most teenagers who would have flocked to see it would not have been allowed.
Could have been a great franchise with many exciting sequels but due to this totally unfair Flop the studios didn't bother
If you liked Blade-Runner, Arnie's Total-Recall and willis's The Fifth Element, You'll love this
My Rating 9/10
Judge Dredd is an excellent sci-fi movie with plenty of action, explosions and shootouts.
The story's about a dystopian future where the law is dished out by a group of judges. Sly's Dredd is the most respected and experienced street judge but is framed and sentenced to life without parole at a penal colony when his prison ship is attacked and crashes giving Dredd the chance to escape and with a fellow convict (Great comic relief Rob Schneider who wisecracks his way through the movie) to clear his name.
Great supporting stars including Diana Lane as Sly's love interest, Armand Assante, Jurgen Prochnow & Max von Sydow.
The movie's a visual treat with fantastic special FX which most of the film's $90m budget seems to have gone on and at just over 90 mins dosen't outstay it's welcome, So why was it a flop I hear you say? Because the comic book geeks this movie was primarily made for thought it didn't follow the Comic Books as much as they'd like, and being a 18 or 'R' Certificate most teenagers who would have flocked to see it would not have been allowed.
Could have been a great franchise with many exciting sequels but due to this totally unfair Flop the studios didn't bother
If you liked Blade-Runner, Arnie's Total-Recall and willis's The Fifth Element, You'll love this
My Rating 9/10