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. Whatever the reasons, JUDGE DREDD is a shallow, action-packed film totally lacking in any characterisation or deep plot. 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? 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. 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.
More no-brain thrills and spills from Stallone, who found his popularity on the wane at around this period. Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 4 / 10 Big budget time waster Imagine Rambo dispensing summary judgment and you have Judge Dredd. Sly over the years has developed a light touch and it's applied in Judge Dredd when needed. Let's say he has a plan of reforming the system that will bring real law and order to the world according to him. The villain here is Armand Assante who has appeared in several of Sly's films. 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. Rooster Cogburn would have liked this system.īut Stallone himself is accused of murder, but he's given a life sentence at a penal colony in Aspen. Stallone is a guy who dispenses summary judgment in his court of the streets, very few appeals are made. But don't expect learned written opinions from these guys. But with the kind of crowding in these domed cities law and order is a problem.Ī lid is being kept on with a system of judges.
I didn't see anything on how food was provided, presumably we're all eating Soylent products. We've not reached the stars, we've poisoned our own planet and the population is now all urban dwellers. 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. 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. Reviewed by bkoganbing 5 / 10 Order in Judge Stallone's Court
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