Movie Night: Judge Dredd.

Review #332: Judge Dredd.

Cast

Sylvester Stallone (Judge Dredd), Armand Assante (Rico Dredd), Rob Schneider (Fergee), Diane Lane (Judge Hershey), Jürgen Prochnow (Judge Griffin), Max von Sydow (Chief Judge Fargo), Joanna Miles (Judge McGruder), and Joan Chen (Dr. Ilsa Hayden) Directed by Danny Cannon (#146 - Goal! The Dream Begins)

Review

Ah yes, Sylvester Stallone once again. This my seventh review with him in the film being reviewed (#003 - Rocky, #025 - Rambo: First Blood, #047 - The Expendables, #059 - Zookeeper, #254 - Antz, #277 - Rocky II), and he usually got some sort of praise, doing a respectable job, so how does he do here? Uh...Let's get to some history. Judge Dredd is based off the strip of the same name that is featured in a magazine called 2000 AD. And apparently that Dredd has a helmet that coves all but his mouth. However, if I came to this without any of that small info and watched the film, I'd believe Dredd doesn't wear it much, if at all. But is it any good regardless?....Nope. Its action is standard fare, its locations look slightly okay, but more reminding of other dystopian films. And its acting? Stallone does...a weirdly bad job. Assante acts more like he's trying to compete with Stallone for most overacting (Especially in one scene where he says "Law!" in a really silly way. It's better to explain in context.), and even though Sydow does a fine job, the rest can't be said for Schneider. The story feels kinda predictable: A judge is framed by his...brother in an attempt for...power, so he can have his own...order to stop crime. Is there any real benefit to watching this? The only one I can think of is the unintended badness of it. It might be slightly enjoyable if you lower your expectations really low.

Overall, I give it 4 out of 10 stars.