This slam-bang Stallone vehicle never quite delivers what its confident, fizzing visuals seem to promise.
Judge Dredd (1995)
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Reviews Counted:46
Fresh:7
Rotten:39
Average Rating:3.6/10
Consensus: Director Cannon fails to find the necessary balance to make it work.
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: It is the 22nd Century, and Mega City One (formerly known as New York City), replete with flying vehicles, armored lawmen and 65 million citizens, has become a violent and anarchic land. As a... It is the 22nd Century, and Mega City One (formerly known as New York City), replete with flying vehicles, armored lawmen and 65 million citizens, has become a violent and anarchic land. As a result, the law enforcement consists of men known as judges, and each one serves as cop, judge, and occasionally executioner, allowed to mete out "justice" as he sees fit. The most elite and feared of these is the emotionless, snarling Judge Dredd. But when Dredd's clever, vile, vengeful archenemy Rico escapes from prison, he successfully frames Dredd for murder. With the judge, who has received a life sentence, out of his way, Rico begins a killing spree with judges as his special targets. But when Dredd escapes from prison and sets out to stop the deranged psycho, will a startling, familial, revelation about Rico affect his progress? [More]
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Rob Schneider, Armand Assante, Diane Lane
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Rob Schneider, Armand Assante, Diane Lane, Jürgen Prochnow, Joan Chen, Max Von Sydow, Balthazar Getty, Chris Adamson, Joanna Miles, Maurice Roeves, Ewen Bremner, Angus MacInnes, Ian Dury, Peter Marinker, Louise Delamere, Phil Smeeton, Steve Toussaint, Bradley Savelle
Director: Danny Cannon
Director: Danny Cannon
Producer: Charles M. Lippincott, Beau E.L. Marks, Andrew G. Vajna, Edward R. Pressman
Screenwriter: William Wisher, Steven E. De Souza
Story: Michael De Luca
Composer: Alan Silvestri
Reviews for Judge Dredd
There's a few things done right, but they are outweighed by many misfires.
A diffuse, uninvolving star vehicle aimed at saving Stallone's box-office viability manages to display most of his weaknesses.
Isn't helped by Sylvester Stallone's embarassingly awkward performance.
Directed without inspiration by Danny Cannon from a stupid script by Michael De Luca, William Wisher, and Steven de Souza.
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