Wednesday, May 16, 2012

1995 - JUDGE DREDD, is dreadful (what else)

Mix Blade Runner with some comic book called Judge Dredd and you get another attempt at a summer action film circa 1995.  Throw in some comic relief and a bunch of loud action scenes with a past his prime action star. The result another mediocre summer film for the teenage boy crowd.


Sylvester Stallone is the humorless star, of an eccentric cast that features Diane Lane, Armand Assante, Joan Chen, Jurgen Prochnow and the hopefully one time screen appearances in the same film of Rob Schneider and Max Von Sydow who actually have a scene together, god help us.


Obviously this crummy film wasn't supposed to be taken very seriously but like Stallone's other terrible science fiction action film Demolition Man the stupid story( Judge Dredd is framed for a crime he didn't commit etc) ruins any fun that was to be had in this film.  Stallone's also pretty hopeless in the film.

96 minutes, written by William Wisher Jr. and Steven E. de Souza.

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