Judge Dredd (film)
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 Judge Dredd film poster |
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| Directed by | Danny Cannon |
| Produced by | Charles Lippincott, Beau Marks |
| Written by | Michael De Luca, William Wisher, Jr. |
| Starring | Sylvester Stallone, Diane Lane, Armand Assante, Max von Sydow, Rob Schneider |
| Cinematography | Adrian Biddle |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
| Release date(s) | June 30, 1995 |
| Running time | 96 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US$85,000,000 |
"Judge Dredd" is a 1995 action film based on the Judge Dredd strip in the British comic 2000 AD.
Fans critical of this film regarded it as a failure. Certain elements of the film were altered from the comic series, but it still did not find wide mainstream appeal. Stallone was nominated for the 1995 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor based on his work in this film and Assassins.
The film received an MPAA rating of R for continuous violent action. It is in color with Dolby digital sound.
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[edit] Taglines
- "One man is Judge, Jury, AND Executioner."
- "In the future, one man is the law."
- "When there is crime in society, there is no justice." Plato
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Sylvester Stallone | Judge Joseph Dredd |
| Diane Lane | Judge Hershey |
| Armand Assante | Rico |
| Rob Schneider | Herman Ferguson (Fergie) |
| Jürgen Prochnow | Judge Griffin |
| Max von Sydow | Chief Justice Fargo |
| Joan Chen | Ilsa Hayden |
| Joanna Miles | Judge Evelyn McGruder |
| Balthazar Getty | Olmeyer |
| Maurice Roëves | Warden Miller |
| Ian Dury | Geiger |
| Christopher Adamson | Mean Machine |
| Ewen Bremner | Junior Angel |
| Peter Marinker | Judge Esposito |
| Angus MacInnes | Judge Silver |
| Louise Delamere | Locker judge |
| Phil Smeeton | Link Angel |
| Steve Toussaint | Hunter squad leader |
| Bradley Lavelle | Chief Judge Hunter |
[edit] Plot
Judge Joseph Dredd (Stallone) is a street judge in a violent future world where after the earth is reduced to a inhospitable desert world people have been forced into Megacities rife with crime. Framed by Rico (Assante), the major antagonist of the film and Dredd's clone brother, Dredd is convicted of the murder of a major reporter; aided by a prisoner that he previously helped to convict, Dredd attempts to clear his name. Dredd is also assisted by Judge Fargo (von Sydow) for some time. Eventually Dredd is able to kill the insane Rico before he is able to implement his clone army he has been building, and the film ends with Dredd cleared of charges and back on the mean streets of MegaCity.
The film contains several elements that are at odds with the comic series: the face of Judge Dredd is shown in deference to the film's expensive star; a love interest is allowed to develop between Dredd and Judge Hershey (Diane Lane), something that is strictly forbidden between Judges in the comics, (or between Judges and anyone else for that matter) and the movie is largely missing the ironic humour of the original strip.
[edit] Box Office
Although it generally is regarded as a bad movie both by fans and critics, it still made 113.5 million dollars worldwide.
[edit] Notable quotes
- "Emotions... there ought to be a law against them." -Dredd
- "You're under arrest! Throw down your weapons and prepare to be judged!" -Dredd
- "Guilt and innocence... is a matter of timing." -Rico
- "The Blind Lady. Justice before your time. We should never have taken justice out of her hands." -Judge Fargo, looking at a statue of Justice with Dredd.
- "I never broke the law - I am the law!" - Dredd
- "I knew you'd say that." -Dredd, repeatedly throughout the movie.
- "The law can't apologize!" -Dredd
[edit] External links
- Judge Dredd (film) at the Internet Movie Database
- Adudathuda DVD podBLAST alternative DVD commentary for Judge Dredd
