Judge Dredd (1995)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Danny Cannon

Writers (WGA):

John Wagner (characters) and
Carlos Ezquerra (characters) ...

Release Date:

30 June 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

One man is Judge, Jury, AND Executioner.

Plot:

In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is convicted for a crime he did not commit while his murderous counterpart escapes.

Plot Keywords:

Judge | Justice | Police | Future | Murder

Awards:

1 win & 5 nominations

Cast

Sylvester Stallone	...	Judge Dredd
Armand Assante	...	Rico
Rob Schneider	...	Fergie
Jürgen Prochnow	...	Chief Justice Griffin (as Jurgen Prochnow)
Max von Sydow	...	Judge Fargo
Diane Lane	...	Judge Hershey
Joanna Miles	...	Judge Evelyn McGruder
Joan Chen	...	Ilsa
Balthazar Getty	...	Olmeyer
Maurice Roëves	...	Miller (as Maurice Roeves)
Ian Dury	...	Geiger
Christopher Adamson	...	Mean Machine (as Chris Adamson)
Ewen Bremner	...	Junior Angel
Peter Marinker	...	Judge Esposito
Angus MacInnes	...	Judge Silver

MPAA:

Rated R for continuous violent action.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS (8 channels)

Certification:

Iceland:16 | USA:R (certificate #33904) | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Finland:K-15 | Brazil:16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Germany:16 | Norway:15 | Peru:18 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (cut)

Filming Locations:

Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK

Company:

Hollywood Pictures

Trivia:

Sylvester Stallone had never heard of Judge Dredd until he was offered the role.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the desert, when Dredd and Ferguson are on a hill looking at the garbage tunnel, Dredd walks away. In the next shot they are standing next to each other, as if Dredd never moved.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Narrator: It is the third millenium. The world has changed. Climate, Nations, all were in upheaval. the Earth transformed into a poisonous, scorched dessert, known as "The Cursed Earth". The world's population has crowded into a few Megacities, where it created a voilence so powerful, the justice system could not control. Law as we knew it, colapsed. From the decay, rose a new order, a new style of justice enforcers. They were the police, jury and executioner all in one. They were, The Judges.

Movie Connections:

Version of Judge Dredd (1997) (VG)

Soundtrack:

YOU COME CLOSER

Absolutely nothing original but shockingly good

I'll preface this by saying that I have never read the Judge Dredd comic. That being said, I bashed this movie when my friends and I watched first watched it back in 1995 in the theater. I am now throughly eating my words. This thing is amazingly good and entertaining throwaway cheese. There is zero originality here. This is Blade Runner meets Demolition Man meets Texas Chainsaw massacre meets Superman 2 meets Star Wars Trilogy. This movie is almost a replica of Demolition Man but is tons more fun. Stallone, like in Demolition Man, plays a supercop. He's accused of a crime he didn't commit and is punished, like in Demolition Man. There are other parallels along the way. He meets a Texas Chainsaw Massacre family in his exile, with an android member who looks suspiciously like Terry Bradshaw. Armand Assante is really great as the villain, Diane Lane excels in a role that doesn't fit her and Rob Schneider is stunningly endearing as the third wheel in a party of two. Max Von Sydow and Jurgen Prochnow add their talents to give the movie a seasoned flavor. Stallone's intro is pathetic but he excels along the way. The digital effects also work themselves into the story very well. I'm stunned at how good this thing is upon reviewing it.