Judge Dredd (1995)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

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

US TV Schedule:

Sun. July 5

1:56 PM

SCIFI

Cast

Sylvester Stallone	...	Judge Dredd
Armand Assante	...	Rico
Rob Schneider	...	Fergie
Jürgen Prochnow	...	Judge Griffin (as Jurgen Prochnow)
Max von Sydow	...	Judge Fargo
Diane Lane	...	Judge Hershey
Joanna Miles	...	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:

Director Danny Cannon had to fight hard to convince the producers to make the film in England. His reasoning for this was not because it's the natural home of Judge Dredd but because of the high level of film technicians in the UK.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Dredd says his final line to Rico - "Court is adjourned" - his lips say something else.

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:

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Soundtrack:

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6/10 Some fun to be had

I feel Judge Dredd doesn't really get the respect it deserves. Let me explain. While this isn't a great film by any means, it is entertaining, and it doesn't kiddie itself up for teens.

Judge Dredd is a R rated comic book. That right there may limit its audience, because most filmgoers might feel comic books are just for kids, and they are goofy. Well that is true with Dredd, it is goofy, but its far too violent and chauvinist for small children. Perhaps that is part of its charm.

It's a nice action movie, with a good hard helping of violence, and interesting characters: including redneck cannibals and a giant robot. The film would have been much better with out the comic relief of Rob Schneider.

The film could have benefitted from some Diane Lane nudity.