Judge Dredd (film)

For the 2012 film, see Dredd.

Judge Dredd
A headshot picture of Judge Dredd, wearing his helmet and with a view of Mega City One inside his glasses of the helmet. Below him there are the film's slogan, title, credits and release date.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDanny Cannon
Screenplay by
Story by
Based on
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAdrian Biddle
Edited by
Music byAlan Silvestri
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release date
  • June 30, 1995 (1995-06-30) (U.S.)[1]
Running time
96 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$85–90 million[3][4]
Box office$113.5 million[4]

Judge Dredd is a 1995 American science fiction action film based on the 2000 AD comics character of the same name. It is directed by Danny Cannon and stars Sylvester Stallone as the eponymous Judge Dredd, a law enforcement officer in the crime-ridden futuristic metropolis of Mega-City One. Armand Assante, Diane Lane, Rob Schneider, Joan Chen, Jürgen Prochnow, and Max von Sydow appear in supporting roles. It was filmed entirely at Shepperton Studios in the United Kingdom, and released by Buena Vista Pictures on June 30, 1995.

The film takes place in the 22nd century and depicts a dystopian world. Following an unspecified disaster that turned Earth into a "cursed" wasteland, the survivors established a corps of Judges whose role combines that of police, judge, jury and executioner. In Judge Dredd, Dredd, one of the most dedicated Street Judges, has been framed for murder by his own half-brother — the psychotic Rico, who plots to take over Mega-City One with an army of superhuman clones. The film was produced by Charles Lippincott and Beau E. L. Marks, with a screenplay by William Wisher Jr. and Steven E. de Souza.

Reviewers criticized the film for its script and perceived lack of originality and faith to its source material, along with Stallone's acting. The film is often considered to be one of Stallone's worst films,[5][6] but its visual style, effects, music score, stunts and action sequences were praised, and the film was nominated for four Saturn Awards. A reboot film, entitled Dredd, was released in 2012.

  1. ^ "Stallone Deals Dredded Justice on the Big Screen". GamePro. No. 82. IDG. July 1995. p. 26.
  2. ^ "Judge Dredd (15)". British Board of Film Classification. June 26, 1995. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  3. ^ "Judge Dredd (1995) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "The Top 100 Worst Sci-Fi Action Movies of All Time". Flickchart. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
  6. ^ Mike Thompson (August 9, 2010). "Sylvester Stallone: All Films Considered". Metacritic. Retrieved March 31, 2017.