In the future, most of the world has become a desolate wasteland. The population is crowded into Mega Cities. However these city states turn chaotic and a new law & order system is established. Judges become the new police, jury, and executioners. The strictest of them all is Judge Dredd (Sylvester Stallone). Meanwhile dangerous criminal Rico (Armand Assante) has escaped from the Aspen Penal Colony. Rico has a past with Dredd, and there is sinister plan afoot. Dredd is framed for murder. While power mad Judge Griffin (Jürgen Prochnow) takes over the council after engineering the departure of Chief Justice Fargo (Max von Sydow).
This movie is camp of the highest order. The visual look is a mix of 'Metropolis', 'Blade Runner', and 'Escape from New York'. It is a good representation of its British comics roots. Sly is quite good as the stiff muscle bound Judge. It's the perfect role for him. Goofy Rob Schneider is kind of funny which only adds to the camp.
The story is somewhat too complicated. It would probably be better to have just one villain. It doesn't help that Prochnow and Assante sort of have a similar look. They both excel playing the same character. For a comic book movie, a bit of simplification would probably help. It would be better to keep just one of them.
This movie is camp of the highest order. The visual look is a mix of 'Metropolis', 'Blade Runner', and 'Escape from New York'. It is a good representation of its British comics roots. Sly is quite good as the stiff muscle bound Judge. It's the perfect role for him. Goofy Rob Schneider is kind of funny which only adds to the camp.
The story is somewhat too complicated. It would probably be better to have just one villain. It doesn't help that Prochnow and Assante sort of have a similar look. They both excel playing the same character. For a comic book movie, a bit of simplification would probably help. It would be better to keep just one of them.