Dread the Judge

Yeah, I watched this movie. And so did the other guy. Neither of us went into this entirely willingly, but it's been a while since I've seen it so let's give it another chance. And actually...

Okay, the script is awful. Don't remove Joe's helmet, I don't care how much you want to show off Stallone's face, that's one thing you don't do. But then they have to show that he and Armand Assante look the same (which they don't really). And if you are going to send Dredd to a penal colony, fine there is no reason for him to wear a helmet. So, within the terrible story they are giving us, the lack of helmet is tolerable... but they still shouldn't have done it as early as they did.

Oh, and Rob Schneider is in this, as the comedy relief... this is painful on so many levels. Don't need the character, don't need the actor, is there an edit of this movie without him? Might actually be tolerable... but again, they need someone to be explained at during Dredd's scenes, so we have to have someone... but did we have to have him?

Script and cast aside (is that all?)... actually, the world itself is rather well done. Megacity looks like the sprawling mess that it is, and... yeah, I like it. The Judge outfits look a little under developed, but the rest of the costuming works well. I can accept that this is a decent screen translation of the comic. Yes, I'm saying there is a good part of this movie. If only they could have done a better story with different actors...

With the background to concentrate on, this movie is nearly tolerable... but then you see what's in the foreground, and it goes to hell again...

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