...no.

I watch this movie about once a year. That scorched earth cannibal family is the best thing ever. Especially the cyborg with the anger level knob on his forehead. I want a whole movie just about the Angel Family.

Maybe, but no.

@mitchel_stevens: We are in agreement, sir.

@mitchel_stevens: So is Charlie Anders is the kind of guy who came out of the third Matrix movie totally amazed? And then bought those "the philosophy of the Matrix" books?

But what's next? Hayden Christensen's performance in those last thee Star Wars movies? Emotive and stellar!

Highlander 2? A post-avant-garde cinematic masterpiece of dystopian immortal bird-men from space with a liberal dose of Sean Connery, whose resurrection was totally plausible!

Isn't the point of this movie that Sylvester Stallone and Armande Assante are identical twin brothers?

@Pope John Peeps II: Come on, be fair! His resurrection was about as plausible as any single other element of that movie.

Terrible, terrible movie.

Elite import from . . . teh cyberz?

I happen to like this movie. It is fun and while a bit cheesy, always entertains.

Plus the lawgiver is bad ass gun, the ABC warrior is pretty cool too.

@braak: HA HA. Touché.

In return, I shall gift you with what I believe to be the most pointless, and therefore most appropriately funny Highlander 2 joke ever.

[eagledna.comicgenesis.com]

second last panel!

@Pope John Peeps II: Oh hai, Charlie Anders is a GIRL. (You'd think by now people would have figured out that girls can have boyish names from reading Moe on Jezebel.) And for the record, I know she hated the Matrix because I tried to make her talk about the cool inner meaning of Matrix Reloaded and she almost hit me over the head with a pile of Doctor Who VHS tapes.

I forgot about the ABC warrior. Referencing another 200AD comic with a giant warbot, that gives this movie some cred right there.

honestly this will probably get me exiled, but the first Dolph Lundgren "Punisher" movie might actually be the most underrated: lord knows it was better than the 2004 version.

@Pope John Peeps II: Renegade edition. Hahahaha!

@Annalee: I did like how in the Matrix Re...revisited? Revised. Revamped. The third one, whatever the third one was called, how there was a giant floating head that, to Keanu Reeves' magic space-vision, looked like a giant wheel of fire.

But Old Testament symbolism is inherently cool.

Also, hi, Charlie, I knew you were a girl.

@Annalee: Girls CAN have man names, but it's not my first instinct. Just like a guy could be named Ashley or Stella or something.

Also Doctor Who on VHS is all kinds of amazing. Did you know the narrator voice in the sketchcom show Little Britain is the old curly-haired Doctor with the long scarf?

I meant 2000AD. See above.

this movie is so bad... this post is pointless.

Bad, bad, bad movie, whether it's reviewed by a girl with a guy's name or not. That clip only reaffirms my judgment, and does nothing to dissuade it.

Stallone and Schneider asside, the rest of the cast was quite good, and I secretly dug the ABC Robot. But 90 minutes of Stallone and Schneider would kill my opinion of anything.

@Annalee: I made the same mistake as Peeps. Is there a reason that the editor/poster's name isn't hyperlinked to their profile? That we can look at all their posts, as well as see their avatar, which in this case would clear up the male/female thing.

In your case, I don't know what sex your three headed dragon is, but I saw you on t.v., so the mystery was solved for me that way.

@Pope John Peeps II: One day maybe we can inspire Charlie to write about her amazing Doctor Who tape collection. Some of them she made back in the 80s and 90s when she was a kid . . .

allow me to explain my "...no" with a more proper explanation:
he was a Judge Dredd who did not murder everyone he saw.
and the always popular "TOOK HIS HELMET OFF 3 MINUTES IN" remains a favorite of mine.

Anybody who reads this site and doesn't know the "old curly-haired Doctor with the long scarf's" name really frightens me.
Give back your nerd card.

Judge Dredd isn't even as good as Demolition Man.

"a pretty amazing scifi action film"...? Have we been drinking?

I could compare it to a Golden Girls comic book and that movie would still be terrible.

The most underrated blue screen ever.

@Annalee: Man. I love old Doctor Who. Even liked the new one though it cribbed a lot from Farscape. I remember though, the day you reach adulthood is the day you recognize the panicky, fanatic Dalek-Voice not as evil, but as WORK-RELATED-STRESS.

@braak:

Clones, actually, twin clones, not bro's. In the OG "2000 AD" comic of course they're identical (I think).

I know that you weren't saying that it is better than the Fifth Element, BUT! I think all parts of the Fifth Element are superior to JDredd.

There was so much wrong with the movie it's hard to know where to begin, so I won't. I loved the uniforms and Heinlein-ish future feel to it.

What is it with you people and your Flash Gordon love and now crap like this. Are you so desperate for sci-fi movies and tv shows? Apparently you are.

That said, the high point of this movie is the Diane Lane/Joan Chen fight.

@Jeff-Minor: At first I thought that said "Heineken-ish," which probably would have worked even better. Let's talk about that Heineken commercial with the weird female robot that serves beer and then clones herself! How sci-fi is that?! Wait, here it is: [www.youtube.com]

Anyway - fun movie, not great, not horrible. Seriously people, there's so much horrible crap out there - I mean really, really horrible crap. Judge Dredd is at least at the top of that pile.

Haha, I love how half the posts here are like, "Oh my god, how can you retards say anything good about this movie, it sucks times a million! Worst. Movie. Evar!!!"

Followed immediately by, "My favorite is that one scene where Judge Dredd acts all badass! And the set design was pretty neat. And I have a secret man-crush on Armand Assante..."

I have to say, JD is one of my favorite cheese movies, shrug. Not enough to own it, but enough to watch it.

I actually got to see this steaming pile at one of the last drive in movie theaters in Pennsylvania. That, I would say, is probably the perfect place to see this kind of shlock. SIGH! I wish it was still there.

Yes, anyone who doesn't know the name of the "old curly-haired Doctor with the long scarf's" forfeits their dork/nerd card. You're done.

Diane Lane-Joan Chen catfight. the 1 redeeming feature of Judge Dredd... and still not enough.

Fifth Element, goofy but vastly superior to Judge Dredd.

I have also agree with MACLOSERBOY: posts like these and the Flash Gordon posts cast serious doubts upon this blog.

Not sure I can agree with the assessment that Dread is underrated, but it sure was loud. I distinctly remember a couple who brought a four-year-old into the flick, and during the "rip that guy apart with a robot" sequence, the kid flipping the hell out. And yet, the parents refused to take their young child out of the theater.
Judge Dread is many things, but a complex plot where not detail should be missed to take care of your traumatized child out of the theater for 5 minutes is not one of them.

Could have been better IMHO.

@zeppelined: I don't see the conflict. Even a broken clock is right twice a day and even bad movies have their moments. What makes movies this painful is that it had a great concept with a loyal following, a seriously nice cast beyond its meathead star (Max Van Sydow!?! Here!?!) and great set design...only to piss it all away on a bad story.

@Macloserboy: I love Max Von Sydow, because he will do any crazy thing.

He's one of those actors that I suspect is actually a big geek, so when someone says, "Hey, Judge Dredd!" He's like, "Cooooool." Only in Swedish, or whatever.

@ComicDork: "I have also agree with MACLOSERBOY: posts like these and the Flash Gordon posts cast serious doubts upon this blog."

Seeing as how this entry has created a fair amount of "my sci-fi is better than your sci-fi" nerd talk I think it's doing quite well ;)

Having said that, here's my opinion: I think I would have replaced 'most' with 'justly' in the headline. Not that it was the worst movie ever, as the props and costumes were cool and Stallone did make a good Dread (looks-wise) with his helmet on, but it fell victim to one too many Hollywood cliches. :/

@Macloserboy: Not to mention Jurgen Prochnow. I love that guy.

I AM THE LAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was originallly very excited about the project. And then I thought that Stallone would be making THE most darin decision by a major actor. Think about it: starring in a major hollywood movie while never showing your face. carrying a movie with just your jaw! in the comics you never see dreads face. he's always wearing a 3/4 face helmet.
Then of course the movie came out and what a complete crap fest...
flying motorcycles... what better vehicle to jump the shark.
This movie tanked. And it deserved it.
I was hoping for a whole set of sequals....until I saw the movie..