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Sylvester Stallone | ... | ||
Armand Assante | ... | ||
Rob Schneider | ... | ||
Jürgen Prochnow | ... |
Judge Griffin
(as Jurgen Prochnow)
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Max von Sydow | ... | ||
Diane Lane | ... | ||
Joanna Miles | ... | ||
Joan Chen | ... | ||
Balthazar Getty | ... |
Olmeyer
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Maurice Roëves | ... |
Miller
(as Maurice Roeves)
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Ian Dury | ... |
Geiger
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Christopher Adamson | ... |
Mean Machine
(as Chris Adamson)
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Ewen Bremner | ... |
Junior Angel
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Peter Marinker | ... |
Judge Esposito
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Angus MacInnes | ... |
Judge Silver
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In the year 2139, the Earth has changed into a virtually uninhabitable place called the Cursed Earth. All of the Earth's population have crowded into the cities across the planet, now known as Mega-Cities. The crimes in these Mega-Cities became so violent and so powerful, that the regular justice system was powerless to contain, then it collapsed completely. However, a new justice system came from the ashes, there were three justice systems in one (police, jury and executioner), they were called Judges. In Mega-City One (formerly, New York City), there was a Judge, named Joseph Dredd, who was the toughest and most stringent Judge in history. One day, he was charged with murder, and was tried and sentenced to life in prison because of it. Written by John Wiggins
Two weeks ago, my sister bought a VCR from one of her friends... VHS... scary enough. For her ten bucks she also got two dozen movies... Judge Dredd was one of them
Since I popped this movie in, I have watched it at the very least two dozen times. I watched it once today, once yesterday, twice the day before that, three times the day before that, twice the day before that... and I have a decent selection of other films to choose from. This movie is addictive. It has this pacing and style that, while not very realistic, and certainly not worthy of an Oscar, it just makes you grin. Every time the Alan Silvestri Dredd theme pops up, I just smile... from the Gianni Versace designed Dredd Armor, to the top-notch special effects, this movie brings together many elements into a 96 minute ride of pure cheese that keeps getting better each time you watch it
The CG can be beautiful at times, even to the point of photorealism, and certainly outdoes the the horrid cartooniness of Blade 2's or X-Men's CG...
You just have to watch it to believe how addictive this damn thing is
'Nuff Said