Continuing my plan to watch every Sly Stallone movie in order, I come to 1995's Judge Dredd.

Plot In A Paragraph: Judge Dredd, (a blue eyed Stallone) is convicted for a crime he did not commit, and he must fight to clear his name.

Armand Assante (an actor I normally like) tries too hard and over acts awfully, but he is not alone. Diane Lane and Max Von Sydow apart, the acting is bad, bad, bad (Stallone included)

In the Dredd comics, tradition dictates that Dredd does not off his helmet, thus his face has mostly only fleetingly appeared in full, but this mean Stallone would never show his face clearly, so to placate his ego, 15 minutes in to the movie and the helmet is off. It's a shame this movie doesn't work, as Sly looks the part, and it could have been a franchise. However the ball is dropped and he must take the lions share of the blame.

In interviews, Stallone said he felt the film was supposed to be a comedy/action film, and demanded rewrites to make it even more comedic. The director and screenwriter, however, had intended a darker approach, which led to many difficulties behind the scenes.Director Danny Cannon was so disheartened over his constant creative disputes with Stallone that he swore he would never again work with another big-name actor. He also claimed that the final version was completely different from the script, due to the changes Stallone demanded.

Is this the best movie to come out of the 90s,,, no,, by all means no. However, it's still a fun time, lol

Stallone will forever be the epitome of an action star. This movie is just another example of that.

Is there plenty to poke fun at with this film? Well yeah,, some of the lines are quite laughable,, but we're not looking at Shakespeare in the park here. Just turn off your brain and enjoy it! (I mean,, you get to see Diane Lane a lot of the time. That's incentive enough!!)

The problem isn't the weak story, the problem isn't the poor choice of actors, the problem is trying make a Dredd movie that is action/comedy. Dredd was NEVER about humor, it's about action, crime, and some drama but NOT comedy. That is why it flopped. The DREDD movie understood this, the DREDD movie focused on Dredd and a SINGLE day in the life of a street judge. It's why the second movie was a 9 star and this one barely made it to 5. Stallone could have been a good Judge Dredd if he hadn't tried for humor, and stupid humor at that. Rob Schnider's inclusion was a mistake of epic proportions. I get that he was supposed to be the 'everyman' character but he failed at that on all levels.