AVEITWITHJAMON
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I dont mind it to be honest. There are scenes that are good in that they are the closest we had to true 2000AD celluloid thus far and I enjoy the look of the movie (thought they get the asthetic down pretty good), the ABC warrior and Mean Angel were fun, Dyane Lane was fit as all hell as Hershey, Max Von Sydow was good as always and if you check your brain in for the most part, it's mostly an enjoyable romp.
There are obviously bad scenes too.
For me, they mostly feature Rob Scheinder and Armand 'over-actor with wild eyes' Assante who leaves me eternally asking why, oh, why did Stallone not just double up as Rico, given that Rico and Dredd are bloody clones and are supposed to look identical? With a bit of a script re-working and some carefully blocked shots, we wouldnt have had to see Dredd's face in full view as the studio wouldve been happy with Stallone's face on view as Rico. All the movies problems basically stem from the fact that they show Dredd's face about 15 minutes into the movie and this has an effect on the plot from there on in; the movie as a result goes from something with promise to [at times] generic science fiction future city movie number #1254.
This pretty much sums up my feelings on the movie perfectly, especially the part about Diane Lane

But yeah, I think at the time, and I believe Sly has admitted this himself, but his ego got a bit too much on the movie.