Editing Judge Dredd (section)

====''Judge Dredd'' (1995)====
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An American [[Judge Dredd (film)|film]] loosely based on the comic strip was released in 1995, starring [[Sylvester Stallone]] as Dredd. The film received generally negative reviews. On [[Rotten Tomatoes]] it has a 22% rating, and the site's critical consensus states that "Director [Danny] Cannon fails to find the necessary balance to make it work".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/judge_dredd/ |title=Judge Dredd |date=30 June 1995 |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=2021-10-01 }}</ref> In deference to its expensive Hollywood star, Dredd's face was shown. In the comic, he very rarely removes his helmet, and even then his real face is never revealed. Also, the writers largely omitted the ironic humour of the comic strip, and ignored important aspects of the "Dredd mythology". The co-creator and main writer of the comic character, [[John Wagner]], said: {{blockquote|I hated that plot. It was Dredd pressed through the Hollywood cliché mill, a dynastic power struggle that had little connection with the character we know from the comic.<ref name="2000adreview_John-Wagner-on-Dredd">{{cite web |first=Gavin |last=Hanly |url=http://www.2000adreview.co.uk/site/index.php/Interviews/John-Wagner-on-Dredd.html |title=John Wagner on Dredd |publisher=2000 AD Review |date=19 January 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100201230126/http://www.2000adreview.co.uk/site/index.php/Interviews/John-Wagner-on-Dredd.html | archive-date = 1 February 2010 |access-date=27 August 2016}}</ref> }}

In retrospect the film received some praise for its depiction of Dredd's city, costumes, humour and larger-than-life characters.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 11, 2017 |last=Trenholm |first=Richard |title=What Stallone's 'Judge Dredd' got right -- and 'Dredd' got wrong |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/judge-dredd-tv-show-mega-city-one-sylvester-stallone-karl-urban-sequel-gaze-into-the-fist/ |website=CNET.com }}</ref>