Also back in the 90’s, filmmakers didn’t really know how to tackle comic book adaptations. My point here is that most people probably haven’t heard of these directors, so the films were relying on their ‘star power’ and source material to hook you in.īack in the 90’s, Stallone was a rather big household name when it came to action films (apart from Antz, 1999, of course) and was the absolute perfect choice for Dredd.

Both directors are British, and both have directed TV episodes of successful television shows – Cannon directed the pilot of Gotham but mainly produces, whereas Travis’ last directing job was on the rather good spy drama for the BBC, Legacy. The two films that are going head to head this week are Judge Dredd (1995), directed by Danny Cannon, and 2012’s Dredd, directed by Pete Travis. Though it is arguable as to whether Dredd is a remake of Judge Dredd or not, there is no doubting that the character was rebooted in the 2012 movie so I’m going to give a pass for the sake of this piece. Starting with such a strong statement might just give away my verdict, but anyone who has seen Judge Dredd will understand… I hope. I only recently watched the film and oh dear God, I hope to never see it again.

Having read around on the film bloggersphere, others have called it: ‘one of the worst films ever made’ ‘a huge flop’ ‘a cult classic’. Someone argued that 1995’s Judge Dredd starring Sylvester Stallone as the Judge, or ‘The Law’ himself was a, ‘ so bad it’s good‘ type of film (to borrow a phrase from Jack Gooding).

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