Which Judge Dredd did you like better, the 1995 or 2012 version?

[BisexualMMA]

I tend to think ‘95 was nowhere near as bad as it was depicted as being.
And 2012 might be slightly more revered than I personally viewed it.

That said I definitely preferred 2012 overall. And I think Urban was pretty excellent/ideal for the role in a way that Sly wasn’t. That’s a big point for me when comparing the two movies.

Urban is a cool dude. I like that he’s been in big roles but still sort of operates in that character actor space where he can play a lot of different characters without being pigeon holed into a certain genre type.

Had Sly approached Dredd like Rambo or any of the 90s hitman characters like Assassins and The Specialist, it could have worked quite well (if the movie as a whole had taken that tone as well). Instead this was one of the movies that was an attempt to match Schwarzenegger in walking the line between action and comedy, with the one liners and winking at the camera and so on. It was the approach taken by the movie from the top down, so it's not any one person's fault, but the 2012 movie showed that this material was better delivered with a straight face.

 

[VulcanNervPinch]

2012 version?

 

[90 50]

I tend to think ‘95 was nowhere near as bad as it was depicted as being.
And 2012 might be slightly more revered than I personally viewed it.

That said I definitely preferred 2012 overall. And I think Urban was pretty excellent/ideal for the role in a way that Sly wasn’t. That’s a big point for me when comparing the two movies.

Urban is a cool dude. I like that he’s been in big roles but still sort of operates in that character actor space where he can play a lot of different characters without being pigeon holed into a certain genre type.

Urban normally always does a god Job with what he’s given.

Great Actor.

 

[Mike]

Is this a serious question lmao? The 2012 version was probably better? Probably?

 

[BayAreaGuy]

The 1995 was is much better, in my opinion. I really enjoyed it when it came out, and I watched it again a few months ago and still enjoyed it. It's a fun movie with an interesting story. Great villain too.

The 2012 version gets a lot of praise, but to me it's too grim and all you see are low class characters and street bums. Visually unappealing. Not much plot.

 

[Brandon Wilson]

I'll be honest, I never watched the 95' version. It just looked terrible. The reviews didn't help my desire to watch it.

That being said, I didn't watch the 12' version until it was on Netflix near the end of 2015. I'd forgotten all about that movie, and completely forgotten that Karl Urban was in it until I started watching it. I enjoyed it immensely, and Urban was awesome.

Maybe one day I'll get around to watching the 95' version, but I doubt it at this point.

 

[gluehuffer1776]

The Urban movie was awesome and that blonde pyschic was very nice to look at

 

[JSN]

I tend to think ‘95 was nowhere near as bad as it was depicted as being.
And 2012 might be slightly more revered than I personally viewed it.

That said I definitely preferred 2012 overall. And I think Urban was pretty excellent/ideal for the role in a way that Sly wasn’t. That’s a big point for me when comparing the two movies.

Urban is a cool dude. I like that he’s been in big roles but still sort of operates in that character actor space where he can play a lot of different characters without being pigeon holed into a certain genre type.

Confusingly, that’s the opposite of what character actor usually means. In theory, a character actor is one who performs a memorable but non-leading role. In practice, it’s generally used for guys like Luiz Guzman (or whatever Pachanga’s real name is) and Steve Buscemi who are weird looking and tend to play the same small part over and over.

 

[koquerelle]

cancer or puppies?

 

[BisexualMMA]

Damn I must be the only guy who liked Rob Schneider. If anything I thought Stallone's acting as Dredd was what did the film the worst. I also read he argued with the director over its production and was an asshole, is that what you are referring to?

Everyone involved viewed it at the time as the start of a third Stallone franchise to go with Rocky and Rambo, so it was kind of the cart before the horse the way they always do nowadays with "the first movie of a trilogy" that never even gets a sequel.

As a result the movie focused way more on Stallone the marketable actor than Dredd the character and that's rarely a recipe for success. Kind of the exact opposite of the approach with Urban. Anyway, Dredd ultimately became something that was glued onto Stallone like the Captain Freedom metal stuff on Jesse Ventura as opposed to Stallone slipping into the Dredd role and universe.

It's too bad because the movie really squandered a great cast with Armand Assante, Max Von Sydow, Jurgen Prochnow. All three of those guys would have excelled in a darker more serious film. Of course Armand and Max are no strangers to hamming it up, but they can both deliver the goods when it's time to get serious.

It was also the second time Assante played Stallone's brother.

 

[KnightTemplar]

2012 and it's not even close. That's not to say Stallone's film had no redeeming qualities. It looked exactly like the 2000AD comic, everything from the Judge's uniforms to Mean Machine Angel. But the script fucking sucked and Stallone spending the vast majority of the movie without Dredd's iconic helmet was the final nail in the coffin.

Karl Urban's Dredd is superior in everything except visual aesthetics.

 

[leto1776]

Both had their ups and downs. Stallone was a little too cheesy. Urban wa little too wooden. I like the costumes and setting of '95, but I liked the grimness of '12. A blend of both, with the awesome visuals, but adding the despair of the later movie, would be awesome.

Costumes goes to '95, hands down. Especially the helmets

 

[90 50]

95 version is a standard 90’s action comedy from the era with the Dredd name slapped on it.

While decent it doesn’t doe the character real justice or the comic for that matter.

Take it as a 90’s erA action flick and its fine.

However. 2012 version is much truer to Dredd and really should have had a squal.

I can enjoy both for what they are but given the choice I’d watch the 2012 over the 90’s version Everytime.

 

[mb23100]

I haven't seen 2012 but I watched 1995 not long ago and I actually enjoyed it quite a bit. I remember seeing it in theaters when it came out in 1995. I never read any of the comics though.

 

[phoenixikki]

2012 hands down.

 

[CutStryker]

I liked both, but I think I gravitate towards the Stallone one more. The newer one is definitely harder and edgier. Almost a horror flick.

Both good though

 

[GearSolidMetal]

There was news there was going to be a Dredd sequel/series a few years ago. Haven't heard ANYTHING new about that in over 4 years.

Sad.

 

[MoFracky]

There is only one Dredd movie.

 

[HaulParris]

There can be only one.

 

[KeithHackneyballpunch]

the 90s version was ruined because it attempted to be funny by interjecting unneeded humor and comic relief. Rob Schneider practically ruined this film, and the shit script didn't help matters much either.