Good God

Not a terrible film, but Stallone has done much better, and with the material, the film should have been much better. Completely average, and Stallone with Blue Eyes is a weird image.

C-

YOU BETRAYED THE LAW!!!

A decent action movie, but quickly forgettable.

C+

I have to admit I always enjoyed this movie. Granted its a long way off the ultra dark tone of the comics but Stallone plays one mean Judge and not even the appearance of Rod Scheinder puts me off the silliness.

B-

Yeah, it's a guilty pleasure for me. I even actually like Rob Schneider in it.

B+

I need to see this one again, I remember it as a very funny, dystopia-spoofing, sci-fi movie -- not to mention Joan Chen...

I hope whoever thought Rob Schneider should've been in this movie was immediately fired.

Judge Dredd

Just watched this for the first time in a while. I've never loved it. I've always thought it was a bit goofy, but I loved the production design and certain elements of the tone (which I think were influenced by Demolition Man). I watched Brutal Beta's humour-reduced cut (so, less Rob Schneider) and it's noticeably different, but the film still has issues. Apart from being a 90s film and therefore light, it's a low stakes easy-win for our protagonist. He's on a prison shuttle flight a day after sentencing, then 1-2 days after that he's in the Statue of Liberty and he's won. And, while this isn't entirely a bad thing, it does feel like a Stallone action film first, and a Dredd adaptation second. Also, Rico is such a poor villain. I think the film was made to include as many Dredd elements as possible, which then hinders the film because it's unreasonable to stuff so much into 90 minutes. It should have been 2 hours, less gags (especially involving Dredd), a more serious tone, and Judge Death as the villain.

B

The first sequence with Dredd is actually pretty solid though, and had they went for that with Stallone in Helmet I think they may have did a effective job. Stallone talking about this film is a lot of fun because he feels so bad about it. And Schneider is bad, but I love him in real life, his stories about Stallone during his single days and them going out during shoot nights are really awesome.

Stallone talking about any of his flops is never fun. He basically turns on every film that isn't a runaway success. That is the worst trait he has.

I disagree. That's a trait many celebs never talk about the horrible films they've made. Stallone at least has some interesting insight, and he never doesn't not blame himself for a lot of it. I think it's one of his more endearing qualities. It's more annoying how many actors will defend a movie till their end.

I agree that it's good to call yourself out for a mistake, but it's just too convenient that EVERY film that flops, he suddenly thinks is terrible. I just wish once he would say "Oh Stop or My Mom Will Shoot? I love that movie. Glad I made it". But you only ever hear him praise Rocky, First Blood, Cliffhanger, all the success stories. It's not a good trait. He's not sincere. He just wants to be loved. And it's too obvious.

Are you glad he made that film? I've heard him say good things about flops like Oscar, Assassins, Over the Top. I think Tango and Cash is the best when you hear those stories about how much of a DIVA he was has 35 people fired, and then one day he found all of them like 5 years later and bought them all dinner to apologize.

Saying good things on the press tour doesn't count.

But yes, I am glad he made Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot. I love it. I think it's not only funny but charming and light; a Stallone movie for the (grand)kids of Stallone fans.

Interestingly, Sly just posted this on Instagram:

"NIGHTHAWKS. One of the best films I’ve ever done That very few people ever saw. It dealt with terrorism in America which at that time people thought could never happen ...this film had truly crazy stunts that we preformed and some wonderful performances."

It is nice to know that he thinks it is one of the best films he's ever made. I agree with him.

Also interesting; apparently the painting "Nighthawks" is more famous than the film "Nighthawks".

You just googled it then