I have to admit to being surprised when I watched the film Judge Dredd recently: it really wasn't as bad as I had thought it would be.
I haven't seen any of the comic books, so I'll review this as a stand-alone film. It does acknowledge its comic book antecedents in the opening shots, however, which makes a refreshing change. And the city backdrop seems to have been deliberately designed to look 'cartoonish', and is quite effective.
Sylvester Stallone plays the eponymous Judge. We see him Judging for a while, then the stock Evil Villain gets him framed for murder, and he is himself Judged, and sentenced. But as heroes do... he escapes, and saves the day.
The action is fast paced and fun, if very brainless. The reason it is better than I expected is because everything manages to stay cheesy, or camp, or tongue-in-cheek, without moving over into moronic, or embarrassing, or just plain bad.
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