History Film / JudgeDredd

* ThrowItIn: Rob Schneider's impression of [[strike:Dredd]] Stallone on the ship to the penal colony was improvised.

->''"Forget Dredd! ''There is no Dredd!'' And I'll tell you what dredd worships...[[{{narm}} he worships]] ''[[{{largeham}} tha loooaaaawww!]]"''''

The film combines characters and major plot points from about five completely separate story arcs in the comics along with other minor elements from the comic's history and tries to blend it all together in a single 96-minute narrative. It's still considered to be an example of [=~So Bad It's Good~=], if only for the relentlessly fun action sequences and [[{{Narm}} occasional moments of very over-the-top acting]].

* TheStarscream: Rico ultimately turns on Griffin when he no longer needs him.

--> '''Rico''': I'm the only one who ever liked you.

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[[caption-width:296: ...and yet they STILL couldn't get the right side of his mouth to work, I still don't understand that.]]
->''FORGET DREDD! '''THERE IS NO DREDD!''' And I'll tell you what Dredd worships...[[{{Narm}} he worships]] '''[[{{LargeHam}} THA LOOOAAAAWWW!]]'''''

** DarkActionGirl: Dr. Hayden.

* BallisticDiscount: Rico
** To be fair, the shopkeeper was GenreSavvy enough to know that the gun would only work in the hands of a Judge. Unfortunately, he [[GenreBlind didn't anticipate]] a Judge invoking this trope.

* CatchPhrase: "I knew you'd say that."
** "I YAM DA LAWWRR"
* ChekovsGun: Ferguson's hacking skills allow him to [[spoiler: hack and shut down the ABC during the FinalBattle]].

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: The audience is supposed to cheer when Dredd is reinstated as an authoritarian enforcer of laws that he and he alone presides over.

** Many fans say they'd like to see RonPerlman tackle the role strictly because of this.

* {{Narm}}:
-->"You '''BETRAYED''' the '''LAW!!!'''
-->'''"LAAAWW?!"'''
** Stallone's pronunciation of Dredd's iconic catchphrase: ''"AH AMM duh lorr!"''
*** [[NarutoTheAbridgedSeries Why do I always confuse logs with people?!]]

* [=~So Bad It's Good~=]: As... off-kilter as it is, it's fun to watch, taking into account Armand Assante's [[FeedMe bombastic acting]], the {{Narm}} and the fact that no one can seem to say "law" properly.

* TooDumbToLive: That rookie Street Judge that dies in the beginning. Isn't one part of police training to ''not'' run off alone into an unsecured building?
** In his first attempt to run blindly into combat, he actually ''cites'' a training exercise at the academy as giving him grounds to do so, before Hershey admonishes, "This is NOT a training exercise."

* BrokenAesop: The audience is supposed to cheer when Dredd is reinstated as a authoritarian solitary enforcer of laws that he and he alone presides over.
** Well, he's not reinstated as the ''solitary'' enforcer. He turned down that job in favor of being a Street Judge. Still fits as a Broken Aesop though.

** TheDragon/TheStarscream - Rico
** TheDarkChick/The EvilGenius - Dr. Ilsa Hayden, the medical doctor who beats up judges...

** TheDragon - Rico

* BondOneLiner: After [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome wiping out a room full of gang members single-handed,]] Dredd approaches the last guy alive, citing the various crimes he's committed over the course of the action sequence. He ends it with "killing of a Street Judge". The following then occurs.

->''FORGET DREDD! '''THERE IS NO DREDD!''' And I'll tell you what Dredd worships...[[{{Narm}} he worships]] '''[[{{Narm}} THA LOOOAAAAWWW!]]'''''

* IKnowKungFu: How does a medical doctor suddenly turn out to be a martial-arts badass who can take on combat-trained judges? Because she's of Chinese descent, and all Chinese people know kung-fu, right?

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: There are a few genuinely funny moments, like Rob Schneider getting the green light to do his Sly impersonation. Also, this:
-->'''Hayden:''' Bitch!
-->'''Hershey:''' It's JUDGE Bitch! [headbutts her]
** And one of the few moments which captures the satirical streak of the original:
--->'''Food Dispensing Robot:''' Eat recycled food! It's good for the environment and okay for you!

* MemeticMutation:
-->'''Dredd''': You-betrayed-the-LAW!
-->'''Rico''': ''"[[SarcasmMode Lawww!]]"''
** SylvesterStallone's delivery of "'''I ''AM'' THE LAW!'''"

* UnfortunateImplications: Fargo tells Dredd that Rico "genetically mutated into the perfect criminal", suggesting that criminals are either a separate ''species'' to normal humans, or that criminality is innate and the Judges are therefore punishing people for crimes ''they cannot help committing''.
** Though this isn't necessarily individual to the movie, as this is a philosophical argument in RealLife as well.
* WTHCastingAgency:
** Chief Justice Fargo played by Max von Sydow, presumably in a case of MoneyDearBoy.
** '''Ilsa''' Hayden played by Joan Chen?

Despite being a gigantic example of AdaptationDecay[[hottip:*:The film combines characters and major plot points from about five completely separate story arcs in the comics--along with other minor elements from the comic's history--and tries to blend it all together in a single 96-minute narrative.]], this movie is still considered by a few to be an example of [=~So Bad It's Good~=], if only for the relentlessly fun action sequences and [[{{Narm}} occasional moments of very over-the-top acting]].

* AdaptationDecay

* [=~So Bad It's Good~=]: As... [[AdaptationDecay off-kilter]] as it is, it's fun to watch, taking into account Armand Assante's [[FeedMe bombastic acting]], the {{Narm}} and the fact that no one can seem to say "law" properly.
** YourMileageMayVary: If you ignore (or don't know) how it butchers the source material, it does enough ''right'' to be halfway-enjoyable.

* DesignatedGirlFight

* TheScrappy: Rob Schneider. Also, the character he plays.

* SoylentSoy: Perhaps the one thing that best reflects the original tone of the comics: "Eat recycled food. It's good for the environment and OK for you!"

--->'''Food Dispensing Robot:''' Recycled food: It's good for the environment, and okay for you!

-->'''Dredd:''' Emotions, there outta be a law against them.

* TheScrappy: Rob Schneider. [[IncrediblyLamePun Also, the character he plays]].

* ThereShouldBeALaw:

** To be fair, the shopkeeper was GenreSavvy enough to know that the gun would only work in the hands of a Judge. Unfortunately, he [[GenreBlind didn't anticipate]] a judging invoking this trope.