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Judge Dredd (1995) and the Comics

posted 4 years ago by TMC-4 (20181)
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https://www.batman-online.com/forum/index.php?topic=3743.0

The 1995 Judge Dredd movie gets a lot of hate these days. The online consensus seems to be that it’s a terrible film with little connection to the comics on which it’s supposedly based. But is the Stallone movie really so far removed from the source material?

Judge Dredd was created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra for the British science fiction comic 2000 AD, and many of the characters and storylines featured in the 1995 movie are lifted directly from the source material. The storyline about Rico Dredd returning to Mega-City One to take revenge against his brother is adapted from ‘The Return of Rico!’ (2000 AD Prog #30, September 1977).

The storyline about Dredd being framed for murder and having to clear his name is adapted from ‘The Day the Law Died’ (2000 AD Prog #89-108, November 1978-April 1979). The plot about Dredd teaming up with Fergee to regain control of Mega-City One from a corrupt Judge is also adapted from this arc.

There are many other comic stories referenced throughout the film, so let’s break the movie down and see just how closely it adheres to the source material.

[–] thingmakersback (1383) 4 years ago

I don't need to read the whole article to know that I agree with it. And not only is the movie largely based on material from the comic and references more (like the Angel clan), it also has more in common in terms of style than the better but less entertaining Dredd (2012).