Demolition Man was a fun movie, and Running Man was complete garbage, an abomination to the source material. But look at the directors. Shwarzenegger had Cameron, Verhoeven, McTiernan and Stallone had .... Shwarzennegger definitely is the better action star, but Stallone is the better actor. Their body of work is about equal in terms of successes and failures I'd say. And this reboot...may be a little better than the first but I dunno. Dredd may be to Judge Dredd what Punisher War Zone was to Punisher.
Stallone only has himself to blame. That Rocky Oscar went to his head and he started thinking he was some auteur. Case in point, Cameron wrote the original screenplay to Rambo: First Blood Part II only to have it rewritten by Stallone. ...and little man syndrome. Stallone is really 5'7.
Schwarznegger was the action stars of action stars, but he was never suited for anything much more than that. Stallone had a little more variety in his work. Back to the main point, what possessed the studios that they think that another mediocre Judge Dredd movie is what the public wants. Like the first Street Fighter movie, that was awesomely bad, like the first Judge Dredd movie - Very mediocre and ridiculous, but at least watchable. The Legend of Chun Li on the other hand, A COMPLETE WASTE OF CELLULOID, no humor, no intriguing story line, and not classical lines. At least, the first Street Fighter movie had classic lines: Chun Li: You don't remember? Bison: For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday. Bison: [patching through to Guile on GNT World News] Colonel Guile! Greetings! Colonel William F. Guile: [to Cammy] He took the bait. Trace that signal, stat! Bison: Why do you address a fellow warrior with such disrespect? Colonel William F. Guile: Warrior? You? How many doctors and nurses have you killed this week? How many children have you orphaned? Bison: You will choke on those words, Guile. Colonel William F. Guile: Anytime, d******d. We'll go worldwide, just like now. Dee Jay: General, they're tracing this. Bison: You think you're so clever, Guile. Think about this. You have three days. If my twenty billion dollars are not delivered by then, the hostages will die, and the world will hold you responsible! Victory! Dee Jay: [chanting with Bison's troops] Bison! Bison! Any scene with the Bison money -- the one with Sagat and the one at end.
Street Fighter quotes: Victor Sagat: Guile? Alive! Bison: Of course! His death was designed to ingraitate his spies with you! [mockingly covers one eye] Bison: I guess you didn't SEE that, did you? Bison: [to the hostages] The world thought very little of you, my dear guests! Too little to pay the pittance I asked for! Too little to even mount a decent rescue attempt! Bison: Then defeat is a possibility. Very well. We shall face it together, Dee Jay, with the stoicism of the true warrior. [Dee Jay quietly leaves as Bison continues to stare at the screen] Bison: [to Guile] Something wrong, Colonel? You come here prepared to fight a madman, and instead you found a god? Bison: What's the matter? You come to fight a madman, and instead find a god? Do you still refuse to accept my godhood? Keep your God! In fact, now may be a good time to pray to Him! For I beheld Satan as he came down from Heaven! Colonel William F. Guile: Four years of ROTC for this ****! Victor Sagat: Is this a joke? This money isn't even worth the paper it's printed on! Bison: On the contrary. Every Bison dollar will be worth five British pounds. That is the exchange rate that the bank of England will implement after I kidnap their queen. Balrog: [Balrog and Honda are chained in prison. Balrog grabs his chain] Honda, give me a hand. E. Honda: We've only been in prison two hours. Maybe next month.
Judge Dredd Quotes: Judge Hershey: [as her dead partner is being taken away] Dammit! I was supposed to be watching out for him. Judge Dredd: Don't blame yourself, Hershey, he made the mistake, not you. Judge Hershey: [exasperated] Wouldn't it feel good to have an emotion once in a while, huh? Judge Dredd: Emotions... there ought to be a law against them. Fergee: What are you doing here? Judge Dredd: I was convicted of a crime. Wrongly convicted. Fergee: [laughs] Really? That's kinda weird! What are the odds? Two wrongly convicted guys sitting right next to each other? Judge Dredd: You received the sentence the law required. Fergee: Five years, just for saving my own ass? That was a mistake! Judge Dredd: The law doesn't... make mistakes. Fergee: Really? Then how do you explain what happened to you? You can't, can you? Great. Mr. "I am the law" can't. So maybe this is some kind of typo. Maybe it's a glitch. Or maybe it's poetic justice. Judge Dredd: [Dredd has caught Fergee trying to escape inside a servo-droid and is judging him for damaging public property] And you haven't even been out of jail for 24 hours. He's habitual, Hershey. Automatic 5 year sentence. How do you plead? Fergee: Not guilty? Judge Dredd: I knew you'd say that. Fergee: 5 years? No! No! I had no choice! They were killing each other in there! Judge Dredd: You could have gone out the window. Fergee: 40 floors? It would have been suicide! Judge Dredd: Maybe, but it's legal. Warden Miller: [after giving Rico a package, which has is Badge and a picture of Hammond in it] So tell me, Rico, what is the meaning of life? Rico: [the package converts into a gun and Rico points it at the Warden's throat] It ends. [Shoots the Warden in the throat] [Fergee has just arrived in Heavenly Haven, where a riot is taking place] Herman Ferguson: [shrugs] It's better than prison. Judge Dredd: The legendary Angel family. Cursed Earth pirates, murderers, scavengers, and of course scumbags! Judge Dredd: [to Mean Machine, mentioning his artificial right forearm with included blade] Does that come with a fork, handsome? Herman Ferguson: I'm free, you're toast! Judge Dredd: Actually, you're toast. I forgot to mention it: your new friends, they're cannibals. Judge Dredd: There's a maniac loose in the city! Herman Ferguson: What a coincidence - there's one out here too! Judge Dredd: [sentencing the Block Warlord] Mega City Municiple Code, 213: Willfull destruction of property, that's two years. Code 310: Illegal possession of assault weapons, five years. Code 457: Resisting arrest, TWENTY years! [one of the wounded squatters jumps up to shoot Dredd, Hershey quickly shoots him] Judge Dredd: Thank you, Hershey. And code 3613: The first degree murder of a Street Judge... Block Warlord: Let me guess, life. [he goes for his gun, but Dredd shoots him first] Judge Dredd: Death. Court's adjourned. Judge Dredd: It's a lie! The evidence has been falsified! It's impossible! I never broke the law, I AM THE LAW! Rico: You left the DNA in there for over 30 years, sooner or later somebody's gonna clean out the fridge.
What does stallone being 5'7 have to do with the quality of how good a film is??? You have this assumption that people who are under 6 ft can't fight??? I'm 5'7 and I've whooped guys twice my size and then some...
Is it weird that I cried when they killed Dredd's mentor in the first movie. I was like 8 at the time.
They kinda have to because they're short??? You're saying tall guys aren't overly defensive and stand their ground as much as short people???
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dredd_3d/ Looks like yall may have dredded the book by its cover 90%/95% rating on RT
Take away the first two Rambos and the first two Rockys ,what does Stallone have? Over the Top! ? Lololol
Victory was one of my favorites growing up. Still is, actually. Stallone was fine, but having Max von Sydow and Michael Caine in it certainly helped.
You didn't like Rocky III or IV? I liked plenty of his movies. They just weren't great outside of Rocky & Rambo.
