On this episode of Better Remembered we watch 1995’s Judge Dredd starring Sylvester Stallone, Armand Assante, and Rob Schneider.
“In a dystopian future, Joseph Dredd, the most famous Judge (a police officer with instant field judiciary powers), is convicted for a crime he did not commit and must face his murderous counterpart.”
What could have been a thoughtful critique on placing too much power into the hands of an individual is instead a pew-pew shoot 'em up that asks you not to think too much at all. But, is that how we remembered it?
0:00 - Intro
1:17 - Recently Scene: We discuss The Adam Project, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and part of one episode of Guardians of Justice from Netflix. And we wrap up with a short discussion of Parks And Recreation.
5:43 - We discuss dystopian movies. We boil it down to three main categories: Orwellian, Brave New World, and Mad Max.
9:13 - Then we develop our criteria for the dystopian movie test.
11:29 - We debut our new time capsule segment. Join us as we go back to June 30th, 1995. Top songs, top shows, big news, and new movies.
16:39 - Synopsis of Judge Dredd
42:48 - Action Movie Test. How does Judge Dredd hold up to our great action movie criteria test. hint, not too good.
44:31 - Dystopian Movie Test. Does our movie do any better as a dystopian movie than it did as an action movie?
45:36 - The reviews
49:04 - Next time on Better Remembered
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