‘Biggest mistake of my career’: Sylvester Stallone regrets this film, one of his biggest failures

Judge Dredd will soon be celebrating his 30th anniversary! The feature film starring Sylvester Stallone remains relatively unpopular overall, with an average rating of 2.4 out of 5 from over 4,800 votes! And exactly, the film’s actor-star believes that this film is not at all what he hoped for in 1995.

In February 2008, the interpreter of Rambo and Rock returned to this great disappointment, which he almost describes as a “monumental mistake” in the microphone. Digital Spy :

I think the biggest mistake of my career was the carelessness with which Judge Dredd was handled. I thought it could be a fantastic, nihilistic and interesting vision of the future – judge, jury and executioner. It really bothered me a lot.

Released in France on August 23, 1995, Judge Dredd is adapted from the comic book of the same name written by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquera. The plot of the film takes place in 2139, after a nuclear apocalypse. The survivors live crowded together in crime-ridden megacities. But there is a radical remedy for this: judges with the power to arrest, judge and execute.

Even if it’s not Stallone’s worst film, with a budget estimated at 85 or 90 million euros, Judge Dredd only made $113.5 million at the box office, a complete failure that will immediately end the new franchise. by Stallone and a real stop in his career.

Caused by this public rejection? A last-minute re-evaluation of the project to reduce the violence, and an ongoing argument between Stallone and director Danny Cannon over the film’s tone. origin.

Years later, Sylvester Stallone remains committed to this position. He told the magazine back in 2008 uncut :

“It’s a missed opportunity. A lot of fans had a problem with Dredd taking off his helmet, which he never does in the comics. But for me, it was mostly a huge waste of potential for the idea; it’s not on the level of what it should have been, which is probably more comical and humorous.”