10 Movies That Didn't Understand What The Fans Wanted
3. Judge Dredd
Judge Dredd is a comic book character fans had been gagging to see adapted to the big screen for the better part of two decades, and with the right material and director, Sylvester Stallone actually could've been a pretty great Dredd.
But Sly's ego essentially sabotaged the project from the outset, with the action star refusing to keep his money-maker obscured beneath the anti-hero's iconic helmet, presumably hoping that his mug might help sell the $90 million tentpole to audiences.
Moreover, the film's tone is all over the place, veering from the stylised grimness of the source material to B-movie hokum, with some grating comic relief from Rob Schneider for good measure.
Between all this, a disappointingly sterile use of its R rating and a cackle-worthy performance from Stallone, it's a superficial, unintentional pleasure at the very most.
Thankfully Karl Urban's 2012 reboot basically did everything right that this movie didn't - especially keeping Dredd's face obscured - even if it also bombed at the box office.