How NOT To Make A Comic Book Movie (Why These 10 Failed)

Back in 1995, Sylvester Stallone hopped onto a project that "adapted" Judge Dredd from his popular British comic 2000 AD. There are a lot of independent comic book characters who are popular, but Dredd is easily the one most people know, as he's been around since 1977, and has a huge fan base.

This movie failed for more than one reason, but if it had to be drilled down to only one, it would be the almost complete abandonment of the source material. Stallone couldn't do the film and keep his helmet on, which is something the fans of the comics couldn't accept.

Here's something the filmmakers should have known going into this thing, and it's something any fan of the comics will tell you: Judge Dredd never takes off his helmet. Even if he does it in the comics, his face is always obscured. Judge Dredd is one of the only comic book characters fans don't even know what he looks like, but what they do know is, he doesn't look like Sylvester Stallone.

Other than the obvious helmet issue, the movie jammed an unnecessary romance into the plot, featured humor and a comic-relief in Rob Schneider that seemed alien to the setting, and the acting was about as over-the-top as possible. If this movie could be described with one word, it would be "overacted."