The remake I’d Dredd was horrid, the remake or whatever that was of a Terminator was dreadful....
The characterizations in the second Judge Dredd film were much better than the first (Dredd in name only, that one was) but the story was weak.
They have a LONG history they could draw from. They have epic tales but scaled it back to people sweeping a locked down tower. Yawn.
Robocop borrowed from the Judge Dredd world. So did Road Warrior.
Speaking of which, there is another Mad Max film (taking place between number 2 and 3) due soon.
Yeah. Judge Dredd was awful. Terminator Salvation was like RoboCop ... I only rented that and found it watchable, but I would have felt ripped off seeing it in a theater.