Dude this movie had everything to go right, I always liked the character and when I saw that Stallone would play Dredd in the company of Diane Lane I was thrilled, unfortunately after 20 minutes of film, I saw how I was wrong, the movie not nearly got through that atmosphere that was used when reading the comics, it seems that all that violence and the presence of Dredd almost as an anti-hero in comics was muffled with attempts to make the movie more marketable and salable.
I think regardless of the special effects, the 2012 version is much more faithful to the comic book and knew better how to convey the mood of the story.