When this was filmed in 1993 Emilio Estevez was the biggest star of these four. Since then Stephen Dorff, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Denis Leary have all become famed feature film stars. I saw this film about eight years ago. Believe me it is one of those films you can watch ten times in a row so buying the DVD is a must! This is a thriller, comedy and action adventure all rolled into one. I was glad the filmmakers didn't throw in an unneeded romance or unneeded nudity. This is just a straight to the point picture about some homeboys crusing around at night, getting into trouble. And who hasn't been there right? The acting is energetic and high-paced. No one in the film lets you down. Judgment Night is like a ride on a roller coaster while you're drunk...it's frightening, uninhabited and incredibly sponatenous all wrapped in one. All I can say is if you like GOOD movies then you need to have this film in your collection. This is one buddy flick no one, male or female should miss. Have fun watching four hot babes running for their lives!

The movie is very realistic and the cast does great work to keep up the energy.

One of my childhood-fav'z, so it for the first time when I was 11 or something and saw it the last time when I was 20 and it was still enjoying.

Judgment Night kind of comes across as a modern, urban Deliverance. There are many similarities between them but Judgment Night clearly has more excitement. Estevez, Gooding Jnr, Piven and Dorff play well off each other and Piven especially seems to really get into the whiny runt of his character.

Leary plays Fallon, a dangerous criminal from Chicago's bad side. And when the four pals cross him and witness a murder carried out by him a chase across derelict landscapes follows. Peter Greene, an actor I always like to see, plays Sykes, one of Fallon's cohorts as well as Everlast from the rap group House of Pain as Rhodes. They sure do make a threatening impression.

Director Stephen Hopkins (who also did Predator 2 and Blown Away) uses creeping camera movements and neo-noir lighting to provoke multiple eerie moments as well as a great deal of tension. Slow-mo and warped sound effects are also used to great effect in the finale.

This DVD by Universal massively improves on the old release by Goodtimes. Now the film is brilliantly presented in it's proper aspect ratio of 2.35:1. This new framing wonderfully compliments the gothic atmosphere and brooding silhouette photography. The terrible Dolby 2.0 soundtrack has been dropped and replaced with a grand DTS 5.1 track (Judgment Night was one of the first movies to be released in DTS). For the presentation of the movie it's surely a great package but the only extra is a trailer. It's still a must buy!

What was most disappointing about this movie was that the various chase scenes between the good guys and the bad guys never seemed to result in anything. The good guys (Emilio Estevez, Cuba Gooding Jr., Stephen Dorff & the other guy) were always far away from the bad guys (including the Christian Slater looking Denis Leary, and the guy from The Mask), or they come close, but more often than not, nothing happens. The only time they come close is when they're on the roof, and climbing across the ladder - the guy's name who I forget comes too damn close.

With all of the missing each other stuff, I was expecting a very anti-climatic ending. I was quite surprised at the face off between Emilio Estevez and Denis Leary. It certainly makes up for the rest of the film, and is edge-of-your-seat gripping stuff!

Otherwise, a fairly average movie.