I would also include anything that was initially a flop on its original release but then found a following later such as movies like Momento. This still counts as commercial failure for the sake of this question.

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    That movie was so good. And what made it great was that it was like reading just some random issue of the comic.

    No origin

    No world at stake plot

    Just another day for Dredd

    Like picking up issue 24 and just reading

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      That’s one of my favorite parts, too. The story is relatively “small.” It’s 2 judges, one building, and some bad guys. That’s why I love Dredd’s final interaction with his boss so much. I don’t remember it verbatim, but it’s something like:

      Boss: what happened in there?

      Dredd: drug bust

      Boss: you look like you’ve been through it.

      Dredd: Perps were…uncooperative

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        I wish MCU would do stories like this. I mean I would watch a Spiderman movie where Spidey stops low level crooks and the big problem is peter trying to make rent.

        Not everything has to have the world at stake.