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- In a dystopian future Earth, the area between New York and Boston has become a crime-ridden urban mass of 800 million people known as Mega City. Keeping the peace are combination policemen-judges who make the arrests, determine guilt and then execute the sentence. Judge Dredd is among the best at what he does and he is assigned a rookie, Cassandra Anderson, who did not meet the minimum requirements for the job but who has one talent most do not: she is a mutant with psychic abilities. They soon find themselves inside Peach Trees, a 200 story building that houses among many others Ma-Ma a gangster who produces the drug of choice in Mega City, slo-mo. Ma-Ma shuts the building down determined that Dredd and Anderson will never again see the light of day.
- The future America is an irradiated waste land. On its East Coast, running from Boston to Washington DC, lies Mega City One - a vast, violent metropolis where criminals rule the chaotic streets. The only force of order lies with the urban cops called "Judges" who possess the combined powers of judge, jury and instant executioner. Known and feared throughout the city, Dredd is the ultimate Judge, challenged with ridding the city of its latest scourge - a dangerous drug epidemic that has users of "Slo-Mo" experiencing reality at a fraction of its normal speed. During a routine day on the job, Dredd is assigned to train and evaluate Cassandra Anderson, a rookie with powerful psychic abilities thanks to a genetic mutation. A heinous crime calls them to a neighborhood where fellow Judges rarely dare to venture - a 200 storey vertical slum controlled by prostitute turned drug lord Ma-Ma and her ruthless clan. When they capture one of the clan's inner circle, Ma-Ma overtakes the compound's control center and wages a dirty, vicious war against the Judges that proves she will stop at nothing to protect her empire. With the body count climbing and no way out, Dredd and Anderson must confront the odds and engage in the relentless battle for their survival.
- In a world dominated by comic-book entries based on Marvel Comics and the DC Universe, this action offers a take on a perhaps lesser known comic-book series, and that is the 'Judge Dredd'. Marking the second adaptation after the first critically-panned endeavor with Sylvestor Stallone in the title role, this film boasts Karl Urban as the titular costume crusader facing off the bad guys in a violent, blood-gushing showdown slapped with a fresh visual flair and adrenaline-fueled action scenes that rarely disappoint. By no means is this film a game- changer, nor does master with any compelling ideas revolving around the dystopian themes. While it excels in the visual department, the characterization perhaps could use more than an ounce of improvement. But for those who pursuing a basic popcorn flick with little more to root for than the lead character seeking justice in a crime-ridden wasteland, this one certainly delivers. Directed by Pete Travis, this film is set in the near-future where the crime has risen an all-time high and the law enforcement is now permitted as "judge, jury, and executioner". Costume-suited Judge Dredd (played by Karl Urban) and his naive trainee with psychic abilities Cassandra Anderson (played by Olivia Thirlby) are assigned on a mission inside a high-rise building where vicious drug dealer Ma-Ma (played by Lena Headly) is running a drug trafficking ring for a mind-altering substance known as 'Slo-Mo'. <br/><br/>It is action-packed, it is visually stunning, and it meets just about everything in the criteria for a solid action thrill ride. As it is based on a series of comic books and follows a man seeking for justice against the gang of law-breaking minions, it does fall in the category of a superhero flick. Unlike most superheroes, Judge Dredd is the your average-guy who holds back from violent action when capturing his enemies. As the story is set in a dystopian society, he along his trainee exercise their authority to execute their enemies in a brutal fashion. That is where the action comes in. This movie sets the character on a long stretch of action sequences that spew more than enough blood and gore set stone to its R-rating. With heads torn apart about bullets and bodies dismembered in a gruesome fashion, this scenes have more than a fair capacity to leave the sensitive moviegoers sick to their stomach. Nonetheless, these scenes are the primary source of excitement to handed here. If there is anything plagues these sequences, it would most certainly the overuse slow-motion CGI effects that paint the action more often than not. And if the visual style feels somewhat reminiscent (particularly in the mind-altering sequences), that is because the action is shot by Anthony Dod Mantle who complete the cinematography for Danny Boyle's 'Slumdog Millionaire'. As for the performance department, Karl Urban is fine in the role, but his performance is greatly limited to stoic dialogue with facial expressions are mostly obscured by his helmet that only shows his mouth and lower chin. Olivia Thirlby and Lena Headly are decent as well, the severe underdevelopment of the latter's villainous characters leads to a rather disappointing villain that falls short of memorability.<br/><br/>Dredd is a bloody, brutal, yet visually captivating action thrill ride that captures just enough thrills and energy to sustain a spectacular, if not mind-blowing actioner. The film does shows some flaws in terms of its script and overuse slow-motion, it nonetheless delivers enough energy and spectacle to please the action junkies on more than one level. As a result, it is wildly entertaining.
- As much as I enjoyed The Raid, I must admit I think a little less of it now I see the Dredd script that leaked is essentially the script for The Raid (which was written afterwards but made quicker) with some details changed and guns instead of martial arts as the favored genre. As with that film, Dredd sees two judges trapped in a tower block run by a drug lord, forced to fight their way up in order to get out. The plot is pretty simple and indeed so simple that one of the problems I had with The Raid was that the plot was not any good and often made little sense. Here that is not the case and the details are much better rounded out and make more of a proper story.<br/><br/>Of course having more of a story that The Raid is not the same as saying it has a great plot, because it doesn't – it is still pretty functional as a setup, but it does work well enough to provide a basic frame where we care about where it is going. This means that it engages on this level and allows the action to occur – and it does occur. Although it lacks the impact of The Raid's martial arts violence, Dredd is very violent and not afraid to show it. The use of the slow motion drug as a way of having slow motion shootouts maybe gets used once or twice too often but it still works as a device and it is satisfyingly tough and bloody. It isn't quite as thrilling as I would have liked though and there isn't a single sequence that really grips or stands out as excellent – all good for sure but no real standout.<br/><br/>The cast are good, in particular the two main characters on either side of the law. Urban is a great Dredd; he has a strong jaw and a tough presence on screen and he does it all with the helmet on. Headey is equally good; an odd piece of casting for the villain here perhaps but she is really mean and convinces in her actions. Thirlby is OK and the rest of the cast are mostly just disposable for the action sequences – was nice to see The Wire's Wood Harris (Avon) though. As director Travis does very good job not only with the action sequences but also with the overall look of the film, while Mantle's cinematography really helps the tone of the film by how brutally intense the darker colors are throughout.<br/><br/>Dredd isn't a great film in terms of the total rounded product or in terms of having excellent bits to rave about, but it is still a solid and very enjoyable film. It is violent, gritty and simple and it works well because of that. Well worth seeing for what it does well, even if it could have done more.
- The impressively lean script by Alex Garland (28 Days Later) is shorn of almost all superfluity beyond a few dud Schwarzeneggeresque kiss-offs, while Anthony Dod Mantle's sensational widescreen cinematography harkens back to the tension-inducing inventiveness of early John Carpenter.
- In the walled city of Mega City One in a post apocalyptic future America where crime is out of control. Judge Dredd (<a href="/name/nm0881631/">Karl Urban</a>), a tough cop who is a member of an elite police force called the Judges, is assigned to supervise the 24-hour training of incompetent rookie Cassandra Anderson (<a href="/name/nm1880888/">Olivia Thirlby</a>) who happens to be a mutant with telepathic abilities. Dredd and Anderson go to the apartment building "Peace Trees" to investigate an incident, but the building is soon sealed off and taken over by the evil and psychotic Ma-Ma (<a href="/name/nm0372176/">Lena Headey</a>), leader of a clan that is manufacturing a narcotic called "Slo-Mo". Ma-Ma declares that she won't allow anyone to leave until both Dredd and Anderson are eliminated. With communications cut off and no help from other Judges, Dredd and Anderson are forced to take on the Ma-Ma clan themselves and the Peach Trees apartment building soon turns into a war zone as Dredd is determined not to let anything stand in his way and to bring Ma-Ma to justice. No. This is an original film based on the Judge Dredd character from the British comic 2000 AD and is unrelated to <a href="/title/tt0113492/">Judge Dredd (1995)</a> (1995), which is adapted from the same source. In the 36 years that Judge Dredd has been appearing in comics, his face has never been shown fully. Most fans agree that never showing Dredd's face helps to make Dredd a personification of justice; he's not just a citizen with a normal face, he's the law, and the helmet is the only face he needs. The faces of Dredd and his clone Rico are shown as young boys in the story The Return of Rico (Case Files vol 1), and the face of their clone Father, Fargo (to whom they should be identical), is shown in Dredd Angel (Case Files vol 8). In parts of The Dead Man/Necropolis (Case Files 14) Dredd's face is shown in full but is obscured by horrific injuries. The Lawgiver from the 2012 film is voice-controlled and its grip has a DNA reader that causes the gun to explode if anyone but the owner attempts to use it. It fires the following types of rounds: (1) Full Metal Jacket, (2) Incendiary, (3) Hotshot, (4) Armor-piercing, (5) Stun, (6) Hi-Ex (High Explosive). In the comics, the Lawgiver has a dial allowing different types of ammunition to be selected and a palm-print scanner in the grip that causes the gun to self-destruct if anyone but the owner tries to use it. It fires 6 types of ammunition: (1) Standard, (2) Ricochet, (3) Heat-seeker, (4) Hi-Ex, (5) Incendiary, (6) Armor-piercing. Later stories have added various extra bullet types, including a stun gun feature, tear gas rounds, "Exorcist Bullets" designed for supernatural foes, and electronic tracker rounds. Before throwing her through the window, Dredd states that he doubts the range of the transmitter would be greater than the distance between the receiver attached to the explosives and the ground floor. His theory is proven correct when she hits the ground and the LED on her wrist goes from green to red, but the bombs are not activated.Open to interpretation. One is that Anderson hands Dredd her badge and walks off convinced she's failed her assessment but Dredd has actually passed her. The implication is that, whilst Dredd is convinced that Anderson has what it takes to be a judge, he leaves it to her to decide if she wants to be. The last scene shows Anderson carrying a helmet and a new gun walking towards the bikes, suggesting she has learned of Dredd's evaluation and decided to become a Judge. Another interpretation is that Anderson chooses not to become a judge, as she hints at beforehand when she frees the hacker. Anderson hands Dredd her badge indicating her resignation and Dredd says, "She's a pass", using the meaning that she passes on the opportunity to become a Judge. She is seen walking away from the scene, and Dredd returns to the Hall of Justice on his motorcycle alone. Yes. Most of the movie is shot in 3D, using RED MX, SI2K, and Phantom Flex highspeed digital cameras, however it also contains some elements that were converted to 3D in post production. The song used in the original theatrical trailer for Dredd is the Skream remix of La Roux's "In For the Kill". The song playing during Dredd and Anderson's raid on the slo-mo den is "Poison Lips" by Vitalic. When the Clan's Techie, played by Domhnall Gleeson, is observing the monitors the song playing is Matt Berry's "Snuffbox" from the TV series of the same name. All other music heard in the film itself is the work of the film's composer, Paul Leonard-Morgan—whose original soundtrack album can be found on iTunes or Amazon. Anyone wanting to know more about the history and psychology of Dredd should seek out Brothers of the Blood and the collected epic Tour of Duty (collected in two books, subtitled The Backlash and Megacity Justice); which both centre much more on the character of Dredd himself and his relationship with the city and his job. Both books give new readers the background necessary to get the most out of Origins—by Dredd's creators, Wagner and Ezquerra—which explores the events that shaped the creation of the city, the justice system, and Dredd himself. Readers seeking Dredd stories that reflect the gritty tone and themes of the film, should seek out The Pit or Total War, the latter of which is a spiritual successor to and continues many of the themes explored in the classic Dredd story America. Tour of Duty covers similar territory to the inter-judicial conflict and mutant prejudice of the film (Anderson is a mutant), and Mandroid depicts Megacity One as the kind of place that crushes the humanity of its citizens in the same manner as the film. Anyone interested in the character of Anderson, featured in the film, can get some background in the series of reprints called The Psi Files. The Apocalypse War (found in The Complete Case Files vol 5) is probably the best of Dredd's epic adventures, and is written and drawn by Dredd's co-creators, John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra, as is the superb Judge Death epic Necropolis (Case Files vol 14). The Dredd tale which most readers agree represents the best combination of story and art in the strip's history—and which offers a much darker, more sophisticated view of Dredd, Megacity One and the Justice System—is America, by John Wagner and Colin MacNeil; a story whose focus is on the lives of ordinary citizens under the totalitarian rule of the judges, and in which Dredd essentially plays the part of the villain. Dredd first appeared in the second issue (or "prog" as they are known) of the weekly British comic 2000 AD published on 5 March 1977. Judge Dredd's weekly adventures are collected in a series of volumes known as The Complete Case Files (currently 23 volumes). Although there's lots to recommend in Dredd's early output, including classic stories such as The Cursed Earth and The Day The Law Died in volume 2, these early volumes are a sometimes less than ideal place to start reading because of their uneven narrative tone and art style. The Complete Case Files 3 through 5 are, by common consent, the point at which the strip overcame its growing pains and turned into something really interesting—and they make an ideal jumping on point for new readers. The characters of most interest to new or casual readers seem to be Judge Death and the Dark Judges, whose first appearances are drawn by Brian Bolland and can be found in The Complete Case Files volumes 3 and 5, and in the utterly superb full-colour epic Necropolis, which is reprinted in Case Files vol 14 and is written and drawn by Dredd's co-creators, John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra. They also appear in volume one of Judge Anderson's Psi Files, in a story which serves as a bridge between their appearance in volumes 5 and 14 of The Complete Case Files. The origins of Judge Death are explored in volumes called Death Lives and The Life and Death of Judge Death. The rights holders, DNA films, are no longer actively pursuing the idea of a sequel. In an interview dated 17th December 2014, producer and screenwriter Alex Garland told Sci-fi Now magazine:<br/><br/>[Dredd] manifestly didn't work as a theatrical release, particularly in America, or in fact anywhere outside of the UK. DVD sales are all very well, but you are still talking to people about them handing over a lot of money for a film that's happened twice and has not worked in their terms either time. The character has too many positives to be abandoned forever, but its going to be someone else at some future point who restarts it, who has another crack. It will be a different group of people, at a different point in time a5c7b9f00b
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