DREDD (Theatrical Release USA 2012)

 Ben Meyers’ rating: 3.5|5.0 Starsììì

Dredd is much better than the first film, Judge Dredd, because of its increased uniformity and straightforwardness of story. However, this movie lacks the creativity of the first film. Karl Urban replaces Sylvester Stallone in this remake. Karl Urban plays his part well. The special effects are good as they should be for a futuristic movie.

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Storyline

Enforcement officers have much wider powers in the future, but officers are still in the business of taking down drug traffickers and users.

Additional Thanks

Thank you to Director Pete Travis for directing effort. Thank you to Executive Producers Stuart Ford, Deepak Nayar, and Adi Shankar for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Judge Dredd (Karl Urban), Control Operator 1 (Rachel Wood), Passenger (Andile Mngadi), Driver (Porteus Xandau), Zwirner (Jason Cope), Hostage (Emma Breschi), Anderson (Olivia Thirlby), Chief Judge (Rakie Ayola), Ma-Ma (Lena Headey), Ma-Ma Bodyguard (Tamer Burjag), and Caleb (Warrick Grier).

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

Maybe. There is no compromise in action or in the grime that accompanies most action films. 

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