[Moonshield]

This is the first I've seen of it, though I knew it was in pre-production as far back as 2008. This looks f*cking sick. I read the comics now and again, but this makes me want to seek out some more.

[DeeperRed]

That looks quite good. I just hope we get some real depth behind Dredd and not have him just a one dimensional badass. I like the scenario as well of working there way up the floors of one building. My favorite film of 2012 so far, the raid, has a very similar scenario and pulled it off brilliantly. Very claustrophobic and tense the entire runtime.

The director really needs to prove himself here. His last two films were pretty poor I thought (Endgame and Vantage point). Nothing wowed me in either and Vantage point, I find, was a decent concept with some terrible execution. Lets hope he shines here.

[GTAvanja]

Really? Because nothing in that trailer looks even remotely interesting to me. It looks kinda stupid to be honest. I did like Stallone version when I was a kid though. I wonder if I'd still like it today.

[Don Garcia]

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[Voodoo]

The lawr?

[Iminicus]

QUOTE (Voodoo @ Friday, Jun 22 2012, 22:16)

The lawr?

Leave the Kiwi alone, he can't help talking like a retard.

[Typhus]

Holy f*cking sh*t.

In a review by Empire, Dredd was given three stars. The reason? They found it too similar to a movie they had already seen. And as such they deemed it nothing more than an average, derivative non-entity. Because they saw The Raid first, they decided to squat over this film and take a huge, protracted dump on it.
Well, my friends, I am here to tell you that their treatment of this movie was vindictive, unwarranted and completely baseless. Dredd is a masterpiece.

Now, I'm sure you'll hear a lot of people beaming about all the shooting and blood and gore, perhaps they will regale you with recollections of how the good Judge shoots a flare into a criminals mouth and calmly watches his flesh bubble away, perhaps they'll smile at the memory of three men falling down a building and scaring the living crap out of the inhabitants.
Of course, I too could gush for hours about all of this. But to do so would be a disservice to a film which is far, far more than mere violence.

Dredd is nothing less than the Dirty Harry of our generation. Like the 1971 Eastwood vehicle it creates a world which is at once familiar and terrifyingly alien. Mega City One is a masterclass in squalor, as gangs rule the streets and the destitute are forced to squat in the dirt, holding signs stating 'WILL DEBASE SELF FOR CREDITS'.

The Hollywood stereotype of the Escobarian gangster living in opulence is beautifully diverted here, the criminals are the most hopeless, lost, nihilistic bunch you could hope to find. And the main antagnoist, however crazy, leaves one with the impression of being a victim creating other victims, a horribly broken woman knowingly wasting her life.
Lena Heady is mesmerising as Ma-Ma, at once twitchingly insane and unnervingly sedate, she turns what could have been a very mundane role into something far more memorable.

Also defying genre stereotypes is Olivia Thirlby as Anderson. This is how women should be written. She is not a love interest, she does not exist to be rescued, she has a personality, she has a character arc and above all, she is likeable. You really start to root for her as she transforms from a nervous, awkward pariah to a dangerously competent Judge. In many ways, her frailty and doubt allow us to see the corrupt world through someone quite similar to ourselves, an outsider just as shocked by the brutality as we are.

But the star of the movie is undoubtedly Karl Urban, all professionalism and ruthlessness, he is a revelation as Judge Dredd. I won't spoil too much, but simply point to a scene which I feel will become the most iconic one of the whole movie.
At one point, Dredd disposes of one of Ma-Ma's subordinates. With her and her whole crew looking on, he kills this man with complete indifference. And after doing so he simply walks away, he doesn't give a grand speech, he doesn't make a clever joke, he doesn't even stare his nemesis down to ensure the message has been delivered. He kills, he leaves, so supremely confident in both his ability and his authority.

Dredd is an absolute triumph and will leave you absolutely breathless once the final credits roll and you stumble from the cinema trying to digest what you just watched.
It may not have an all star cast, it may not be family friendly or full of the wit that made The Avengers so much fun, but it is a truly special animal.
I hope as many of you as possible go to see this film, I hope you tell your friends and your families, I hope they tell their friends and families, I hope this movie becomes all the things I know it deserves to be.
Because letting Judge Dredd fall to the wayside of cinematic history would be nothing short of criminal.

[ashrox1]

I've read Judge Dredd's comics,it was a bit interesting.I think it could be a great movie

[NateShaw92]

@typhus, best to ignore film critics, music critics basicly any critic they are all self-important idiots who think their opinion matters more than the rest of us cos they are paid to write it down. A lot of the time they have no idea what they are on about. AT THE VERY VERY best they have an opinion that means just as much as the average person (cos some will have less value due to missing the point of a film, piece of music etc, something I have seen a lot do, or basing their criticisms on silly things such as the example you gave), so why do people think and act as if it means more, the only difference between them and the average person is that they can go on for pages without saying anything substantial - like politicians but in a totally different way.

to people make your own opinions do not listen to critics

[Dragonjack]

I have to say about this film. It looks fantastic and its shaping up to be one of the best films directed by Pete Travis in my opinion. I'm surely going to watch this sooner or later. Also they have been talks regrading about a "Dredd trilogy" in the future.


"DNA Films boss Andrew Macdonald has given further details about the screenwriting plans for the next installments in the Dredd trilogy.


“Alex (Garland) has a very good idea for Dredd’s journey. I certainly think it would be an exciting thing to be done. We’ve nailed a style and we have found in Karl Urban an absolutely magic Judge Dredd,” Macdonald said. “It will be something that we will do again in partnership with IM Global. I am sure that, if it works, it’s something that all the distributors will want to do again.”

If there are further films, they are again likely to be shot in South Africa (where Mega City One was recreated in Cape Town Film Studios).

The idea is that in the next film, Dredd would venture out of Mega City into the “cursed earth,” the post-apocalyptic wasteland surrounding the city.

TIFF Midnight Madness premiere Dredd 3D (sold by IM Global) is released in the UK by Entertainment this week and in the US by Lionsgate on Sept 21.

If box-office figures are up to expectations, Macdonald and writer Alex Garland are set to keep the Dredd franchise rolling with further films.

Press reports have suggested that a $50 million box-office performance in the US may be enough to trigger the sequels."


Source
http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/toron...5046357.article

[JangPettigrew]

I enjoyed Dredd. I actually thought it was well-played and directed. It's just bad that not many people are aware of it.

[visionist]

Best film of 2012 bar-none. I left the cinema in utter shock at how brilliant it was. Of my forty cinema visits this year, I'd happily trade thirty-nine just to have witnessed Dredd. It really is that good, and then some.

Why am I not surprised it flopped in the US?

[OH NO]

Ive been reading through a collection of the original comics that someone put my way. I remember my uncle showing me Dredd comics when I was younger... along with the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers. To be honest I was so young that I had no real clue what was going on and probably shouldnt have even been reading them, but I did catch a Dredd comic or two since then and theres some cracking material they could use. I did hear a rumour they were going the whole "Judge Death" route.

Havent actually saw the movie yet gonna wait for blu ray, preferred a home viewing for this one.

QUOTE (Typhus)

In a review by Empire, Dredd was given three stars. The reason? They found it too similar to a movie they had already seen. And as such they deemed it nothing more than an average, derivative non-entity. Because they saw The Raid first, they decided to squat over this film and take a huge, protracted dump on it.

Yeah I saw this, ridiculous.