Eric Brainard
over 2 years
ago
The real Dredd, Stallone's Judge Dredd was never made. This one is good is what I mean.
Dónal Kennedy
5 years
ago
Overcomes budgetary constraints with an assured style & dark humour.
Brandon Keck
5 years
ago
Slow-Mo gunshots, glorious violence, Karl Urban's frown. What more could you want?
Jenny
over 5 years
ago
Enjoyable- should definitely be the beginning of a series.
Alex Gifford
over 5 years
ago
Karl Urban proves that you don't need to remove the helmet to make a great Dredd film.
Bey Deckard
over 5 years
ago
Fun movie. Headey's psycho. Very much enjoyed.
Drew K
over 5 years
ago
Good mindless action film
Ryan Boucher
almost 6 years
ago
Brutal. Violent. Could have been so much better.
Leif Jacobson
almost 6 years
ago
Solid sci-fi action that isn't watered down to appeal to the masses. Fun every time.
Kam-Hung Soh
almost 6 years
ago
Competent adaptation without black humour and satirical bite of original comic series.
Mathias Eek
6 years
ago
A straightforward and awesome action movie without a stupid plot in the way.
Dzenan Suljevic
6 years
ago
Now this is an action movie that I enjoyed thoroughly. Give us more Dredd/Anderson action!
Nick
over 6 years
ago
Everything you need for mindless action: good guys, bad guys, a facade plot, and guns.
Bruno Ferreira Machado
over 6 years
ago
Just changed my review to 5* after watching it for the 4th time this year. LOVE this movie
Hugh McCann
almost 7 years
ago
Like the actor, hilarious movie!
Andy Whitfield
7 years
ago
Polished and enjoyable, if perhaps overly violent. Karl Urban does a good Dredd.
Michael Cole
7 years
ago
Watch if you enjoy 80's action movies (e.g. Robocop, Terminator)
Dredd is an upcoming film directed by Pete Travis. It was announced in December 2008 that Danny Boyle, through his production company DNA Films, was to make a comic book adaption of 2000 AD character Judge Dredd and would be unrelated to the 1995 film version. The film is to be directed by Pete Travis with a script by Alex Garland. The cast currently consists of Karl Urban as Judge Dredd and Olivia Thirlby as Judge Anderson. Dredd is due to be released on September 21, 2012 in 3-D.
Plans for a new Judge Dredd film were first announced in December 2008. It is to be produced by director Danny Boyle's production company DNA Films (though Boyle will not be directing the film) with Alex Garland (Boyle's screenwriter on 28 Days Later and Sunshine) attached to write the script. Judge Dredd creator John Wagner will consult on the film.
Director Duncan Jones turned down an offer to direct the film, though he thought the script was "great"; he explained his reasons stating:
In May 2010,...