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Dredd sucker-punched my expectations and is my top pick of films in 2012. It throws away the clichés without any irrelevant focus on romance, saving the world or drastic character development. It’s a very contained story without over-the-top thrills and it WORKS. It’s a fantastic adaptation of the legendary 2000AD comic character and an adaptation that refuses to water-down the language, violence and grit fans of the comic will familiar with. In a world where all film studios aspire for the precious 12A certificate, Dredd takes adult action by the balls and brings it back to its roots. It’s a shame a film like this was overshadowed by the likes of Batman and Spider-man at the box-office because in my opinion Dredd is much, much better.
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This film is an introduction to a day in the life of Dredd, it doesn’t need to be complex, it just needs to show one Judge’s belief in getting the job done…and that’s what DREDD has done. The pre-release interviews state it’s for the fans and the comics were always about Dredd dealing with situations, no character building only Justice.
For the reviewers stating this film has an anti-climax, you really didn’t get it…..OK there was no “boss fight”, but that was the point, to Dredd, Ma-Ma was just another Perp in an everyday event in Mega City One, she derserved no more screen time at the finale than Dredd gave her, his job is to enforce Judgement to Criminals, that’s what he did, then went straight back out to tackle more scum in Mega City’s crime ridden existence. He is old Stoney Face, and his committment to the Justice Dept. is his chartacter, this film has always been for the fans, I for one am glad of the low budget and lack of interference from the Hollywood Gloss and Dross.
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Best action film I’ve seen in years. Short of starring Clint Eastwood in his prime you could not wish for a better Dredd than Karl Urban. He is Dredd. And it is not a horrible PG watered down action film either. It’s proper blood spraying old school violent. The soundtrack is great too.
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Better than Batman,
Dredd sucker-punched my expectations and is my top pick of films in 2012. It throws away the clichés without any irrelevant focus on romance, saving the world or drastic character development. It’s a very contained story without over-the-top thrills and it WORKS. It’s a fantastic adaptation of the legendary 2000AD comic character and an adaptation that refuses to water-down the language, violence and grit fans of the comic will familiar with.
In a world where all film studios aspire for the precious 12A certificate, Dredd takes adult action by the balls and brings it back to its roots. It’s a shame a film like this was overshadowed by the likes of Batman and Spider-man at the box-office because in my opinion Dredd is much, much better.
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|Anti-Climax???,
This film is an introduction to a day in the life of Dredd, it doesn’t need to be complex, it just needs to show one Judge’s belief in getting the job done…and that’s what DREDD has done. The pre-release interviews state it’s for the fans and the comics were always about Dredd dealing with situations, no character building only Justice.
For the reviewers stating this film has an anti-climax, you really didn’t get it…..OK there was no “boss fight”, but that was the point, to Dredd, Ma-Ma was just another Perp in an everyday event in Mega City One, she derserved no more screen time at the finale than Dredd gave her, his job is to enforce Judgement to Criminals, that’s what he did, then went straight back out to tackle more scum in Mega City’s crime ridden existence. He is old Stoney Face, and his committment to the Justice Dept. is his chartacter, this film has always been for the fans, I for one am glad of the low budget and lack of interference from the Hollywood Gloss and Dross.
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|Urban Dredd,
Best action film I’ve seen in years. Short of starring Clint Eastwood in his prime you could not wish for a better Dredd than Karl Urban. He is Dredd.
And it is not a horrible PG watered down action film either. It’s proper blood spraying old school violent. The soundtrack is great too.
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