Release Date: 21st September 2012
Age
Certificate: 18
Running
Time: 95 mins
Director: Pete Travis
Writers: John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra
Stars: Karl Urban, Rachel Wood and Olivia Thirlby
Dredd hits
Sky Movies this week, there never ever seems to be anything good on Sky Movies
unfortunately. However, I wanted to see Dredd in cinemas last year for a laugh
but couldn’t as it was an 18.
Dredd is set
in a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as
judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang
that deals the reality-altering drug, SLO-MO.
At the
beginning of the film Judge Dredd becomes enclosed in a block of flats run by a
gang as they want him dead and buried. This is partly because he has just
captured a gang member who has murdered. His mission is to survive and get to
the top where the gang is based along with a rookie he has to assess. Yes, if
you’re wondering why it sounds like The Raid, it’s because it does. It’s always
a good road to go down if you want an all firing Judge Dredd film.
SLO-MO does
exactly what it says on the tin, it slows things down dramatically. This drug which
is incorporated within the film allows the director, Pete Travis, to get some
good slow motion shots without him being questioned too much. SLO-MO didn’t
really need to be in the film but it just was because it looked cool.
You’re not
supposed to care for any of the characters really and the audience is supposed
to sit there and think, 'Hey, that Dredd guy is pretty badass.’ And I’m not
going to beat around the bush, you do think that. Karl Urban, does a pretty
good job of putting in a good performance even though his mouth and stubble is
only showing.
Dredd is
also not too long; at just 95 minutes it doesn’t try and overdo it with the
action such as the likes of Man of Steel. Let’s be honest this Dredd couldn’t
have done worse than the 1995 Judge Dredd, with Stallone.
Good watch
if you want to see some certificate 18 violence in close vicinity!
7.0/10
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