![]() DREDD's grim, claustrophobic setting is a strong one (bringing to mind the likes of '80s nihilist cinema like TENEMENT and DEATH WISH 3) and the action never lets up from start to finish. They cater to different markets, and both are equally good. However, I think there's space for both of them in the market DREDD is an unashamed shoot-em-up while THE RAID is an unashamed martial arts movie. Many reviewers have commented on the movie's similarity in plot to the Indonesian action epic THE RAID, and it's clear the two films share plenty. I did like him though, and enjoyed his totalitarian attitude towards keeping crime off the streets. The helmet serves to distance the viewer from warming to the character, but then that's the point. Thus he's reduced to acting via his chin and gravely voice, and the surprise is that it works, to a degree. Karl Urban, long since a favourite of mine (since his excellent turn as the Russian assassin in THE BOURNE SUPREMACY) headlines as Dredd, never taking his helmet off throughout the film. This one's a lot more gutsy and compelling, thanks to the lean script and emphasis throughout on bloody action and adult entertainment. Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 7 / 10 A noisy and satisfying piece of entertainmentÄREDD is the second adaptation of the cult comic book series Judge Dredd, following on from a poorly-received Stallone flick in the '90s (for the record, I thought that version was passable but weak in places, as is the case with a lot of mid-'90s cinema). The film is ultra violent and bloody, there are grotesque sequences of corpses falling slowly to the ground but the film has a thin plot, is slightly repetitive and lacking the grim, dark humour of the comics. After that you realise he film is an inferior version of The Raid without the nifty martial arts despite some good visual effects which is delivered in a modest budget. However when Dredd and Anderson go to the 200 storey complex, it is locked down and they are trapped inside as various bad guys go after them. They go out to apprehend evil drug empress Ma-Ma (Lena Headley) who skinned three men and threw them off an high rise while induced with a slo-mo drugged which means they experience the fall in a slowed down reality. Karl Urban is the best known and the most feared Judge Dredd, the always helmeted lawman assigned to evaluate a rookie Judge Cassandra Anderson (Olivia Thirlby) who has psychic abilities. Instead it is a film set mainly in the interior of one of the Mega Cities, a cesspit where law and order is attempted to be maintained by the all powerful Judges who act like judge, jury and executioner. Reviewed by Prismark10 5 / 10 Urban raiderÄredd forgoes the colourful big budget art direction of the 1995 Judge Dredd film. With the body count climbing and no way out, Dredd and Anderson must confront the odds and engage in the relentless battle for their survival.-Production When they capture one of the clan's inner circle, Ma-Ma overtakes the compound's control center and wages a dirty, vicious war against the Judges that proves she will stop at nothing to protect her empire. A heinous crime calls them to a neighborhood where fellow Judges rarely dare to venture - a 200 storey vertical slum controlled by prostitute turned drug lord Ma-Ma and her ruthless clan. During a routine day on the job, Dredd is assigned to train and evaluate Cassandra Anderson, a rookie with powerful psychic abilities thanks to a genetic mutation. Known and feared throughout the city, Dredd is the ultimate Judge, challenged with ridding the city of its latest scourge - a dangerous drug epidemic that has users of "Slo-Mo" experiencing reality at a fraction of its normal speed. The only force of order lies with the urban cops called "Judges" who possess the combined powers of judge, jury and instant executioner. On its East Coast, running from Boston to Washington DC, lies Mega City One - a vast, violent metropolis where criminals rule the chaotic streets. The future America is an irradiated waste land.
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