Review of Dredd (2012)

Review of Dredd (2012)

The film Dredd was produced by DNA Films and IM Global and the director was Pete Travis. The main stars of the film were Karl Urban (Who plays ‘Judge Dredd’ in the film) Olivia Thirlby (Who plays ‘Anderson’ in the film) and Lena Headley (Who plays ‘Ma-Ma’ in the film). These are all actors who have played characters in a similar role during other films. The film was released in UK cinemas on the 7^th September 2012. It was then released on DVD later on after being in the cinemas. I watched this film on DVD on the 28^th September 2013.

The film Dredd is an Action/Sci-Fi, the story line is as follows: The future America is an irradiated waste land. On its East Coast, running from Boston to Washington DC, lays Mega City One - a vast, violent metropolis where criminals rule the chaotic streets. The only force of order lies with the urban cops called "Judges" who possess the combined powers of judge, jury and instant executioner. 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. 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. 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. The Storyline is taken from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343727/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 .

How I felt about the film? Sci-Fi movies are not usually in my favor, meaning I don’t really like them. But action films; action films are my biggest interest when it comes to relaxing and watching a good movie. Dredd is a sci-fi and action genre film which means I could love it or hate it. As if happens I loved Dredd, the idea of the slow-mo drug in the film really gives the chance for the producer and directors to show slow, detailed scenes which you don’t get to see in some other films. These scenes are the parts such as gun shots and the detail when it hits the bad guys and you see everything that happens like the skin exploding and blood flying around. This brought a realistic feeling to the film not like in most films where it generally looks like fake killing and blood. The violence also brought a quick solution to what type of person and world Judge Dredd was living in, such as the skinning of people by the villains then throwing these skinned people from massive heights. Currently I don’t feel like I have any negative feelings towards the movie Dredd but can see from other peoples prospective of not liking it due to the violence, but the film was rated an 18, so this automatically means there is disturbing scenes so they shouldn’t watch it.

I would recommend any Sci-Fi fans to watch this movie because it gives an impression of what our future world could look like and I would recommend Action fans to pretend they didn’t notice it was a Sci-Fi and watch it because the Action overpowers what Sci-Fi you’re seeing in the film. I would also advise people who have a fear of blood to watch a different film, not Dredd!

By Jack Green