Dredd (2012)

A Masterpiece!

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

This movie was ok. Nothing what I was expecting cause it's a 7 out of 10 on the ratings. Nothing anything new for an action movie. Just a typical action movie. Only average to me.

The film takes place in a futuristic society after much has been destroyed with atomic radiation. Law enforcement officers are called Judges as they act as judge, jury and executioner. Society is attempting to regain law and order, but is losing. Drugs compromise the largest aspect of law enforcement. Judge Dredd (Karl Urban) whose face we never see, is cold, calculating, and strictly by the book enforcer. He is assigned a rookie (Olivia Thirlby) who is a mutant and has special mind reading powers.When a triple homicide happens at a block high rise, our duo goes to investigate only to uncover a large scale drug operation. The drug is called "slo-mo" and gives one a slow motion sensation which adds to the special effects as we get to see plenty of slow motion killings.At this point the feature becomes akin to a video game where our two judges must ascend a a locked down high rise clearing out levels in order to reach Ma-Ma (Lena Headey) the leader.There is plenty of action. In fact the film is almost all action. The sound track was fast paced. Along with the heavy action and blood, one could claim this was similar to a Tarantino grindhouse. Parental Guide: F-bombs, brief sex, brief distant nudity (?), lots and lots of blood and some brain splatter.

Dredd (2012) is a super great movie that really sets itself apart from other action movies in both design and filming. I also think it's great that there is no love interest here. but have a completely straightforward story with very small clichés and the occurrences are over quickly so we focus on the important thing. The movie stands out from other action movies for both the looks and the violence. I'm glad to finally have a movie for adults and I mean visually as well as physically and psychologically. I can do without the 3D but the computer effects the slowmotion and the colors are just unique that I would like to immerse in this movie the music goes through my head and leg and the end surprised even me so I thought when I saw the movie I would have to get up to applaud.

Going into this film I knew nothing about Dredd except for the fact Stallone played in the first one. The action sequences are top notch and the chemistry between Dredd and Anderson is really the heart of this film and makes for an great classic story of the unlikely duo. Would recommend this film and watch it again if I saw it on television.