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cool ass movie. so many ‘fuck yea’ moments. delightfully savage and way more psychedelic than i had anticipated. every time dredd took over the comm system and threatened the entire building, i applauded.
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Most bad-ass action film I’ve seen since…well…The Raid. Similarities will be drawn between the two films for sure, but they remain their own entities in spite of the similar concepts. Where The Raid is more or less an excuse to have fight scene after fight scene (not complaining), Dredd feels like an actual story with its own characters and its own world. Alex Garland’s script is tight, and full of great moments. The look of the movie is unique and wonderful. Karl Urban was magnificent in the eponymous role. I loved how the whole story felt more or less like just another day for Dredd. Widespread conflict and global stakes were not necessary. The rookie was very well integrated into the story and provided a much different type of sidekick role than usual for this genre. In closing, this is the best comic book film of 2012.
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I WANT MY GODDAMNED SEQUEL!! *stomps feet, pouts lips, kicks nearest thing which happens to be a kitten, blames evil movie studios for this random act of violence, sacrifices kitten to the movie gods so its death won’t be in vain*
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dredd is like a checklist for all the little specific things i love in storytelling: ✓ intimidating, ruthless female villain ✓ lots of good gore without it feeling unearned or excessive ✓ tony scott dayglo visuals ✓ psychics ✓ crazy weapons ✓ heads exploding ✓ cyberpunk aesthetics that aren’t ripping off blade runner ✓ short, no-frills running time ✓ respect for the source material while also doing something new ✓ piece of shit cops who the story lets you know don’t deserve sympathy ✓ a female action protagonist with actual character growth ✓ corny one-liners before and after a kill ✓ arms getting cut/blown off ✓ an ambiguous ending
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One of the most colorful and distinctly edited films I’ve seen in a while; strange and jarring, but in a good way; sporadically shocking; a very unique form of sci-fi social commentary; great costume design; relatively complex characters; the visuals are consistently astounding and the production/set design is on point; very good movie, better than the original.
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Dredd walks away from 150 dead civilians and drug dealers, multiple bodies mutilated, tortured, and thrown off 80-story balconies, massive property damage, psychic sexual abuse, blown-off hands, gory eye-gouges, and four cop executions. Chief Judge: “So, what happened in there?” Dredd: “Drug bust.”
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I’ll just put this out there. When is a comic book adaptation successful? Two things. It needs to capture the essence of the hero(s) and it needs to emulate the feel, tone and style of the comic. This is one of the best comic book adaptations ever made. One of the first comic books I fervently read were the 2000 AD anthologies. They were filled with exuberant science fiction stories and they produced a personal favourite, Judge Dredd. The grim, dystopian future, with a force of nearly invincible policemen, fighting colourful, over the top villains, appealed to my over-active imagination. This film has no plot worthy of any mention and what there is is rather predictable. The entire universe we…
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SSean Baker 8 月 23, 2026
Missed this in the theaters so watched it for the first time in 2D shorty after the film’s release and loved it. Well, finally was able to watch it in 3D and I love it even more!
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FUCK. PROPER REVIEW SOON. *EDIT* OKAY I HAVE FINISHED RUNNING AROUND THE HOUSE SCREAMING. DREDD IS FUCKING AWESOME, FORGET STALLONE FORGET EVERYTHING AND JUST GO SEE THIS IMMEDIATELY. Where to even start? The 3D? I was kinda bummed that there was no 2D option for this but the 3D was bearable and in places LOOKED FUCKING COOL. The slo-mo, the soundtrack, JESUS CHRIST EVERYTHING. EVERYYTHING WAS SO BEAUTIFUL. How the fuck they managed to get a dingy film to look so lush and rich with colour is BEYOND ME. The direction is impeccable. There’s a bit where some flames are reflected in Dredd’s helmet and it was CRAZY COOL and there were little bits like that all through the film.…
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Noen skikkelig kule effekter og bra action. Skulle ønske e så den på kino
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from start to finish it never miss
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Much better and surprisingly more stylistic than I expected, it reminded me a lot The Raid. The slow-mo scenes were captivating and actually had plot relevance. Urban killed it and I also enjoyed Anderson’s character as well. I was completely unconvinced by the villain. I’m surprised they haven’t made more of these.
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Karl Urban is amazing. Stylized action and violence that you rarely see from American studios. Influences from Korean action films are on full display. The comic accuracy is fun as well. I’ve seen this before but never reviewed it. Just a ton of fun.
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don’t drink, don’t smoke, but i’d try slo mo one time
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I’d give anything to hit that slow-mo drug the second I boot up the Halo 3 main menu and theme music kicks in.
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Completely underrated sci-fi action – like the Raid the action just keeps rising. Wicked score too!
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best example of giving a character justice from the comics, 90 mins of badass bliss
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Great grungy violence
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Isn’t he bullet proof ? So why doesn’t he use his tentacles and kill all the mercs and rip mama in half ? Is he stupid ?
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Aadocherty85 8 月 22, 2026
Good, not great. A lot to like but there’s limits. Like the production design and feel the confines of the script/block do well to hide any budgetary constraints. I will say though, couple things that could’ve done with a little more thought. How do you get taken hostage with your own gun that can only be shot by you? Or was her hand on the trigger? The mini gun plan was suspect but looked cool. Buuut is it cool?…
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This movie rocks (The cinematography is phenomenal and Karl Urban is awesome)
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Film d’action qui fait dans le film d’action et rien d’autre. Le scenario tient sur un post-it mais l’intérêt n’est pas là. On pose le cerveau et on profite pendant 1h30 de punchlines et de scènes d’action avec un Dredd bien bourrin. D’un point de vue technique en Bluray 4K: L’image est tout juste à la hauteur d’un bluray 1080p médiocre. Par contre la piste Atmos VO est un REGAL !
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Such a good adaptation of the character. Carl Urban does it so well! 10/10 Carl; no notes.
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this was so insanely violent i had to close my eyes at times
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Haven’t even finished my rewatch, I just know heart of hearts it’s good
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High on Slo-Mo
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Avon Barksdale aint shit. Honestly loved the artistic style of this movie. Story would be an awesome video game.
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boring, annoying, and gave republican wet dream
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Great movie lol
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Man this was a fun one. Love the Dredd Comics. Both movies are good but Keith Urban’s Dredd is bad ass.
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“The mega city is full of crime, violence, gory murder and destruction, what can we do?” “I know!!! Send in the Judges, who will respond with equal and or escalating violence, gory murder and destruction in the name of justice!!!!” Gurl just get Zohran Mamdani
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Top 5 coolest movies ever?
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Really awesome effects.
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Everything you’d want in an action movie. Flawless
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Extremely entertaining, and Seriously Underrated. So disappointed this never got a sequel, or even a tv show, or a game just anything would be fine. Highly Recommended if you’re in the mood for an action movie. so greatly paced aswell. A must see movie.
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Where do I even begin with Dredd? This is by far one of my favorite action flicks to ever grace my eyesight. The plot is straight to the point, fast paced, and there isn’t an overwhelming amount of information to take in if you aren’t familiar with the comic series. It does an excellent job of capturing the ultra-violent cyberpunk aesthetic. Dredd aged like a fine wine. The film is grainy and pops in color, some scenes are straight up…
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Comfort movie
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Glitter and gore
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“welcome to the inside of your head. it’s kind of empty in here.” Cersei Lannister really went off the rails since everything happened. this was pleasantly surprising. i put this on for my man since he found it somehow, but he ended up falling asleep like 20 minutes in so i watched it alone, and honestly? i didn’t hate it. the editing was a little sloppy but the cinematography was very tasteful and creative, i really liked the visuals, even…
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I’ve watched this many years ago and thought it was a fun movie, but this re-watch was the best. The practical sets and effects stood out, the subplot of the mutant girl had a nice redemption arc, and Cersei Lannister was great. “Judgment Time” 😂
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As someone who has never played what this is based on, i have truly no clue how faithful this is beyond the hyper-violence and the judge suit (The shots of him talking are goofy as hell) I like how they actually did some crazy stuff visually When i was paying attention im like oh wow this is a movie i like watching movies (But i definitely got bored before the additional judges are brought in) I like how they do…
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Страхотен
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Wish this got more attention than the superhero slop we got served the last 10 years
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love a me a good dystopian movie. I cannot stop making dredd’s forced frown lol.
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Good music, good action, good environmental storytelling, good performances. Obnoxious slow-motion and over-saturation, used too much. I want a sequel.
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I am the law
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So bad that it may entertain you for brief moments here and there, reminds me of the low budget indie movies I used to watch in high school.
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An excellent dystopian sci-fi film! The action sequences are exceptional, Karl Urban delivers a great performance, the script is solid overall, and the movie is well shot with good editing and vibrant colors!
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Behold! My Lawful Neutrality! Dredd gets 9 Trump staffers are required to watch this aspirational videos out of 10 I didn’t know Cersei met Theons
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Hell yeah
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Pretty cool
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Fun watch. Awesome soundtrack, Dredd is a badass.
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Fire!! Consistently great action, fun situations, and some memorable characters. The visuals are absolutely fantastic in this one. The action scenes are really interesting and don’t feel too samey, which I feel like fight scenes often do. I honestly really love just how fuckin one-note Judge Dredd is. Zero character development in that man. Pure badass. Anderson’s character is really fun too and is really likable. I don’t know *exactly* what could make this movie better? But it’s missing some oomph to it. Might be that the stakes just aren’t there or something? Idk. Great stuff. Check it out when you can it’s worth your time.
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Comic book movies just aren’t what they used to be
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It must hurt frowning like that at all times.
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Juries. Executioners. Judges. Dredd when they put the block on lockdown: I’m not locked in here with you. You’re locked in here with Me! This is a pretty cool action sci-fi flick with Karl Urban at the helm, and he delivers. There’s some cool one-liners and thrilling action scenes. I thought the story was fun, and it keeps the ball moving the whole time since this movie is only 90 minutes. I wasn’t really a fan of all the slo-mo.…
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Thought I’d be judging, but I was the one who got judged. Maybe for a early 2000s movie viewer this may have been a bland by the numbers movie but at least they had style and interest behind it. We have so many movies today that are just such clear copies of this but with none of the style and it shows. There wasn’t a second that overstayed its welcome and my god the audio design, where are these people today.
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surprisingly good
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Alex Garland solved this, what a comic book hoot.
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Max Payne style
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pew
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I fully understand the hype on why THERE NEEDS TO BE A DREDD 2
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Kicked ass
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Cyberpunk 2077 really helped this movie age well
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My favourite action movie of all time. 95 miniutes of gritty, violent, explosive action. And all based around my favourite comic Judge dredd. I’m glad they went for a small scale dredd story, because as much as I enjoy the bigger more super natural judge dredd stories, I think the smaller scale stories work better in movie form. This movie deserved a sequel so badly, it still annoys me that it never happened. The only thing I dislike about the…
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Not a fan
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“So what happened in there? ‘Drug bust.’ ”
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“96% unemployment rate at Peach Tree”
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I am so sorry we, as a society, failed you by letting you flop when you first came out, Dredd 😭 Sometimes I don’t wanna think about existential themes and such. Sometimes monkey brain likey when sex and violence in movies go brrr 🦧
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I wanna read the comics so badly now 👹
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Really fun movie. I love self contained stories and I liked that it takes place in one building. Also they really wanted to use their slow motion cameras lol and I do like the vfx and visuals even if they’re a little crude and not super realistic. Also Karl Urban fucking nails the mouth expressions theyre so fun and expressive even if we only see his mouth.
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ok the slo mo drug effect was fire tho
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“Do you require back-up?” “NO!!!” Hadn’t seen this in well over a decade but remembered having positive thoughts about it as a adolescent, now watching it as an adult I think I’m more than qualified enough to say that this shit rips. How we don’t have a million more films like this idk but i think it’s safe to say that this one is still so sick. Without a doubt Karl Urban’s best performance & Olivia Thirlby should’ve been a star
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White woman mind reading
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In a just world, we’d have at least three sequels, a TV show, and maybe even an animated adaptation by now.
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JUDGEMENT TIME! 14 years later and I’m STILL pissed that this underrated gem never got a sequel Karl Urban fuckin rocks as Dredd!!!
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For what it is, it’s enjoyable. Interesting world, tight runtime, lots of solid action. That being said, I nodded off several times during this. Didn’t hold me as much as id hoped. Still worth a watch.
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average day in Gateshead
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the only accurate cop ever tbh- following the law to the LETTER and NAAAAAAWT to the meaning
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TUE, AUG 25 An explosive night of towering action — for one night only! In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite group of urban police called Judges, who combine the duties of judge, jury and executioner to deliver a brutal brand of swift justice. But even the top-ranking Judge, Dredd,…
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youtube said i was watching Dread. took me about 20 minutes to realize i might be watching the wrong movie. banger
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Urban is a great Dredd. I would watch more of this.
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This shit rocks. I think it probably misses out on some of the satire of the original comics, and the climax is a little rushed, but there’s not really a moment in this movie that I wasn’t really enjoying myself. Despite its over the top world and costumes, I think it has a sense of restraint that the John Wick films (which, don’t get me wrong, are fun!) lack. The fights are unquestionably violent, but aren’t hyper-choreographed. The rogue judges…
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I love dystopian sci-fi worlds, so it became clear very early on in this film that I would be having a great time. Urban is perfect as our stoic action lead. Very stylish with excessive blood and slo-mo, with the latter even being baked into the plot. Would love a sequel.
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boring. uninspired. painfully dull plot & visual wise. no story or characters to get invested in. no cool action sequences. simply nothing to care about & worst of all not even a fun time. how does this have a 3.6 this shit is ass
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Megacity One in all of its big, brutalist glory. I still dream we’ll get a second part someday – Urban does Dredd justice.
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Excellent film d’action futuriste qui gagnerait à être plus connu c’était vraiment un bon moment 👍
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Relentlessly brutal, gloriously faithful, and still one of the best comic-book adaptations ever made. As a huge Judge Dredd fan, this is basically everything I want. Karl Urban is Dredd, Mega-City One feels lived-in, and the stripped-back story lets the world and violence do the talking. Dirty, mean, funny and ridiculously rewatchable. Fantastic!
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If the rumours are true and Taika Waititi you are somehow reading this, I am begging you on my hands and knees to please recast Karl Urban, and begging you even more to not be cringe
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“I am the law.” Alex Garland, Pete Travis and Karl Urban certainly did this iconic comic book character justice (No pun intended).
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I finally got to see this film, and it was awesome! This film is non-stop on edge action, and it delivers! It’s a beautifully shot and well acted film, and it’s a shame that it bombed. Granted, I didn’t discover this film until I was WAY older, but this film deserved some kind of popularity. But, I’m still happy it managed to get a cult following. Karl Urban is amazing, and its great how expressive he is without taking his…
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Yeah
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Still love this
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Pretty dope
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Meet aura man!
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mama clan 4eva
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There is something incredibly satisfying about a movie that knows exactly what it wants to be, understands exactly how much time it needs to accomplish it, and then gets the hell out. Dredd is one of the cleanest examples of that for me. There is almost no wasted movement here. The premise is established, the characters are put into an increasingly impossible situation, and from there the movie just keeps tightening the screws without losing control of itself. Mega City…
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every bit of this is a hellish nightmare but it’s fun to watch
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This was badass and entertaining the whole time. Karl was great as Judge Dredd and I felt like the characters were grounded and not annoying or outdated. The action and affects were great, especially whenever they took that slow-Mo drug.
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watched half of this like a decade ago, and thought about it for years. definitely was as good, if not better than i remember. gimme another one.
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Inserir a novata foi uma boa ideia, a trama é boa, a ação poderia ser melhor, ainda muitos cortes de câmera.
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Badass dude
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underrated – feels kind of low budget, set in one location with decent sets and some odd camerawork but works really well. simple story and characters but very fast paced, gritty, plenty of nice slo mo bullets thru faces and gore. cool movie i am the law
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The raid but in the future
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this is probabally the pretiest action movie I’ve ever seen??? the visuals are phennomnel and I’m sad it took years for this to be really appriciated because it should be appriciated more and watched more. it’s definitely a cop movie but LET ME HAVE THIS IT’S GOOD I LIKE IT NOT MY FAVE BUT IT’S GOOD
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Ca m’accroche pas vraiment.
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This movie doesn’t look good and the story is pretty basic. The action is cool at times when it’s not too reliant on cgi. Karl Urban carries this movie in every sense of the word
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This review will not be fair. I love Judge Dredd one of my favorite characters. Ever. The entire movie from start to finish has this sincerity to take itself absolutely seriously like sure Dredd gives out one-liners full of machismo “Choke on that” being the peak of that but he is the exception given due to his clear immense confidence and experience. I like that Dredd feels old but not tired and Karl Urban is a fantastic actor and his…
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4/4.25 idk, how is this so underrated? its basically alex garland’s cyberpunk version of the raid with a lean runtime and great cast
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Decent 4 Just unbelievable sauce tbh. Some of the most unique visuals I’ve seen in an action film maybe ever. Smart, unique and balances its grit and grime setting with one liners and ultraviolence as good as any. Wonderful action film.
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Saw on Prime Video.
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This movie fucks. Christopher Nolan wishes he could make a movie that fucks this hard.
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Mid
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Yeah, but he never says “drokk.”
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Action davvero figo ed è un peccato che in Italia non sia mai uscito al cinema.
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Sehr unterhaltsame Action mit schönem 2000er Charm und gritty Vibe
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Infravalorada es quedarse corto.
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I AM THE RAID! – Buen cast
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Watching this movie on the side of the antagonists makes it cooler. Karl Urban under the helmet, probably: (｡･ω･｡)
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Another blind watch didn’t really know what this is gonna be about, the whole dystopian metropolis play setting was really awesome . Honestly, the soundtrack was sooooo good, it kept reminding me of cyberpunk so I had to look it up and supposedly cyberpunk was pretty influenced by this so that was a cool little find to kind of notice. Overall, beautiful shots, the slowmo. I really like the whole mutant POV of her telepathy,but I really really liked it…
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It’s cool action slop
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I heard what you said, hotshot I’m a huge fan of The Boys and yet I’m still gonna say this could very well be the coolest Karl Urban has ever been
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I won’t bother anyone with a boring recount of my day, but last night was a pretty messy one with a couple of challenging hurdles at home (let’s just say that public transportation is great when it works and horrible when it doesn’t) so I decided to end my night with something very comfortable: revisiting a good film in the company of a commentary track. So once again I turned to the Blank Check podcast and hit up this solid…
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Does Zack Snyder wish he made this movie? It’s a solid, visually engaging action flick, though a little too video gamey. There could’ve been a cool and interesting story with the world they built, but I get it’s more interested in badassery – supported by Karl Urban’s pretty iconic line delivery.
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This movie was made for the Xbox 360 Doritos Mountain Dew crowd of the late 2000’s/early 2010’s and I love it. I read a couple Judge Dredd comics in like middle school at the public library but I don’t remember anything other than he doesn’t take off his helmet and that the future is a shithole, and the movie features both of these details so I guess it’s 100% comic accurate to me lol. This movie does a lot of interesting…
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A lot like The Raid. Better effects but less action. I wish we could get more Judge Dredd.
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Dystopian Action with a delectable taste for slow-mo and multi-use weaponry.
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this movie is a fantastic pure action film. all the acting was great. the visuals were top tier. the action scenes were very well executed. some of the best use of slow mo I’ve seen in a movie. I thought the movie was a little short and wrapped up a bit too quickly. I would have liked to have seen more or the world explored more fully.
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As good as I remeber. Fun tense small scale in a big world action. Karl Urban does it great as the man under the mask.
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Kinda sick
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wow
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”It’s all a deep end” Underrated gem. Karl Urban i love you.
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Good film and very impressive eye candy but the message of the film is not very clear. Very good action movie, but vague moral compass/grounding (Not literal grounding; this film is as gritty as it gets).
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One of the best action movies of the past 20 years. Karl Urban is perfection as Judge Dredd.
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this was very sam altman
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Turn off your brain and watch target practice
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Brutal, Fast and Straight to the Point Dredd is a great action film that strongly reminded me of “The Raid”. It’s bloody, fast-paced and packed with creative action, good ideas and a few nice twists. The gritty dystopian atmosphere also captures some of the feeling of the earlier “Judge Dredd” film, while taking a much darker approach. Karl Urban does a great job as Dredd and fits the uncompromising tone perfectly. The film wastes little time and keeps things moving almost constantly. A brutal and highly entertaining action film that knows exactly what it wants to be and delivers.
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We should’ve have Olivia Thirlby as the lead of every other movie released in the past 13 years, where did we go wrong
- Synopsis
- In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite group of urban police called Judges, who combine the duties of judge, jury and executioner to deliver a brutal brand of swift justice. But even the top-ranking Judge, Dredd, discovers that taking down Ma-Ma isn’t as easy as it seems in this explosive adaptation of the hugely popular comic series.
- Director
- Pete Travis
- Writer
- Alex Garland
- Studio
- Rena Film, DNA Films, Reliance Big Entertainment, IM Global
- Country
- South Africa, UK, USA, India
- Language
- English
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 96 mins
- Sweden26 Sep 2012
- UK07 Sep 2012
- France16 Sep 2012
- Russia20 Sep 2012
- USA21 Sep 2012
- Cambodia27 Sep 2012
- Bulgaria28 Sep 2012
- New Zealand04 Oct 2012
- Netherlands11 Oct 2012
- Lithuania12 Oct 2012
- Hong Kong18 Oct 2012
- Australia25 Oct 2012
- Germany13 Nov 2012
- Israel15 Nov 2012
- South Korea06 Dec 2012
- Hungary10 Jan 2013
- Netherlands20 Feb 2013
- Germany19 Apr 2013
- Italy28 Aug 2019
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