Dredd 3D is a much better version of the well-loved comic book character than a certain Sylvester Stallone movie some time ago. The film recreates the post-apocalyptic Mega City One in startlingly gritty and realistic fashion for a comic book movie. In fact the only stylised part of the whole movie is the blood and gore as bad guys and innocent bystanders alike are taken out in spectacular fashion. Our hero, Judge Dredd (well acted by Karl Urban who is never seen without his helmet but still shows emotion), has agreed to take a rookie potential Judge named Anderson, actually a psychic, on her first day on the job. Judges are the only law remaining in Mega City One, they have the best weapons and are empowered to dispense judgements and execute sentences on baddies on the spot.
Anderson decides to take a triple murder at mega building Peach Trees, which sells her and Dredd into huge trouble as the building is controlled by evil mega bitch Ma-Ma (played oh so cool and evil by Lena Headey in a role not so different from Queen Cersei in Game of Thrones) who walls the place off and gets the buildings gangs and her own lackeys to try and take the Judges out to protect her empire of drug production and distribution. Violent cat and mouse then ensues in the hallways.
If I hadn't seen a similarly themed movie last year called "The Raid", I would have given this an 8 out of 10 for the clever script, inventiveness of the weapons and the drug "Slo-Mo", the realism and the super cool visual style and restrained 3D. However, The Raid built the tension better and gave us more heart so that this movie suffers by comparison and I'd give it a 7 out of 10. Super violent!
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