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  Review by robyn ★★★★★ 37

  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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  Review by Sean Baker 9

  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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  Review by Tentin Quarantino ☭ ★★★★½ 16

  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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  Review by Jay ★★★½ 2

  me spacing out one hour into the movie: does karl urban call his costume department his urban outfitters

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  Review by DirkH ★★★★ 25

  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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  Review by matt lynch ★★★★ 2

  had me at bullet through a guy's face in super slo-mo 3D. made my lizard brain very happy. you can shove a ROBOCOP remake right up your ass.

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  Review by Mario 🎃 ★★★★ 16

  Karl Urban. That's it. That's the review.

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  Review by DirkH ★★★★ 5

  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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  Review by Eli Hayes ★★★★ 24

  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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  Review by Jeff ★★★★ 27

  I still feel like I'm not as in love with this flick as everyone else seems to be, but I'm willing to bump up my rating on this rewatch for two reasons:

  1) The fact that there is no attempt to humanize Judge Dredd or even really develop him as a character is fucking awesome.

  2) This movie is crazy fun. Unlike all the superhero movies that are three hours of boring punctuated with ten minutes of action here and there, Dredd rarely lets up.

  Definitely something I could throw on every couple of months and never get tired of it.

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  Review by comrade_yui 3

  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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  Review by Acoucalancha ★★★ 2

  "Welcome to the inside of your head. It's kind of empty in here."

  On a technical level Dredd is a little off at times (acting, dialogue, character interactions, editing, lighting) it's not that bad but it took me out of it a few times. It takes itself too seriously and completely lacks comedy in the first 40 minutes which gives off the wrong impression because everything after that is more fun oriented: pure action, gory kills and all kinds of comedy. I only wanted more of these moments because it's not quite enough. The final showdown was very short-lived, I expected way more.

  You can never go wrong with Lena Headey as a villain, she was clearly a standout. Karl Urban's voice is always welcome. Favorite character ended up being Anderson and her mind readind. Basic score but it works well. The slow-motion scenes are ridiculous but it adds to the comedy I guess.