In a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang that deals the reality-altering drug, ... Read allIn a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang that deals the reality-altering drug, SLO-MO.In a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang that deals the reality-altering drug, SLO-MO.
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- 2 wins & 14 nominations total
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- TriviaKarl Urban insisted on riding the Lawmaster motorcycle himself.
- GoofsA computer monitor in the Hall of Justice gives one suspect's DOB as being in 2059 and his age as 28, setting the film in 2087. However's the second suspect's DOB is in 2061 and his age as 49, which would set the film in 2110.
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Anderson: [reads Kay's mind] Sir, he's thinking about going for your gun.
Judge Dredd: Yeah.
Anderson: [reads it again] He just changed his mind.
Judge Dredd: Yeah.
- ConnectionsEdited into 5 Second Movies: Dredd 3D (2014)
- SoundtracksJubilee (Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around)
Written by Bobby Womack, Harold Payne, Damon Albarn and Richard Russell
Published by ABKCO Music, Inc. (BMI), Chrysalis Music Ltd, Copyright Control
Performed by Bobby Womack
Licensed courtesy of XL Recordings Ltd.
By arrangement with Beggars Group Media Ltd.
(p) 2012 XL Recordings Ltd.
After the debacle that was Stallone's Judge Dredd (1995), the makers of this movie have clearly made their prime directive to please hardcore Dredd fans, and it shows: the screenplay, by Alex Garland, remains very faithful to the spirit of the comic, and in Karl Urban, we now have the perfect Dredd-all raspy voice and humourless grimace, it looks as though the character has jumped straight onto the screen from the pages of 2000AD (helmet intact). Similarly, it would be hard to imagine anyone more suitable than Olivia Thirlby as rookie Psi-Judge Anderson (and believe me, I've tried!).
Is Dredd 3D my 'ideal' Dredd movie? Not quite... made for a comparatively meagre budget of $45million, it would be hard pushed to live up to my impossibly high expectations (just realising the Mega-City One of my dreams would require way more money than it cost to make this entire film). That said, it is definitely a massive step in the right direction, and if it is the financial success that it genuinely deserves to be, who knows what treats await us in the future: The Cursed Earth, Judge Cal, Judge Death, The Apocalypse War.... I'm salivating like a Klegg just thinking about it.
** EDIT - 5th April 2021 ** Just watched Dredd again, this time without the benefit of 3D, and found it less impressive than I remembered. I was struck more than before by how poorly Mega City One is presented, with vehicles that look like they're from now instead the end of the 21st century. Little effort was spent in making the environment appear futuristic - things like computer keyboards and electric fans are still as they are today. Budget was clearly an issue, and it shows.
Also, the whole 'Wait' conversation doesn't work for me. The bad judge would've plugged Dredd in the head instead of allowing him to buy time.
I still love Urban's portrayal, and the violence is cool, but I really hope that if there is a next time, they make the film look more like the comics.
Old rating: 8/10 New rating: 6.5/10, rounded up to 7. It's still good, just not great.
- BA_Harrison
- Sep 6, 2012
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- Hội Thẩm Phán
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- Budget
- $50,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $13,414,714
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,278,491
- Sep 23, 2012
- Gross worldwide
- $41,037,742
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1