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hey nikki&steven i request u a movie to watch and react Joker 2019 Oscar winning (Joaquin Pheonix) it a really good movie ! u will see after u watch it a 8.4 movie IMDb
Hey. It's not a show or film, but check out a series on TH-cam called Astartes. About 20 minutes for all 5 parts, done by this one really talented guy. Incredible animation and, while the first part or so is a bit slow, the other parts are so badass.
Yeh. Dredd 2012 is not a remake of Stallone Dredd. They just used the same source material; from a character and universe that has been around since 1977 and has 45 solid years of stories. Most fans of the comics hate the Stallone movie and love this 2012 movie. Before, Dredd 2012, Robocop was often calling the best Dredd movie ever made; as it was so heavily inspired by the Dredd comics.
Girl: "Oh, I love Dredd!" Me: "Wrong answer." Girl: "What? Why?! Do you hate that movie?!!" Me: "No. Because there is only way you can feel about Dredd." Girl: "What's that??" Me: "The correct answer is: 'I Dredd him'!"
I got Karl Urbans autograph a few years ago and we discussed Dredd briefly. His exact words were, “We had so much bloody fun making that thing!!”. Then he asked if I wanted some gum. I’ve still got that gum on my shelf.
He probably offers gum to all of his fans. Movie actors have so much money, they could literally come to a convention with a "Costco"-sized box of them, and offer a stick to everyone, and it would be no worse to them than paying their limo-drivers to take them downtown for the afternoon.
Karl Urban's portrayal of Dredd is closer to the comic. He's cold, brutal, merciless, by the book, and he never shows his face, it's always obscured whenever he removes his helmet. And Urban based the voice on how he imagined it to sound like when he read the comics as a kid(and yes, the comics were brutal AF 🤘)
They were also very satire and unique in its art design more like the tone of Robocop than this movie which I love but it’s trying to be its own thing rather than comic if you removed the Judge armour this movie could’ve been any Dystopian future film. I would’ve loved if they went with that more unique comic book look but kept a lot of the dirty and textured look of things like the Mandalorian. Not everything in the comic could work for example some stuff are just really over the top Texas City having Cowboy hats on their buildings these elements I wouldn’t mind being toned down.
@@QuayNemSorr This was a(nother) nice nod to the comic's fans in that beyond him being his usual terse self, that was just a Tuesday for him. It's all the deep end.
"Let me explain.... No. There is too much. Let me sum up: Buttercup marry Humperdink in little lessa half an hour." Gets my vote, but this is a close second :)
How they were talking about if Anderson knew what she was in for, I was like, "Training mission. And it shouldn't be that big of a surprise. When the supervisor talking about throwing Anderson 'in the deep end,' Dredd responded, 'It's ALL the deep end.' Anderson might have been surprised, but Dredd was not."
Stallone's had some elements from the comics, the more futuristic feel, the robots, etc...and he had a good look for Dredd, but the writing was a mess, Schneider, and showing his face were all off the mark.
It's an Ok movie if you don't know much about Dredd, @@eltravos99. It's just too cartoony and too much Stallone to be faithful to the original idea. I liked it, some, until I saw this movie then I never wanted to go back.
What I love about this movie is that the events in it aren't particularly noteworthy in the 'world building' scheme of things. The film is literally 'An ordinary day in the working life of a Mega City Judge'
Rob E. Coyote, I completely agree. I particularly like the start of the film where it looks like Judge Dread is fine in treating this like a normal pursuit / traffic stop until the perps make the mistake of wiping out an innocent. Then the gloves come off. There is "world building" though in a background, "you got to pay attention" way rather than an "in your face / hit you over the head" manner. For example the motorcycle explaining about mandatory sentences in the iso cubes if you interfere with the crime scene or Judge dredd calling for recycle. As in recycle the bodies to be food because, let's be honest, you don't see farmland in this film's version of Mega City One. I certainly don't recall seeing farmland in the comic book representations of Mega City One which is far more dense than what we see in this film.
I think the events are exactly noteworthy as world-building because this "just another day on the job" shows the world as it is everyday compared to some special event which would not focus on the overall world-building as much. Judge Death isn't world-building. A drug bust explaining how the regular world works, is.
There was an early one where he used a face change machine and went undercover and an even earlier one where he took his helmet off but the image had to be censored because he was that ugly! They also showed his face in profile in a flashback to the academy on the shooting range with Rico (During the Return of Rico story from the 70s) but they didn't say which was which.
@@fergalmoore862 If I remember correctly they also showed him without his helmet from the back as he carried Rico's body away ("He ain't heavy, He's my brother").
Nikki: “I have seen the original, with Sylvester Stallone Judge Dredd Fans: “We don’t talk about that” I actually winced when you said that. Any Dredd who takes his helmet off is just an actor, pretending.
@@neilgriffiths6427 There have been times his helmet has been off, but you NEVER see his face. He's been shown sleeping in bed, or in the bath, without his helmet, but the face was always in shadow or just out of the frame or you see him from behind. Especially in the early days when Judge Dredd comics were more tongue-in-cheek.
@@LiveFromThePorcelainPalace Would just be hilarious if the comic actually showed Dredd naked, in the bathtub, but still with that damn helmet on. lol!
@@LiveFromThePorcelainPalace I know that already. I'm just having funny thoughts. I would just laugh if they actually drew a picture of Dredd, in full view, with the helmet on, and nothing else, while soaking in the bathtub.
Exactly I like how everything is different and new nothing like the original one , hopefully we get a sequel but who knows Karl urban was dope in it tbh he’s underrated now compared to before unfortunately
@@Baronstone nothing in this movie would make it unable of being made today for content. The only way it struggles is financial incentive due to poor sales.Just because you want to whine about make believe hypothetical reasons due to your alt right brainwashing does not make it real world facts. How in the world is someone saying SJW unironically in 2021 is beyond me.
You heard of the tv show Mega City One that was meant to be oriented around the judges?? Well last I heard they had a script then scrapped it an redid it Karl was saying it’s for them to contact him and they are saying it’s for him to contact them sooo....
@baronstone no it’s not because of SJWs... that’s just stupid bro. It has to do with low sales. People didn’t go watch it. There’s PLENTY of edgy shit made now days. No one cares. That’s just the alt right brain washing you lol. I mean we got TV shows like GOT which is full of rape... so........
Judge Dredd was created in 1977. 20 seconds to comply is a deliberate nod to Robocop - which itself was heavily based on Dredd (sans legal agreements).
In my opinion this is on of the most underrated/ Under appreciated movies that has come out relatively recently. It's one of my favorite comic book movies and Lena Headey is an excellent villain in this.
Oh for sure. This is one of the better action movies to come out over the last decade or two imo. Nobody gave it a chance tho just because the Stallone movie was so bad. Like if ppl would have just watched it, they would have loved it.
Loved this movie only problem is Megacity one itself with the lower budget it doesn’t feel as Dystopian retro futuristic CyberPunk as the Stallion movie which for all its problems had amazing set design which was faithful to the comics like Tim Burtons Gotham for example. All I want from a sequel is a more unique dystopian looking Mega City one like Stallions version but of course being dark and brutal as fuck.
Sadly if I remember right another movie with more hype came out just before it that also featured a plot around a high rise building and fighting for survival, it was bad timing basically, through what that film was I have no idea, it didn't survive the test of time.
A criminally underrated movie. It should have gotten way more advertising when it was released. That was the only reason it "flopped" at the box office. They didn't advertise it. I didn't even know it existed at the time and only saw it a few months after it was finished at theatres. It deserves a sequel.
All of the ads focused more on the fact that it was 3D than anything else, so I imagine most people thought it was going to suck like so many others that based their advertisement around gimmicks.
And true to the point of the movie. To us, the audience, this was a massive battle in a huge building. To Dredd, this is an average Tuesday in a tiny part of Megacity 1. He fights enemies like the Mama Gang all the time, this time was no different.
Fun fact. This film and The Raid are essentially the same movie, but The raid came out first by a few months even though Dredd started filming before The Raid. Both are great films.
The reason why you don’t see his face is because you’re not supposed to. In the comics Dredd’s face was never shown or revealed. This is actually the closest we’ve ever gotten to the comics. Sucks they’re not making a sequel to this because not many people knew who or what Judge Dredd was all about.
Stallions Dredd compared to this Dredd in terms of the look of Mega City in my opinion is the only thing better in Stallions version up there with Tim Burtons Gotham. My ideal sequel would be the set design and Comic book retro futuristic CyberPunk look combined with the brutality of this movie.
I remember seeing this and thinking "Oh another shitty remake of a classic." Little did I know that I was about to watch one of the best action movies ever.
pretty sure that many have crushes on very cute good looking girls. I mean you have a beautiful girl, don't make a movie and have her wear a helmet in it lol. OH, can't wear a helmet due to psi powers, problem solved.
As a Loooong time Dredd fan (since 1977) this movie is a brilliant homage to the comic it was based on, Karl Urban nailed the portrayal of Joe Dredd Hopefully there will be a sequel
Karl Urban pulls it off waaaay better than Stallone did. Stallone is the right size but Urban’s is closer to the comic, even so much as his helmet never coming off. Love this movie.
@@aintsam9952 Stallone was actually too short, and had to wear lifts in his shoes. Stallone had *muscles,* but Dredd is not supposed to be beefy. Urban is actually physically much closer to the character.
What's funny and ironic is, Stallone's portrayal of John Spartan in Dᴇᴍᴏʟɪᴛɪᴏɴ Mᴀɴ was a viable (and in some respects more plausible) interpretation of Dredd than his actual Dredd. The Demolition Man setting was just as dystopic as the Big Meg, just flipped in a new-age-ish LA style as opposed to a gritty NYC style.
The "red head" is Donald Gleeson, son of Brendan Gleeson (Braveheart, In Bruges, 28 Days Later, and Mad Eye Moody in Harry Potter). Donald is in Ex Machina with Oscar Isaacs, About Time (excellent romantic comedy) and he was Bill Weasley in Harry Potter. Dude is a chameleon who is only going to get better over time.
The reason the guy thought he could use the gun despite knowing so much about it is actually shown: when Anderson was inside the guy's mind, we see him holding the gun there. She made him think he could use it without a problem, just in case he disarmed her and tried to use it. You know, like he did.
In the 2000 A.D. comic where Judge Dredd originated, Judge Anderson becomes as close a friend to Dredd as he will allow. She also plays an intricate part in the Dark Judges saga that would have been an awesome sequel to this movie
Originally the plan was for two films, one to set the world scene and a second to involve the Dark Judges. When Rebellion was planning the films, I helped one of the potential script writers get to grips with the lore as he'd very little knowledge of the comics... so I'd read and helped rewrite scripts for both potential films years before this was made. He didn't get the job btw... in the end this is a much simpler film than the one I helped on - which would have been based on the Judge Caligula arc.
Met Karl Urbans years ago on a Star Trek cruise, guy is awesome and LOVES chatting with people about damn near everything. Asked him if we would ever get a Dread 2 and he said he would love to do it. Asked him what was gorier...Dread or The Boys...that got a smile out of him and he just said..."That's a close one mate! "
I can't believe it took so long for you to get to this movie, but I'm glad you finally did!! Even John Wagner, who created Judge Dredd, and hated the 1995 Stallone version, felt this was a true representation of Judge Dredd.
Always so proud of Karl Urban for sticking to the character so well and not taking his Helmet off And people should look up the 2000AD comics if they want to learn more about Judge Dredd
Yep, my friend worked on the helmets for this and had fittings with him and his love for the character showed. Unlike Stallone who was a pain the ass from the get go.
I love how MaMa constructed this whole elaborate setup to stop Dredd from killing her at the end, and he almost completely ignored it and killed her anyway with not a single fuck given. I feel like a part of him was convinced she would be out of range , but another part of him had no idea. The part that was unsure just fell back on an unbreakable ethos to follow the law and carry out a sentence regardless of the circumstance, even if it means the death of himself and everyone else. No morality, no conscience, just an unstoppable code that he will enforce the law by any means necessary. That doesn't make him a good guy or a bad guy. But it does make him terrifying either way.
He is a brilliant actor; you can see how much commitment he has for his roles. Maybe it's also interesting to know that he addapted much by the Lord of the Rings cast memebers, like he has high respect for Viggo and told that he got influenced by his playing.
its nice to see someone realize why its called the Ma-Ma clan. most people are either confused or mock it because it sounds silly. her first and last name both start with Ma, hence she is Ma Ma, and its her clan.
As a UK sci-fi fan who read 2000AD back in the 80s when some of the best Dredd content was written i cannot express how much the Stallone version hurts when just thinking about the fact he removed the helmet. His original character drawings were based on Clint Eastwood and he lived in Rowdy Yates block which was a character Eastwood played in the TV show "Rawhide" And with Dredd you had so much story potential with the likes of Judge Death and the Dark Judges, The Judda, Necropolis, Block Wars, The Super Surf races, and many more. Most of those great stories were written by Alan Grant who was hired by DC to write some of the best Batman content of the late 80s and 90s. In fact, the writing at 2000AD was so good that a lot of the writers ended up in the US working on major comic titles and one offs like "The Killing Joke" and creating content which has been turned into film like "The Watchmen", "V For Vendetta", "From Hell", and "League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen".
You should've seen in the comics when Dredd punched Judge Fear in his horrific face. Judge Fear: "Gaze into the face of Fear!" Dredd: "Gaze into the fist of Dredd!"
Those blocks are made to be self contained cities that can seal themselves off in case of nuclear war to survive - though people get pretty crazy loyal to their block, which can start "bloc wars"
One of the best films and very underrated. Shame there is no sequel. Carl Urban has the Judge Dredd character down pat, so much like the comic book. Silvester Stallone never understood the character and did not get it right, he even took off the helmet (vanity) but you never see the character of JD take that helmet off. The one thing the original Stalone film got right was the look of the comic book Mega-City One.
Notice that the poor dude that got MaMa's thumbs in his eyes during the backstory was the same dude doing her hacking that had cybernetic eyes. He knows what happens when MaMa is disappointed!
As someone who read so much Dredd as a teen I'm glad that in 2012 we finally got a good film adaptation. Even when we didn't get a sequel, the movieverse keeps going on in it's own comic series. We also have that Judge Dredd: Mega City One tv series to look forward to :)
It's not quite that simple since, for all the 2012 movie does right and the 1995 movie does wrong, the 2012 one only has maybe 10% of the satire of the source material while the 1995 one has maybe 30%. If you've read as much as you claim you'd already know this though. And yes, hopefully the new series hasn't stalled with covid and things.
"I'm gonna need more paper towels!" LOL My friend Robert Allsopp was the principal costume designer/prototype maker for this and even though he did a brilliant job they didn't even give him an onscreen credit, the swines. He did say though Karl Urban was a delightful man and enjoyed working with him.
@@ericy4522 God only knows. It came as a surprise to him to. Since then he has done lectures around the country about his work in the film, so word has got out. You can at least now Google his name and Dredd to read what he did.
The unfortunate thing about this movie is it was written with a trilogy in mind. 'Episode 1' was meant to be the introduction of Dredd and Anderson, and how the world of Mega City One operates. Two was going to be more world-building and the rise of one of the major villains of the comics: Judge Cal. Part Three would be the story of Judge Death and the Apocalypse Judges. Sadly, the first movie didn't make enough money for Lionsgate to agree to further sequels, and the idea was canned. Story is that Urban and the writing team and director have been looking to fund the sequels if they could find a production company willing to do it. Urban has said in multiple interviews and in fan meets that he'd be enthusiastic about coming back to the role if more Dredd movies (or a series, if it was brought to Netflix is a fan theory) were to be made. 10 years later and I'm holding out hope of seeing Karl back in the uniform. He did such a good job in this movie.
This one's closer to the source material than the Stallone movie actually. Urban nailed it. Such an underrated film. (Edit) Also in the comics you never see Dredd's face. Something that probably inspired "The Mandalorian"
In terms of the look of Mega City one Stallones is a lot closer to the comic books that retro futuristic CyberPunk setting but everything else fell flat. Combine the look of Stallones Dredd set production with the brutality of this movie and I’ll be a happy Dredd fan lol
_"This one's closer to the source material than the Stallone movie actually. "_ No, it actually isn't. It's a better action movie and it gets Dredd's personality closer but in terms of adaption of something it is about the same. The Stallone movie (for all its mistakes) has maybe 30% of the satire from the source material while this one only has maybe 10%.
@ImpishDCrealm Dredd was based on Dirty Harry (or in fact the logical extreme of a comic character One Eyed Jack, who was based on Dirty Harry). So no... not Batman, you casual.
Lena Heady's performance in this was absolutely top notch. She sounds so tired, like she's borderline given up, but still can't stop fighting. Both driven and despairing at the same time.
pretty sure some one has probably mentioned, it was Karl Urban's idea to not remove the helmet.. he has said so many times he had a great time doing this role and even he wants a sequel, he has literally said that he is waiting by the phone for that call and he'll drop everything to do it.
this movie is way closer to the 2000AD comic character than the Stallone one. I also love that for Anderson it was one of the biggest and hardest days of her life, for Dredd it was Thursday.
_"this movie is way closer to the 2000AD comic character than the Stallone one."_ In terms of his personality, yes, but the overall tone is wrong. It's a better action movie and it gets certain details closer but in terms of adaption of something it is about the same. The Stallone movie (for all its mistakes) has maybe 30% of the satire from the source material while this one only has maybe 10%.
Karl Urban killed it in this role and the movie was unrelenting with its unfiltered violence. Love this film! It is the polar opposite of the Stallone version. Closest to the comic it is based on. So I'm a costumer as a hobby and in 2014 I put together a Dredd uniform complete with the helmet and Lawgiver. That same year at Toronto Fan Expo I got to meet the man himself Karl Urban while dressed in my Dredd costume. While I waited in line for his autograph I could hear him say "YESSSS!" after he spotted me in line. The encounter lasted maybe 20 seconds but he made me feel like "I" was a star! He was smiling the entire time as he signed a pic of himself as Dredd for me, "From One Judge to Another." Shook my hand and said, "Awesome costume!" Made me feel like a million bucks! Loved your reaction! Just subscribed and looking forward to more!
"You might not want to be taken alive. Your choice."....That was the direction Dredd gave her that allowed her to pass despite losing her weapon. He was offering her either the chance to give up and return as a dead civ, or continue as a living Judge.
The thing about Dredd, is in the comics, you NEVER see his face, he's almost always wearing his helmet, when he isn't, he's usually either Bandaged up from his injuries, or in shadows, Karl Urban is a big 2000ad & Judge Dredd fan, and this film is the closest they can get to the comic without coming off too corny. They also portrayed Anderson pretty well, although in the comics she was already a judge when Dredd first met her during the Judge Death incident, overall he's harsh & brutal, while she's flippant and fun and a great foil for him when she appears beside Joe in the series. Also 2000ad has some prequal and sequel comics for this film, for both Dredd and Anderson, they're well worth a read!
@@Silver-rx1mh _"And far closer to the original comic unlike the awful Stallon attempt."_ @ImpishDCrealm _"This "version" was comic accurate."_ In terms of his personality, yes, but the overall tone is wrong. It's a better action movie and it gets certain details closer but in terms of adaption of something it is about the same. The Stallone movie (for all its mistakes) has maybe 30% of the satire from the source material while this one only has maybe 10%.
I grew up with Judge Dredd comics- with are still going today. Dredd never takes off the helmet (or if he does, he's disguised). Judges are selected from orphanages at birth, so they have no weaknesses, the training is brutal and often fatal as their training progresses so that who is left is the toughest and most responsible to have that kind of authority.
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The no face aspect is sooooooo important for this adaptation.
One of my favourite things in this movie is right at the end when Dredd gets asked what happened and he just says "Drug Bust, perps were....unco-operative". How to sum up the entire film packed with intense action in just five words, and it's such a good character moment for Dredd as well. For him it really was just another day on the job for the most part.
Love the simplicity of this film, as Dredd says, drug bust, unco-operative perps. No end of the world super villans no global peril, just 2 judges vs a drug gang. Dredd never removes his helmet, thats his thing, he is THE Law, not a man. His personality is a distant second to what he represents a judge simply doing his job. Much praise to Carl Urban for staying true to this and not letting his ego get in the way. Also in scenes I never knew I needed to see, Cersy Lannister firing a heavy gatling cannon :)
19:01 - it's a small little moment, but given how one of the regular critiques of Judge Dredd is that he's a fascist - something the comics do actually engage with and deconstruct on a regular basis since the early days of the strip - Dredd having the common sense and by the bookness to clock that those two kids weren't an actual threat and prioritising stunning them rather than immediately merc'ing them like all the other criminals he encounters in Peach Trees (even at the expense of his partner getting shanghai'd) shows a level of self-awareness that irl cops in America could learn from.
This movie had the best 3D I've ever seen on the big screen. Which is crazy when you consider it cost a fraction of what most 3D movies cost. But there was no ghosting, no crosstalk, nothing that gives me a headache when I see a $200 million 3D movie. The blood splashing over the edge of the screen during the slo-mo shootout was such a cool effect. God, I wish this had made money. It deserves multiple sequels.
I remember when I first saw this movie I didn't really appreciate it as much as I do now and through the years of watching it over again this movie is so underrated there should be a sequel made to this movie.
Some trivia about Raid and Dredd... and the COPYING controversy. FACTS: 1. While Raid was released before Dredd, Dredd started filming before Raid. Principal photography was finished before Raid even started filming. 2. The Dredd screenplay, titled Peach Trees, had leaked online, before Gareth Evans claims to have started writing Raid. 3. While Evans lives in Indonesia, he is Welsh, and like most people who grew up in UK, would have been familiar with the Sci-fi comic book 2000 AD and its most famous character, Judge Dredd. Logically thinking, there's a possibility he might have read an article about the leak, comparing the script to Die Hard, and found the link on a 2000 AD forum. I know I did and downloaded it from the Megaupload site. And a lot of people were questioning whether it was even authentic. Well, in the original screenplay Ma-Ma was fat and the mall scene played out little differently, but majority of it was pretty much how it turned out in the movie. 4. Evans was in a bad spot as he had written the movie Beranthal, had the actors and everything else set up, except he did not have nearly enough money for a multi location shoot required for the movie. So he wrote the script to Raid, which is mostly set in one location, according to his own statements, in a month. 5. The two movies share several common elements, the whole premise of the movie, plot progression, tone, similar scenes, like the drug lord in top floor, monitoring the whole building through multiple monitor screens and a speaker system, ordering the tenants and his henchmen to kill the law enforcers, the young rookie, corrupted cops (in Dredd, "Judges"), the hallway shootout massacre. So many in fact, in one movie, that its more logical to think the "Peach Trees" Dredd script (named after the restaurant Dredd writer Alex Garland, known for The Beach, Sunshine, Ex Machina and 28 Days Later met with comic book writer and Judge Dredd creator John Wagner, also, the name they gave the Apartment Complex in the movie) had influenced Evans than Evans having no idea about the script. 6. When asked about the similarities, Evans said that while they were already editing Raid, his editor told him about the leaked Dredd script and he saw the synopsis of it and said something like, paraphrasing: "Wow! We better finish this fast or people will accuse us of copying it!" I don't know if Garland has seen Raid yet, but when the similarities were brought up, at the time he said that it must be a coincidence they were making a similar movie. 7. Also, Evans has said that, while they were editing Raid, he was simultaneously rewriting Beranthal as a sequel to Raid. Who says he wouldn't have been able to adapt Dredd script into the Raid movie? 8. When Dredd was released, there was a lot of controversy, people claiming Dredd was copying Raid, while I remember thinking about the leaked Peach Trees script. Personally, I like both movies. And they are different in a lot of ways, Raid having extended martial arts fight scenes, while Dredd has the Sci-fi element and more gun fights. But I am very dismayed by people calling Dredd a Raid clone. I feel like Evans should come clean, but I also understand that could be a career suicide.
@@rikuruohomaki3230 The Raid came out on Sept 8 '11 at TIFF an won awards... when did dredd came out eh?? how about my theories... some big film makers send out theirs spies to find some fresh ideas... and few of them ended up watching the jaw dropping "awesometacular" The Raid... then... u can fill the rest... how bout that eh ??
Ive been a Dredd fan since the early 80s and love this movie. Dredd's face is never seen in the comic ... it's part of the character's persona. Great reaction :-)
Dredd is actually the best Street Judge there is in that world and in the comics he actually teamed up with Batman a few times when Batman got transported to his world.
Yep the Batman Judge Dredd crossovers were insane. I would not call them friends in fact I would say Bruce Wayne is quite glad that they don't cross over much.
This was also shot in real 3d with real high def 3d cameras, even the slow mo. So in theaters, in 3d, it was AMAZING!!!! This and avatar are the only movies that made 3D a transformative experience.
Grew up on Dredd and 2000AD in the United Kingdom in the 1970's, this film get's the tone of Dredd and what he's about perfectly, it makes Stallone's 1995 cheese fest incarnation of Big Joe look like a cartoon!
_"this film get's the tone of Dredd and what he's about perfectly"_ It doesn't really. It's a better action movie and it gets Dredd's personality quite a bit better but in terms of adaption of something it is about the same. The Stallone movie (for all its mistakes) has maybe 30% of the satire from the source material while this one only has maybe 10%.
In the comic book, no one ever seeing his face was Dredd's trademark. I remember reading an issue once where Dredd was hospitalized in a bunch of casts and still wearing his helmet.
@@Ticketman99 Are you talking about the one where the Mutielanders find the burned up guy who turns out to be Dredd, which eventually leads into the Necropolis storyline?
@@Ticketman99 I think that's the first one where you actually see his face. I have heard there are one or two times before that where he has his helmet off, but you're seeing him from behind, or he has a shadow over his face, or something.
@@AstroXeno There's also a panel where a censored block is on his face. The point that people miss is that his face is never shown. Urban could've acted the whole movie without wearing the helmet AND without showing his face...and that would be just as good.
You're never meant to see Dredd's face..the Stallone movie was panned because of that, true fans didn't like it because he showed his face. That's part of the mystique surrounding the Judge, his name alone, evokes fear amongst criminals and respect from other judges. I hope we get a sequel too.
THis movie is SUPERB storytelling. You find out what a judge does and can do by simply WATCHING. As you have questions, you get answers, if you pay attention. Is his NAME Judge? No. is he THE judge? No. He is A judge. How does he judge? Oh: witness a crime, pronounce a sentence, and carry it out. How does his gun work? Oh, you talk to it. Can anyone use it? No. ID scan Oh, different ammo. How what kind of ammo?....He uses each kind till he runs out. Got it: that's how this world works.
From what I hear that's only part of the story. This could be a smoke screen but I hear one person wanted to do a movie about a robot learning to be human and another wanted to do one about a cop learning to cope with having robot parts and they joined up.
I watched this in the theatre with two hardcore Dredd fans. They read his storyies from the beginning in the AD2000 comics. They gave this movie two thumbs up.
Dredd3D was filmed and intended to be viewed in 3d, and is one of VERY few movies that are worth viewing that way. The slowmo sequences are used specifically to enhance the 3D experience.
18:48 Dredd wasn’t doing that to show mercy. He was doing that because he needed to conserve ammo and those kids were likely the lowest threat he was going to face so he used “stun.” Under normal circumstances he would have dropped them like anyone else.
@@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps You posted “no, stun is still ammo.” That is inaccurate because the stun is NOT ammo. Therefore, by using it Dredd is conserving ammo which was my point.
@@SolidSnake8295 So you'd want him to say "Conserve ammo and battery."? And you're using up the internal battery in a gun that has electronic features like DNA check and word recognition.
IIRC, Karl Urban was adamant about not showing his face in this film. He knew the character wasn't a person, but an avatar of the Law. Dredd's face _is_ the helmet.
As far as the Stallone movie goes this is the only one that properly follows the source material. First rule of a dystopian setting is the problems are too wide spread and run too deep to be solved in a single lifetime. This movie really captures that. It's all about small victories and enduring the harsh reality of such a world.
_"As far as the Stallone movie goes this is the only one that properly follows the source material. "_ No, it actually doesn't. It's a better action movie and it gets Dredd's personality closer but in terms of adaption of something it is about the same. The Stallone movie (for all its mistakes) has maybe 30% of the satire from the source material while this one only has maybe 10%.
@@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps For a one off film I think less is more. I would expect proper satire and even some direct story arcs implemented in the series netflix was trying to develop but not as a film that wasn't setting up sequels. I always point at the warcraft movie as a good adaptation that was worse as a movie because of it.
@@irreliventable _"For a one off film I think less is more. I would expect proper satire and even some direct story arcs implemented in the series netflix was trying to develop but not as a film that wasn't setting up sequels."_ That doesn't make any sense. That's like making... I dunno, a live-action one-off The Simpsons or Family Guy film and deliberately only have 10% of the satire. EDIT: With Judge Dredd it's less noticeable because it has more things going on but still...
@@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps I actually disagree. Just because movies establish a particular tone WITHIN the move, it doesn't mean that any series is required to follow it. In fact, following it could cause issues for the series. For example: "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", while a good series, suffered from trying to stick too close to the movies when it started. As it drifted and developed its own tone and pacing the series improved. Contrast that with "Daredevil", or any of the other NetFlix adaptations, and you can see that they took a different, darker turn. Each series was good, with the possible exception of "Iron Fist", but each also had a different tonality than the MCU movies. The recent "WandaVision", and upcoming "Loki", series seem to have taken a middle of the road route. "WandaVision" went to the absurd, and "Loki" seems to be taking a gritty look at the multiverse, while still highlighting his mischievous nature. BOTH are different from the MCU movies in tonality, and different from each other as well. So, PLANNING it the way irreliventable indicates may seem silly, but it COULD have been a part of a longer term plan to bring the satire in over a series of installments. Either as movies or a series. And all of that is just withing COMIC BOOK MOVIES. Probably the most famous example of a deviation from the tonality of the movie would be "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". The original movie was a satire, but the series took a gritty feel. They are tonally different, and appeal to different types of audiences. For another example we can go all the way back to "American Graffiti" and the series that spun off from it "Happy Days". Both have comedy and satire, but, unless one is already familiar with the fact that the series is a spin off, no one would know due to its increased levels of comedy and satire.
@@tmac2744 Nothing is ever "required" to do anything, we humans made that up. But saying a Simpsons or Futurama live action movie is a faithful adaptation of the source material if it has a different tone (e.g. the satire is toned down for Austin Powers or Scary Movie type parody) is just flat out untrue. Also, from what I understand, Joss Whedon did not like Buffy the movie's tone because it deviated from his original intent so he made Buffy the series.
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Please watch the raid movies
did you guys reaction robocop? try it hopely
Please react The Raid (2011) & The Raid 2: Redemption (2014)
9 years later I’m still holding out hope for a sequel.
you and me both, man
Same
Same, though I think a TV show would be better.
@@jamesblaine5517 Hell yeah, give it to Amazon and the guys who do The Boys. That would almost guarantee Karl Urban would be back.
Dredd has so many stories, he's been around since the 70s, the way his character has changed is amazing. But he isn't Marvel or DC 🤬🤬
"is he trying to sound like Sylvester"? no, he is trying to sound like Dredd
Correct. He IS Dredd.
Yeh. Dredd 2012 is not a remake of Stallone Dredd. They just used the same source material; from a character and universe that has been around since 1977 and has 45 solid years of stories.
Most fans of the comics hate the Stallone movie and love this 2012 movie. Before, Dredd 2012, Robocop was often calling the best Dredd movie ever made; as it was so heavily inspired by the Dredd comics.
Hes a battle hardened bad ass of course he gonna sound like a grizzly bear
Correct I was mildy triggered when she said this. Urban is Dredd
Also he wanted to sound like Clint Eastwood. You can look it up, and you can tell this right away. He is emulating Clint Eastwood.
Dredd never takes his helmet off in comics. Karl Urban is the perfect Dredd.
Well, he does at least once, but ofc we don't see his face.
Karl Urban is the perfect everything 😂🥰
Girl: "Oh, I love Dredd!"
Me: "Wrong answer."
Girl: "What? Why?! Do you hate that movie?!!"
Me: "No. Because there is only way you can feel about Dredd."
Girl: "What's that??"
Me: "The correct answer is: 'I Dredd him'!"
He does a flawless American accent too.
He got disillusioned, quit being a judge, and became The Butcher.
I got Karl Urbans autograph a few years ago and we discussed Dredd briefly. His exact words were, “We had so much bloody fun making that thing!!”. Then he asked if I wanted some gum. I’ve still got that gum on my shelf.
Kudos to you man. Kudos to you 👏👏👏👍👍
fuckin awesome
He was tryin to tell you in the nicest possible way that your breath stank! 🤣
@@alexandercummins dude come on! 🤣😂
He probably offers gum to all of his fans. Movie actors have so much money, they could literally come to a convention with a "Costco"-sized box of them, and offer a stick to everyone, and it would be no worse to them than paying their limo-drivers to take them downtown for the afternoon.
Karl Urban's portrayal of Dredd is closer to the comic. He's cold, brutal, merciless, by the book, and he never shows his face, it's always obscured whenever he removes his helmet. And Urban based the voice on how he imagined it to sound like when he read the comics as a kid(and yes, the comics were brutal AF 🤘)
They were also very satire and unique in its art design more like the tone of Robocop than this movie which I love but it’s trying to be its own thing rather than comic if you removed the Judge armour this movie could’ve been any Dystopian future film.
I would’ve loved if they went with that more unique comic book look but kept a lot of the dirty and textured look of things like the Mandalorian. Not everything in the comic could work for example some stuff are just really over the top Texas City having Cowboy hats on their buildings these elements I wouldn’t mind being toned down.
@@CaptainAmercia considering Robocop was going to be a Judge Dredd movie, that makes sense
I heard that judge dredd was based on Clint Eastwood dirty harry that is explains why that Karl was using a raspy voice
Jeezus! A Hollywood actor that read the source material....
he sounded to me like how I imagined his voice to be in the comics
People say they're glad that there's no love interest in this movie, but they're wrong. This is a movie about a man...and his love for the Law.
Yeah, that's the interesting part. 😊
Enter Rico: "LAAAAAAAAAAW!"
"Drug bust. Perps were uncooperative."
Best in-movie summation ever.
To Peach Trees it was a liberation. To Dredd it was Tuesday.
@@QuayNemSorr This was a(nother) nice nod to the comic's fans in that beyond him being his usual terse self, that was just a Tuesday for him. It's all the deep end.
this is a good game though
"Let me explain.... No. There is too much. Let me sum up: Buttercup marry Humperdink in little lessa half an hour."
Gets my vote, but this is a close second :)
you forgot the dramatic pause. "Perps were... uncooperative"
For MaMa, this was the most important thing to happen since she took over Peach Trees Heights. For Dredd, this was Tuesday.
How they were talking about if Anderson knew what she was in for, I was like, "Training mission. And it shouldn't be that big of a surprise. When the supervisor talking about throwing Anderson 'in the deep end,' Dredd responded, 'It's ALL the deep end.' Anderson might have been surprised, but Dredd was not."
I see your reference and appreciate it. 🤘🏼
OF COURSE!
This is sooooooo much more loyal to the comic than Stallone's "Judge Dredd."
This movie is a proper Judge Dredd movie.
The one with Stallone was a Stallone movie.
Stallone's had some elements from the comics, the more futuristic feel, the robots, etc...and he had a good look for Dredd, but the writing was a mess, Schneider, and showing his face were all off the mark.
I still like Stallone's as well lol. It's goofy AF. "Double whammy!"
It's an Ok movie if you don't know much about Dredd, @@eltravos99. It's just too cartoony and too much Stallone to be faithful to the original idea.
I liked it, some, until I saw this movie then I never wanted to go back.
@@ericmarois6960 I just like how hilariously bad it is. I appreciate a good terrible movie.
What I love about this movie is that the events in it aren't particularly noteworthy in the 'world building' scheme of things. The film is literally 'An ordinary day in the working life of a Mega City Judge'
It takes something on the order of the Dark Judges showing up to break into the "ordinary day" of the Big Meg.
Rob E. Coyote, I completely agree. I particularly like the start of the film where it looks like Judge Dread is fine in treating this like a normal pursuit / traffic stop until the perps make the mistake of wiping out an innocent. Then the gloves come off.
There is "world building" though in a background, "you got to pay attention" way rather than an "in your face / hit you over the head" manner. For example the motorcycle explaining about mandatory sentences in the iso cubes if you interfere with the crime scene or Judge dredd calling for recycle. As in recycle the bodies to be food because, let's be honest, you don't see farmland in this film's version of Mega City One. I certainly don't recall seeing farmland in the comic book representations of Mega City One which is far more dense than what we see in this film.
"What _happened_ in there?"
"Drug bust."
I think the events are exactly noteworthy as world-building because this "just another day on the job" shows the world as it is everyday compared to some special event which would not focus on the overall world-building as much. Judge Death isn't world-building. A drug bust explaining how the regular world works, is.
Yeah. Anderson was like “This is the craziest, and most violent day of my entire life!”
Dread was like “Another Tuesday.”
This a Adaption of the Comic, not a remake of the Movie. And Dredd never...NEVER....removes his helmet in the comics.
Actually, Dredd has taken his helmet off in the comics but when he does he is always in shadows so you never get to see his face.
There was an early one where he used a face change machine and went undercover and an even earlier one where he took his helmet off but the image had to be censored because he was that ugly! They also showed his face in profile in a flashback to the academy on the shooting range with Rico (During the Return of Rico story from the 70s) but they didn't say which was which.
@Christ is lord I'm old lol.
@@fergalmoore862 If I remember correctly they also showed him without his helmet from the back as he carried Rico's body away ("He ain't heavy, He's my brother").
I remember reading that particular episode when it came out, I can even remember Rico's rat like 'Titan' face, funny how things stick in your head.
Nikki: “I have seen the original, with Sylvester Stallone
Judge Dredd Fans: “We don’t talk about that”
I actually winced when you said that. Any Dredd who takes his helmet off is just an actor, pretending.
To be fair, I think in about 2000 AD episode 350, he did take his helmet off...but he was in profile, in shadow... :)
@@neilgriffiths6427 There have been times his helmet has been off, but you NEVER see his face. He's been shown sleeping in bed, or in the bath, without his helmet, but the face was always in shadow or just out of the frame or you see him from behind. Especially in the early days when Judge Dredd comics were more tongue-in-cheek.
@@LiveFromThePorcelainPalace Would just be hilarious if the comic actually showed Dredd naked, in the bathtub, but still with that damn helmet on. lol!
@@jacob4920 they have shown him naked in the tub.. but you never see his face.. closest you get is maybe one panel with part of the back of his head
@@LiveFromThePorcelainPalace I know that already. I'm just having funny thoughts. I would just laugh if they actually drew a picture of Dredd, in full view, with the helmet on, and nothing else, while soaking in the bathtub.
"Nothing like the original movie"
Thank. God.
Exactly I like how everything is different and new nothing like the original one , hopefully we get a sequel but who knows Karl urban was dope in it tbh he’s underrated now compared to before unfortunately
😂🤣🤣🤣😂🤣 Exactly what I said! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣🖒🖒
You betrayed the LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!! ---
LAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!?!??!!?!?!?
@@robertprobst3836 LMAO! Armand Asante was hilarious in that! :D
@@michaelriddick7116 Armand Asante was probably the olny good thing in that movie. Also because Rico had a point.
"Judgement time!"
In every other movie this line would be cheesy but here it's pure goosebumps.
For Dredd it's a statement of intent. He's going after Ma Ma no matter what...
I always wanted a sequel to this, it is such a great film. Karl Urban was both terrifying, and funny at the same time.
Same, this movie deserves a sequel for how good it was. If only more people went to watch it at the theater.
@@Lexyvil I wish I did!I walked past the poster at my local cinema at the time at least 4 times!in proper 3d too!grr
He’s fucking diabolical!
There has been a talk of a sequel movie or series for a while, I know Urban said he was interested, but it seems to be in limbo as usual.
Karl Urban should have been Batman instead of Ben Affleck!
I love his "I Am The Law" monolouge. Absolutely intimidating
Karl Urban refused to remove the helmet as he is a huge Dredd fan. He has been fighting to get a new film made or a TV show.
Sadly if it was made these days they would it with a ton of SJW bullshit
@@Baronstone nothing in this movie would make it unable of being made today for content. The only way it struggles is financial incentive due to poor sales.Just because you want to whine about make believe hypothetical reasons due to your alt right brainwashing does not make it real world facts. How in the world is someone saying SJW unironically in 2021 is beyond me.
You heard of the tv show Mega City One that was meant to be oriented around the judges??
Well last I heard they had a script then scrapped it an redid it
Karl was saying it’s for them to contact him and they are saying it’s for him to contact them sooo....
@baronstone no it’s not because of SJWs... that’s just stupid bro. It has to do with low sales. People didn’t go watch it. There’s PLENTY of edgy shit made now days. No one cares. That’s just the alt right brain washing you lol. I mean we got TV shows like GOT which is full of rape... so........
@Weevil there is it at least was a Mega City One tv show being made.. but it looks like it’s been dead in the water for some time now
Judge Dredd was created in 1977. 20 seconds to comply is a deliberate nod to Robocop - which itself was heavily based on Dredd (sans legal agreements).
In my opinion this is on of the most underrated/ Under appreciated movies that has come out relatively recently. It's one of my favorite comic book movies and Lena Headey is an excellent villain in this.
Definitely underrated , good movie IMO compared to originally it’s distinctive different and good I like it more every time I watch it LOL
Oh for sure. This is one of the better action movies to come out over the last decade or two imo. Nobody gave it a chance tho just because the Stallone movie was so bad. Like if ppl would have just watched it, they would have loved it.
Should of made 500 million 💵 at the box office.
Loved this movie only problem is Megacity one itself with the lower budget it doesn’t feel as Dystopian retro futuristic CyberPunk as the Stallion movie which for all its problems had amazing set design which was faithful to the comics like Tim Burtons Gotham for example. All I want from a sequel is a more unique dystopian looking Mega City one like Stallions version but of course being dark and brutal as fuck.
Sadly if I remember right another movie with more hype came out just before it that also featured a plot around a high rise building and fighting for survival, it was bad timing basically, through what that film was I have no idea, it didn't survive the test of time.
A criminally underrated movie. It should have gotten way more advertising when it was released. That was the only reason it "flopped" at the box office. They didn't advertise it. I didn't even know it existed at the time and only saw it a few months after it was finished at theatres. It deserves a sequel.
All of the ads focused more on the fact that it was 3D than anything else, so I imagine most people thought it was going to suck like so many others that based their advertisement around gimmicks.
"Damn Dredd what happened here?"
"Drug bust. Perps where not cooperative" ... walks away ... best scene ever
And true to the point of the movie. To us, the audience, this was a massive battle in a huge building. To Dredd, this is an average Tuesday in a tiny part of Megacity 1. He fights enemies like the Mama Gang all the time, this time was no different.
@@WisteriaDrake Quite right. Just another day on the job.
Fun fact. This film and The Raid are essentially the same movie, but The raid came out first by a few months even though Dredd started filming before The Raid. Both are great films.
Kinda like the Armageddon and Deep Impact thing.
The reason why you don’t see his face is because you’re not supposed to. In the comics Dredd’s face was never shown or revealed. This is actually the closest we’ve ever gotten to the comics. Sucks they’re not making a sequel to this because not many people knew who or what Judge Dredd was all about.
Stallions Dredd compared to this Dredd in terms of the look of Mega City in my opinion is the only thing better in Stallions version up there with Tim Burtons Gotham. My ideal sequel would be the set design and Comic book retro futuristic CyberPunk look combined with the brutality of this movie.
yeah I just realized years later that Dredd never revealed his face and that everyone apparently hated Stallone's Dredd xD
@@CaptainAmercia ...and Hammerstein. Hammerstein was an incredible bit of fanservice to anyone who read 2000ad.
There's literally a comic where some thugs have him take it of and they put a censor bar over his face and had the thugs react in horror.
I remember seeing this and thinking "Oh another shitty remake of a classic."
Little did I know that I was about to watch one of the best action movies ever.
It's a real bike Dredd is riding, not CGI, and it's Karl Urban riding. So cool!
Yeah he insist that he was actually riding the bike to stay in character I think
i think it was a hell to ride on though. IIRC.
The bike is a modified Suzuki, I've been on one and it's murder to ride as the fairings they added stop you from being able to steer properly
This is a majorly underrated movie. " In the cursed earth where the mutants dwell, there is no law just a living hell".
9 years later I still have a crush on Judge Anderson... Such a Badass female
pretty sure that many have crushes on very cute good looking girls. I mean you have a beautiful girl, don't make a movie and have her wear a helmet in it lol. OH, can't wear a helmet due to psi powers, problem solved.
@@eolsunder The helmet limitation was established in the comics. It’s also a practical way to distinguish characters.
anderson is a good female lead
@@iconocast yep......hopefully she'll be back for series or sequel alongside Karl Urban
Even when she was unsure of herself she was still badass and capable of taking care of herself. By the end... force of nature.
As a Loooong time Dredd fan (since 1977) this movie is a brilliant homage to the comic it was based on, Karl Urban nailed the portrayal of Joe Dredd Hopefully there will be a sequel
He’s not trying to be like Stallone both are trying to be like Dredd .. a comic book icon originally from UK Comic 2000 AD .. amazing stories 😀
Karl Urban pulls it off waaaay better than Stallone did. Stallone is the right size but Urban’s is closer to the comic, even so much as his helmet never coming off. Love this movie.
Such a good comic, takes me back to my youth. Dredd and Slaine being top favourites 👌
Slaine was good but don’t forget Rogue Trooper, ABC Warriors & Nemises .. all worthy of a movie on their own merits 😀
@@aintsam9952 Stallone was actually too short, and had to wear lifts in his shoes. Stallone had *muscles,* but Dredd is not supposed to be beefy. Urban is actually physically much closer to the character.
What's funny and ironic is, Stallone's portrayal of John Spartan in Dᴇᴍᴏʟɪᴛɪᴏɴ Mᴀɴ was a viable (and in some respects more plausible) interpretation of Dredd than his actual Dredd. The Demolition Man setting was just as dystopic as the Big Meg, just flipped in a new-age-ish LA style as opposed to a gritty NYC style.
The "red head" is Donald Gleeson, son of Brendan Gleeson (Braveheart, In Bruges, 28 Days Later, and Mad Eye Moody in Harry Potter). Donald is in Ex Machina with Oscar Isaacs, About Time (excellent romantic comedy) and he was Bill Weasley in Harry Potter. Dude is a chameleon who is only going to get better over time.
Domhnall*
The reason the guy thought he could use the gun despite knowing so much about it is actually shown: when Anderson was inside the guy's mind, we see him holding the gun there. She made him think he could use it without a problem, just in case he disarmed her and tried to use it.
You know, like he did.
I didn't think about that. Nice catch!
I thought he used a regular SMG.
The Megacity Blocks were designed as Nuclear Weapons Proof Shelters. That’s why they can Lockdown all openings. Based on a great comic book series.
In the 2000 A.D. comic where Judge Dredd originated, Judge Anderson becomes as close a friend to Dredd as he will allow. She also plays an intricate part in the Dark Judges saga that would have been an awesome sequel to this movie
Originally the plan was for two films, one to set the world scene and a second to involve the Dark Judges. When Rebellion was planning the films, I helped one of the potential script writers get to grips with the lore as he'd very little knowledge of the comics... so I'd read and helped rewrite scripts for both potential films years before this was made.
He didn't get the job btw... in the end this is a much simpler film than the one I helped on - which would have been based on the Judge Caligula arc.
@@manticore5733
Judge Cal was his actual name, but based on the hedonistic Emperor Caligula.
Gaze into the face of Death,
Gaze into the fist of Dredd.
@@stevefreeman3474 It was Fear, not Death.
Met Karl Urbans years ago on a Star Trek cruise, guy is awesome and LOVES chatting with people about damn near everything. Asked him if we would ever get a Dread 2 and he said he would love to do it. Asked him what was gorier...Dread or The Boys...that got a smile out of him and he just said..."That's a close one mate! "
Fun fact about the slow MO bits, they were shot by Gavin Free of the Slo Mo guys here on TH-cam, he's done a lot of that for Hollywood
Here’s hoping that Karl Urban’s influence increases from “The Boys” as he gets to make a sequel to this.
Or a tv series of Dredd 🤞
@@TheDeathMantis apparently he was fighting for a series. Don’t know if he still is now.
@@shinigami9851 Damn i hope he wins. There are actual comic book storylines that would be great for a tv show and amazing as a movie.
@@TheDeathMantis Amazon should pick it up lol
I can't believe it took so long for you to get to this movie, but I'm glad you finally did!! Even John Wagner, who created Judge Dredd, and hated the 1995 Stallone version, felt this was a true representation of Judge Dredd.
I saw this movie in 3D in the theaters. Best 3D slo-mo effects I have ever seen to date, felt like I was on drugs just watching it.
Always so proud of Karl Urban for sticking to the character so well and not taking his Helmet off And people should look up the 2000AD comics if they want to learn more about Judge Dredd
Yep, my friend worked on the helmets for this and had fittings with him and his love for the character showed. Unlike Stallone who was a pain the ass from the get go.
@@Silver-rx1mh And it shows the huge differences between each movie
@@mrneoneil999 Exactly.
I love how MaMa constructed this whole elaborate setup to stop Dredd from killing her at the end, and he almost completely ignored it and killed her anyway with not a single fuck given.
I feel like a part of him was convinced she would be out of range , but another part of him had no idea. The part that was unsure just fell back on an unbreakable ethos to follow the law and carry out a sentence regardless of the circumstance, even if it means the death of himself and everyone else. No morality, no conscience, just an unstoppable code that he will enforce the law by any means necessary. That doesn't make him a good guy or a bad guy. But it does make him terrifying either way.
That's Dredd isn't it... no grey area. You're either guilty or not.
So much props to Karl Urban keeping the helmet on the whole time, staying true to the character.
He is a brilliant actor; you can see how much commitment he has for his roles. Maybe it's also interesting to know that he addapted much by the Lord of the Rings cast memebers, like he has high respect for Viggo and told that he got influenced by his playing.
its nice to see someone realize why its called the Ma-Ma clan. most people are either confused or mock it because it sounds silly. her first and last name both start with Ma, hence she is Ma Ma, and its her clan.
As a UK sci-fi fan who read 2000AD back in the 80s when some of the best Dredd content was written i cannot express how much the Stallone version hurts when just thinking about the fact he removed the helmet. His original character drawings were based on Clint Eastwood and he lived in Rowdy Yates block which was a character Eastwood played in the TV show "Rawhide"
And with Dredd you had so much story potential with the likes of Judge Death and the Dark Judges, The Judda, Necropolis, Block Wars, The Super Surf races, and many more.
Most of those great stories were written by Alan Grant who was hired by DC to write some of the best Batman content of the late 80s and 90s. In fact, the writing at 2000AD was so good that a lot of the writers ended up in the US working on major comic titles and one offs like "The Killing Joke" and creating content which has been turned into film like "The Watchmen", "V For Vendetta", "From Hell", and "League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen".
You say “a lot of the writers” and then list a bunch of stuff that were all Alan Moore. 🤔🤔🤔
@@brutallyhonest123 I like the Alan Moore stuff.
You should've seen in the comics when Dredd punched Judge Fear in his horrific face.
Judge Fear: "Gaze into the face of Fear!"
Dredd: "Gaze into the fist of Dredd!"
John Wick, Mad Max, and now Dredd. You guys have amazing tastes, I love it!
Those blocks are made to be self contained cities that can seal themselves off in case of nuclear war to survive - though people get pretty crazy loyal to their block, which can start "bloc wars"
Steven: Is this going to be a movie about these 2 wiping out everyone in this building??
-that’s exactly what it is! 🤘🏼
they need to watch The Raid if they haven't already. similar premise, vastly different style
Two Judges vs. 75,000 people? Not even close to a fair fight... for the perps.
I was thinking "Are you complaining about that?"
I have an idea for the Dredd film... it's like Die Hard, but it's set in a skyscraper... oh, hang on a second.
@@manticore5733 JUDGE DREDD would have cleared Nakatomi Plaza in about 15 mins...
Dredd is one of my favorite comic book movies. Severely underrated and not respected enough
One of the best films and very underrated. Shame there is no sequel. Carl Urban has the Judge Dredd character down pat, so much like the comic book. Silvester Stallone never understood the character and did not get it right, he even took off the helmet (vanity) but you never see the character of JD take that helmet off. The one thing the original Stalone film got right was the look of the comic book Mega-City One.
"He did a Leroy Jenkins right there"
- My respect for Nikki increased tenfold!
Notice that the poor dude that got MaMa's thumbs in his eyes during the backstory was the same dude doing her hacking that had cybernetic eyes. He knows what happens when MaMa is disappointed!
I felt so bad for that guy. I'm glad they let him go.
Indeed, poor guy! I was sure he was going to die so I was very happy when Anderson freed him.
The actor later went on to play General Hux, the punching bag of the First Order.
As someone who read so much Dredd as a teen I'm glad that in 2012 we finally got a good film adaptation. Even when we didn't get a sequel, the movieverse keeps going on in it's own comic series. We also have that Judge Dredd: Mega City One tv series to look forward to :)
It's not quite that simple since, for all the 2012 movie does right and the 1995 movie does wrong, the 2012 one only has maybe 10% of the satire of the source material while the 1995 one has maybe 30%.
If you've read as much as you claim you'd already know this though.
And yes, hopefully the new series hasn't stalled with covid and things.
@@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps The main thing I care about is that Dredd's character adaptation was more faithful in this one.
@@Tuikkal That's fine.
"I'm gonna need more paper towels!" LOL My friend Robert Allsopp was the principal costume designer/prototype maker for this and even though he did a brilliant job they didn't even give him an onscreen credit, the swines. He did say though Karl Urban was a delightful man and enjoyed working with him.
What was the reason he didn't get credit? Even the trainees normally get a credit on feature films! He did amazing work here.
@@ericy4522 God only knows. It came as a surprise to him to. Since then he has done lectures around the country about his work in the film, so word has got out. You can at least now Google his name and Dredd to read what he did.
The unfortunate thing about this movie is it was written with a trilogy in mind. 'Episode 1' was meant to be the introduction of Dredd and Anderson, and how the world of Mega City One operates. Two was going to be more world-building and the rise of one of the major villains of the comics: Judge Cal. Part Three would be the story of Judge Death and the Apocalypse Judges. Sadly, the first movie didn't make enough money for Lionsgate to agree to further sequels, and the idea was canned.
Story is that Urban and the writing team and director have been looking to fund the sequels if they could find a production company willing to do it. Urban has said in multiple interviews and in fan meets that he'd be enthusiastic about coming back to the role if more Dredd movies (or a series, if it was brought to Netflix is a fan theory) were to be made.
10 years later and I'm holding out hope of seeing Karl back in the uniform. He did such a good job in this movie.
It makes me SO sad this AMAZING movie didn't have the succes it deserved.
Mama's announcement absolutely terrified me. Chills all over. It's how straight forward and calm she is.
This one's closer to the source material than the Stallone movie actually. Urban nailed it. Such an underrated film. (Edit) Also in the comics you never see Dredd's face. Something that probably inspired "The Mandalorian"
It's hard to say since Star Wars and Judge Dredd came out around the same time
In terms of the look of Mega City one Stallones is a lot closer to the comic books that retro futuristic CyberPunk setting but everything else fell flat. Combine the look of Stallones Dredd set production with the brutality of this movie and I’ll be a happy Dredd fan lol
@@Baronstone I meant the whole "Not taking off the helmet" policy in the series
_"This one's closer to the source material than the Stallone movie actually. "_
No, it actually isn't. It's a better action movie and it gets Dredd's personality closer but in terms of adaption of something it is about the same. The Stallone movie (for all its mistakes) has maybe 30% of the satire from the source material while this one only has maybe 10%.
@ImpishDCrealm Dredd was based on Dirty Harry (or in fact the logical extreme of a comic character One Eyed Jack, who was based on Dirty Harry). So no... not Batman, you casual.
Lena Heady's performance in this was absolutely top notch. She sounds so tired, like she's borderline given up, but still can't stop fighting. Both driven and despairing at the same time.
pretty sure some one has probably mentioned, it was Karl Urban's idea to not remove the helmet.. he has said so many times he had a great time doing this role and even he wants a sequel, he has literally said that he is waiting by the phone for that call and he'll drop everything to do it.
It wasn't his idea, it was the source material's idea; it was his _intent_ to be absolutely true to it.
The name of the block is Peach Trees, named for where it was written, the Peach Tree pub, in Shrewsbury, UK...
this movie is way closer to the 2000AD comic character than the Stallone one. I also love that for Anderson it was one of the biggest and hardest days of her life, for Dredd it was Thursday.
Tons better!
_"this movie is way closer to the 2000AD comic character than the Stallone one."_
In terms of his personality, yes, but the overall tone is wrong. It's a better action movie and it gets certain details closer but in terms of adaption of something it is about the same. The Stallone movie (for all its mistakes) has maybe 30% of the satire from the source material while this one only has maybe 10%.
"That's a rough first day on the job" - I think the message here is that's what every day on the job is like for a Judge in Megacity One.
Seeing this in the theater was pretty wild. It was in 3D, and they cranked up the effect for all the Slo-mo scenes. Very trippy.
I really, really wish I had seen this in the theater with 3D. One of the few films I wish I would have seen in 3D instead of 2D.
@@vetteazul5114 Agree, during all the 3D craze only Avatar, Tron Legacy and Dredd managed to make it worthwhile.
That sounds amazing and I now feel so sad I didn't see it in theaters. I don't even like 3D that much but I would totally want to experience that.
Karl Urban killed it in this role and the movie was unrelenting with its unfiltered violence. Love this film! It is the polar opposite of the Stallone version. Closest to the comic it is based on.
So I'm a costumer as a hobby and in 2014 I put together a Dredd uniform complete with the helmet and Lawgiver. That same year at Toronto Fan Expo I got to meet the man himself Karl Urban while dressed in my Dredd costume. While I waited in line for his autograph I could hear him say "YESSSS!" after he spotted me in line. The encounter lasted maybe 20 seconds but he made me feel like "I" was a star! He was smiling the entire time as he signed a pic of himself as Dredd for me, "From One Judge to Another." Shook my hand and said, "Awesome costume!" Made me feel like a million bucks!
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"What, is this gonna be a movie of these two wiping out everyone who comes and attacks them in this building??"
... maybe.
"You might not want to be taken alive. Your choice."....That was the direction Dredd gave her that allowed her to pass despite losing her weapon. He was offering her either the chance to give up and return as a dead civ, or continue as a living Judge.
In the comic books you never get to see Judge Dredd's face so they stayed true to the source material.
The thing about Dredd, is in the comics, you NEVER see his face, he's almost always wearing his helmet, when he isn't, he's usually either Bandaged up from his injuries, or in shadows, Karl Urban is a big 2000ad & Judge Dredd fan, and this film is the closest they can get to the comic without coming off too corny.
They also portrayed Anderson pretty well, although in the comics she was already a judge when Dredd first met her during the Judge Death incident, overall he's harsh & brutal, while she's flippant and fun and a great foil for him when she appears beside Joe in the series.
Also 2000ad has some prequal and sequel comics for this film, for both Dredd and Anderson, they're well worth a read!
This movie is just sooooo underrated. Cyberpunk 2012
Dredd is a masterpiece it’s criminal it didn’t get a sequel
Thought this was a great version of Dredd. Karl Urban was bad-ass.
And far closer to the original comic unlike the awful Stallon attempt.
@@Silver-rx1mh _"And far closer to the original comic unlike the awful Stallon attempt."_
@ImpishDCrealm _"This "version" was comic accurate."_
In terms of his personality, yes, but the overall tone is wrong. It's a better action movie and it gets certain details closer but in terms of adaption of something it is about the same. The Stallone movie (for all its mistakes) has maybe 30% of the satire from the source material while this one only has maybe 10%.
I grew up with Judge Dredd comics- with are still going today. Dredd never takes off the helmet (or if he does, he's disguised). Judges are selected from orphanages at birth, so they have no weaknesses, the training is brutal and often fatal as their training progresses so that who is left is the toughest and most responsible to have that kind of authority.
The no face aspect is sooooooo important for this adaptation.
i was almost 10 years old when this movie came out. 12 years years later i still hope we can get another one!
One of my favourite things in this movie is right at the end when Dredd gets asked what happened and he just says "Drug Bust, perps were....unco-operative". How to sum up the entire film packed with intense action in just five words, and it's such a good character moment for Dredd as well. For him it really was just another day on the job for the most part.
Love the simplicity of this film, as Dredd says, drug bust, unco-operative perps. No end of the world super villans no global peril, just 2 judges vs a drug gang.
Dredd never removes his helmet, thats his thing, he is THE Law, not a man. His personality is a distant second to what he represents a judge simply doing his job. Much praise to Carl Urban for staying true to this and not letting his ego get in the way.
Also in scenes I never knew I needed to see, Cersy Lannister firing a heavy gatling cannon :)
Dredd never takes his helmet off, glad he kept it on.
Even Dredd has to take a bath.
Do not disturb Dredd in the bath!
19:01 - it's a small little moment, but given how one of the regular critiques of Judge Dredd is that he's a fascist - something the comics do actually engage with and deconstruct on a regular basis since the early days of the strip - Dredd having the common sense and by the bookness to clock that those two kids weren't an actual threat and prioritising stunning them rather than immediately merc'ing them like all the other criminals he encounters in Peach Trees (even at the expense of his partner getting shanghai'd) shows a level of self-awareness that irl cops in America could learn from.
I just want a motorcycle helmet designed to look like theirs. Would be cool as hell cruising around with a Judge helmet on.
This movie had the best 3D I've ever seen on the big screen. Which is crazy when you consider it cost a fraction of what most 3D movies cost. But there was no ghosting, no crosstalk, nothing that gives me a headache when I see a $200 million 3D movie. The blood splashing over the edge of the screen during the slo-mo shootout was such a cool effect. God, I wish this had made money. It deserves multiple sequels.
I remember when I first saw this movie I didn't really appreciate it as much as I do now and through the years of watching it over again this movie is so underrated there should be a sequel made to this movie.
12:35-They arrested him, they're bringing him in. Dredd follows The Law.
The RAID should be next 🙌🏼
Some trivia about Raid and Dredd...
and the COPYING controversy.
FACTS:
1. While Raid was released before Dredd, Dredd started filming before Raid. Principal photography was finished before Raid even started filming.
2. The Dredd screenplay, titled Peach Trees, had leaked online, before Gareth Evans claims to have started writing Raid.
3. While Evans lives in Indonesia, he is Welsh, and like most people who grew up in UK, would have been familiar with the Sci-fi comic book 2000 AD and its most famous character, Judge Dredd. Logically thinking, there's a possibility he might have read an article about the leak, comparing the script to Die Hard, and found the link on a 2000 AD forum. I know I did and downloaded it from the Megaupload site. And a lot of people were questioning whether it was even authentic. Well, in the original screenplay Ma-Ma was fat and the mall scene played out little differently, but majority of it was pretty much how it turned out in the movie.
4. Evans was in a bad spot as he had written the movie Beranthal, had the actors and everything else set up, except he did not have nearly enough money for a multi location shoot required for the movie. So he wrote the script to Raid, which is mostly set in one location, according to his own statements, in a month.
5. The two movies share several common elements, the whole premise of the movie, plot progression, tone, similar scenes, like the drug lord in top floor, monitoring the whole building through multiple monitor screens and a speaker system, ordering the tenants and his henchmen to kill the law enforcers, the young rookie, corrupted cops (in Dredd, "Judges"), the hallway shootout massacre. So many in fact, in one movie, that its more logical to think the "Peach Trees" Dredd script (named after the restaurant Dredd writer Alex Garland, known for The Beach, Sunshine, Ex Machina and 28 Days Later met with comic book writer and Judge Dredd creator John Wagner, also, the name they gave the Apartment Complex in the movie) had influenced Evans than Evans having no idea about the script.
6. When asked about the similarities, Evans said that while they were already editing Raid, his editor told him about the leaked Dredd script and he saw the synopsis of it and said something like, paraphrasing: "Wow! We better finish this fast or people will accuse us of copying it!" I don't know if Garland has seen Raid yet, but when the similarities were brought up, at the time he said that it must be a coincidence they were making a similar movie.
7. Also, Evans has said that, while they were editing Raid, he was simultaneously rewriting Beranthal as a sequel to Raid. Who says he wouldn't have been able to adapt Dredd script into the Raid movie?
8. When Dredd was released, there was a lot of controversy, people claiming Dredd was copying Raid, while I remember thinking about the leaked Peach Trees script.
Personally, I like both movies. And they are different in a lot of ways, Raid having extended martial arts fight scenes, while Dredd has the Sci-fi element and more gun fights. But I am very dismayed by people calling Dredd a Raid clone. I feel like Evans should come clean, but I also understand that could be a career suicide.
@@rikuruohomaki3230 The Raid came out on Sept 8 '11 at TIFF an won awards... when did dredd came out eh?? how about my theories... some big film makers send out theirs spies to find some fresh ideas... and few of them ended up watching the jaw dropping "awesometacular" The Raid... then... u can fill the rest... how bout that eh ??
Ive been a Dredd fan since the early 80s and love this movie. Dredd's face is never seen in the comic ... it's part of the character's persona. Great reaction :-)
Dredd is actually the best Street Judge there is in that world and in the comics he actually teamed up with Batman a few times when Batman got transported to his world.
oh fuck... How mad would a Judgement on Gotham film be..?
Yep the Batman Judge Dredd crossovers were insane. I would not call them friends in fact I would say Bruce Wayne is quite glad that they don't cross over much.
This was also shot in real 3d with real high def 3d cameras, even the slow mo. So in theaters, in 3d, it was AMAZING!!!! This and avatar are the only movies that made 3D a transformative experience.
Grew up on Dredd and 2000AD in the United Kingdom in the 1970's, this film get's the tone of Dredd and what he's about perfectly, it makes Stallone's 1995 cheese fest incarnation of Big Joe look like a cartoon!
_"this film get's the tone of Dredd and what he's about perfectly"_
It doesn't really. It's a better action movie and it gets Dredd's personality quite a bit better but in terms of adaption of something it is about the same. The Stallone movie (for all its mistakes) has maybe 30% of the satire from the source material while this one only has maybe 10%.
In the comic book, no one ever seeing his face was Dredd's trademark. I remember reading an issue once where Dredd was hospitalized in a bunch of casts and still wearing his helmet.
Did you read the issue when he didn't have his helmet on?
@@Ticketman99 Are you talking about the one where the Mutielanders find the burned up guy who turns out to be Dredd, which eventually leads into the Necropolis storyline?
@@AstroXeno That's one example
@@Ticketman99 I think that's the first one where you actually see his face. I have heard there are one or two times before that where he has his helmet off, but you're seeing him from behind, or he has a shadow over his face, or something.
@@AstroXeno There's also a panel where a censored block is on his face.
The point that people miss is that his face is never shown. Urban could've acted the whole movie without wearing the helmet AND without showing his face...and that would be just as good.
You're never meant to see Dredd's face..the Stallone movie was panned because of that, true fans didn't like it because he showed his face. That's part of the mystique surrounding the Judge, his name alone, evokes fear amongst criminals and respect from other judges. I hope we get a sequel too.
One thing the Stallone film got right was the ABC Warrior
THis movie is SUPERB storytelling.
You find out what a judge does and can do by simply WATCHING. As you have questions, you get answers, if you pay attention.
Is his NAME Judge? No.
is he THE judge? No. He is A judge.
How does he judge? Oh: witness a crime, pronounce a sentence, and carry it out.
How does his gun work? Oh, you talk to it.
Can anyone use it? No. ID scan
Oh, different ammo. How what kind of ammo?....He uses each kind till he runs out.
Got it: that's how this world works.
Fun fact, Robocop was based off of Judge Dredd (not the Sly version, it's terrible). So it's interesting you picked up that parallel
From what I hear that's only part of the story. This could be a smoke screen but I hear one person wanted to do a movie about a robot learning to be human and another wanted to do one about a cop learning to cope with having robot parts and they joined up.
since this movie came out I've felt "this is as close as we'll ever get to a true new Robocop movie".
It also took a lot of tone from Howard Chaykin's American Flagg and Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns Comics.
I watched this in the theatre with two hardcore Dredd fans. They read his storyies from the beginning in the AD2000 comics. They gave this movie two thumbs up.
oh my god, i forgot about the full-auto headshot scene
Dredd3D was filmed and intended to be viewed in 3d, and is one of VERY few movies that are worth viewing that way. The slowmo sequences are used specifically to enhance the 3D experience.
18:48 Dredd wasn’t doing that to show mercy. He was doing that because he needed to conserve ammo and those kids were likely the lowest threat he was going to face so he used “stun.”
Under normal circumstances he would have dropped them like anyone else.
No, stun is still ammo.
@@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps Incorrect. The stun shot runs on an internal battery.
@@SolidSnake8295 That's not what I mean. You're not conserving shots, except against things you can't stun.
@@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps You posted “no, stun is still ammo.” That is inaccurate because the stun is NOT ammo. Therefore, by using it Dredd is conserving ammo which was my point.
@@SolidSnake8295 So you'd want him to say "Conserve ammo and battery."? And you're using up the internal battery in a gun that has electronic features like DNA check and word recognition.
IIRC, Karl Urban was adamant about not showing his face in this film. He knew the character wasn't a person, but an avatar of the Law. Dredd's face _is_ the helmet.
As far as the Stallone movie goes this is the only one that properly follows the source material. First rule of a dystopian setting is the problems are too wide spread and run too deep to be solved in a single lifetime. This movie really captures that. It's all about small victories and enduring the harsh reality of such a world.
_"As far as the Stallone movie goes this is the only one that properly follows the source material. "_
No, it actually doesn't. It's a better action movie and it gets Dredd's personality closer but in terms of adaption of something it is about the same. The Stallone movie (for all its mistakes) has maybe 30% of the satire from the source material while this one only has maybe 10%.
@@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps For a one off film I think less is more. I would expect proper satire and even some direct story arcs implemented in the series netflix was trying to develop but not as a film that wasn't setting up sequels. I always point at the warcraft movie as a good adaptation that was worse as a movie because of it.
@@irreliventable _"For a one off film I think less is more. I would expect proper satire and even some direct story arcs implemented in the series netflix was trying to develop but not as a film that wasn't setting up sequels."_
That doesn't make any sense. That's like making... I dunno, a live-action one-off The Simpsons or Family Guy film and deliberately only have 10% of the satire.
EDIT: With Judge Dredd it's less noticeable because it has more things going on but still...
@@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps I actually disagree.
Just because movies establish a particular tone WITHIN the move, it doesn't mean that any series is required to follow it. In fact, following it could cause issues for the series.
For example: "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", while a good series, suffered from trying to stick too close to the movies when it started. As it drifted and developed its own tone and pacing the series improved.
Contrast that with "Daredevil", or any of the other NetFlix adaptations, and you can see that they took a different, darker turn. Each series was good, with the possible exception of "Iron Fist", but each also had a different tonality than the MCU movies.
The recent "WandaVision", and upcoming "Loki", series seem to have taken a middle of the road route. "WandaVision" went to the absurd, and "Loki" seems to be taking a gritty look at the multiverse, while still highlighting his mischievous nature. BOTH are different from the MCU movies in tonality, and different from each other as well.
So, PLANNING it the way irreliventable indicates may seem silly, but it COULD have been a part of a longer term plan to bring the satire in over a series of installments. Either as movies or a series.
And all of that is just withing COMIC BOOK MOVIES. Probably the most famous example of a deviation from the tonality of the movie would be "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". The original movie was a satire, but the series took a gritty feel. They are tonally different, and appeal to different types of audiences.
For another example we can go all the way back to "American Graffiti" and the series that spun off from it "Happy Days". Both have comedy and satire, but, unless one is already familiar with the fact that the series is a spin off, no one would know due to its increased levels of comedy and satire.
@@tmac2744 Nothing is ever "required" to do anything, we humans made that up.
But saying a Simpsons or Futurama live action movie is a faithful adaptation of the source material if it has a different tone (e.g. the satire is toned down for Austin Powers or Scary Movie type parody) is just flat out untrue.
Also, from what I understand, Joss Whedon did not like Buffy the movie's tone because it deviated from his original intent so he made Buffy the series.
Fun fact. They didn't know what Robocop was going to look like so they used a Dredd maniquin as a stand in while they designed Robocop.
One of my favorite movies, I end up rewatching it at least once a year if not more