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Hi Ya Jen, as you probably realise by now Dredd is NOT a remake of the Stallone film. The 2000AD Comic is Dredds origin, there were two main artists that worked on Dredd. The Stallone version is close to the art style of John Wagner, this film represent the art style of Carlos Ezquerra. Both are good (but I'm not keen on the stallone version) if you watch both you'll get a bigger picture on the world. Judge Anderson became a character in her own right and appeared with Dredd on several occasions. This film is a masterpiece afaic, Karl IS Judge Dredd, Olivia plays Anderson beautifully. I'd love a sequel.
I loved your reaction to this, Jen, it was excellent. This film and the previous one are both based off a British comic called 2000AD, Judge Dredd is a Street Judge he's never seen without his helmet in the comics, the guns that Street Judges have are called 'Law Givers' each one is coded to a particular Judge anyone else trying to use one suffers the consequences, the guns have multiple firing modes. The Stallone film is okay, a bit more comic book like and less serious compared to this, but it's enjoyable. As you're interested in Sci-Fi, Jen, please can I recommend the film, 'Westworld' it's celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, it's quite an important film in Sci-Fi, without it many popular films would have never been made.
Thanks for ŕeacting to this one Jen, one of my favorites. The mini gun scene alone, makes this worth a watch. Karl Urban's best role. IMO. Thanks again Jen...Eric 😊
Dredd "never" removes his helmet because it represents his connection to the law. The blast doors are there because Block Wars are a thing that happens. A block war is when two (or more) blocks (buildings like Peach Trees) will fight.
Judge Dredd is THE British comic book icon. He has been dispensing justice in Mega-City One, since 1977, in the comic, 2000AD. The Stallone movie has the advantage of a higher budget, and achieves the look of Mega-City One, but it's campy and commits the ultimate crime of showing Dredd's face. (His face is NEVER shown in the comic). This film is the true spirit of Dredd...
@@slithery9291 When I was 12, I had to go into hospital for a fairly serious operation, just as the Apocalypse war was kicking off. My poor parents had enough to worry about and all I was interested in, was what was happening in Mega-City One... 😂
@@RaceDayReplaycalm down kid. It is underrated because it wasn't a box office success. didn't make it's budget back which means not a lot of people saw it, and ruined the chance of a sequel, or show
When it came out the 3D gimmick put most people off, at that time lots of movies were being converted digitally to 3D and it was downright annoying. Word of mouth made it more money than any marketing.
The entire movie summarized… Chief Judge: “So what happened in there?” Dredd: “Drug bust.” Chief Judge: “Looks like you’ve been through it.” Dredd: “Perps were uncooperative.”
Karl Urban nailed it as Dredd. Lena Headey obviously did a great job as Mama as well. I know the most common complaint from the 90s movie is the fact that Dredd removed his helmet, which he never does in the comic.
The only times you see Dredd without a helmet in the comics, they go out of the way to emphasize and remind the reader that Dredd's face has been surgically altered, so you aren't actually seeing Dredd's face. Just someone else's. Considering the plotline of the 90's movie, they could have held on until about the midpoint, then just said that, and the complaints about removing the helmet would have been meaningless. Oh well. This is still a great movie and it deserves a sequel, even though we'll never see it.
One of my favourite quotes from 2000AD in an episode where Dredd is being psychoanalysed. The Professor interviewing him equates his helmet to his mothers womb and the safety aspect is why he doesn't take it off. Dredd replies 'In a firefight, that's the last place I'd stick my head.'
@@timmooney7528 He has stated he wouldn't have agreed to star in it if the helmet was to come off, Dredd dressing in the beginning of the movie emphasize Dredd's mystery really well. We see him don his armor, weapon and helmet but we do not see his face, it cloaked in shadow until his helmet is on.
Dredd summarizing the film as "Drug Bust" and "Perps were... uncooperative" so succinctly tells us just how frequently Dredd's adventures go as violently as this, for him being trapped in a skyscraper and hunted by every bad guy in it was just a day at work, unworthy of hyperbole.
Karl Urban is such a versatile actor. From the bad guy in the Bourne movies, to the light-hearted Dr. MCcoy in Star Trek, I love him in every role I have ever seen him in! Another great response, Jen! ❤😊❤😊❤😊
A nice bit of paraphrasing from the Death Judge story arc., With how many real life years have passed and the movie is still being praised, I admit to hoping still for a Judge Childe arc made into a movie or a Prime series. Cursed Earth would be great too. Ah hell, I'll take anything, honestly. Love me some Judge Dredd storylines.
In the comics, Dredd's face has never been shown. It's meant to show that he IS his job. He's a cog in the fascist machine that is Mega City 1. It's a bit of symbolism the Stallone film missed. Before taking the role, Karl Urban insisted he wouldn't do the movie unless Dredd kept the helmet on the whole time
Dredd doesn't take off the helmet on duty. He only removes it in his sleep chamber and private quarters. Outside of his quarters he always wears his uniform since he is always on duty then.
YES!!! LOVE THIS VERSION OF TH CHARACTER! The film takes place in 2134, 60 years after World War III broke out. Karl Urban based his voice on Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry. The film was a critical success, but a box office disappointment, making $45 million dollars against a $50 million dollar budget. A spinoff TV series and a sequel were considered, but it had been put on hold, as the film didn't make a profit.
@@Smokie_666 yeah, it didnt even show on the screens in my town, But the very day it was released on dvd/Bluray I bought myself a copy because I knew I wouldnt be disappointed.
It's a shame the movie was basically set up to fail. Advertising was minimal and gave the impression that this was a sequel to the Stallone movie (which has a pretty bad reputation and infuriated fans of the comics), it got pretty limited screening in both time and number of theaters, and it was used as a test for 3D tech that never took off.
Remember hook jaw, Shako that huge polar bear, and the section with the dinosaurs. I had the 1st edition when I was 10 plus many more, sadly my mum threw out all that kind of stuff when I joined the military. Never mind 💩 happens 😢
I would kill for a Halo Jones movie. And the ABC Warriors. According to the IMDb there is a Rogue Trooper movie in pre-production, which is beyond exciting.
Flesh was amazing. Time travel and dinosaurs..I loved that. Also, Strontium Dog, Slaine, Robo Hunter, Nemesis the Warlock and Ace Trucking Co. Would love to see all of them properly adapted for the big or small screen.
Since you enjoyed this, I think it's time you found your way to the "Mad Max" series for some legendary post-apocalyptic action. It will get you wondering what your post-apocalypse wasteland vehicle would look like. There are four movies in the series with a spinoff movie called "Furiosa" coming out next year.
I love how this is literally just another day for Dredd and he consistently treats it as a training exercise. Makes me want to know what a serious threat would actually look like. Oof
Well in the comics there was the time the Russian version of mega city 1 declared war on mega city 1 and like 90 percent of the judges were wiped out before it was over. (dredd was one of the few survivors) to give you an idea of the kinda stuff dredd has dealt with. Also dredd is pretty much the last of clones of the guy who created the judges I think all the others are dead now.
@@EBlank3807 I honestly don't remember. It's been over 2 decades since I collected comics.(and I only occasionally read heavy metal and 2000ad back then) I switched to Manga back around 2000 or a little before when the American comic industry started going downhill. It was wolverine origin that made me finally give up on American comics. I couldn't believe they would do something as unbelievably stupid as give wolverine an origin. So I decided I was done.
@@EBlank3807 Block Mania was the 9 part prequel to Apocalypse War story, running from prog 236 onwards with the War climaxing in prog 270. I think the issues were late 80s. The collected stories are available as volume 5 of the Complete Case Files,
I remember when the British comic book 2000AD came out. It was totally wild and had some great storylines: going back in time to hunt dinosaurs for present day meat consumption; the worlds Disputes fought out with small platoon sized teams instead of full out war= the winner is right; Harlem Globetrotters with jet packs and of course Judge Dread. Dread was the main man: hard hitting, no nonsense, judge, jury n executioner. The stories were quite eye opening - especially for a 10 year old and critical to society… and handled some quite adult and philosophical themes. 2000AD was a massive success in the UK and brought many into the comic book pop culture world with its bleak messages of a dystopian future world and the ultimate power of both capital and corporations. Excellent review as always. Hoping you hit that 50k soon. You deserve it 😊
So underrated. If there was ever a movie that deserved a sequel or Rated-R series, this is it. Excellent movie. Dredd keeping his helmet on is a staple of the comic. Something the 90's movie forgot unfortunately.
Glad you equated Dredd’s helmet to the Mandalorian - Dredd canon is that he is never seen without his helmet… unlike the farcical Stallone cartoon where the helmet seems like an afterthought. Props to Karl Urban for bringing Dredd to life with his voice, body language, and scowl without needing the audience to see his face.
That's not _quite_ true: Dredd has been depicted having a bath without his helmet on, though the frame never goes above his chin in the process. That was during one of the more regrettable earlier times in the strip's history when he had his own apartment with a landlady and a valet called Walter the Wobot. Took a little while for Dredd to find his feet.
Like with Superman movies, or Batman movies, this is not a remake of the earlier film, but a new or alternative take on the comic book character. This particular film reminds me of how a video game is structured, and it also has a bit of the movie "The Warriors."
Hey Jen, your comment at the end about how much expression Karl Urban was able to portray with his helmet on, and a quick search of your channel, lead me to recommend the movie V for Vendetta. Another movie with an emotional and expressive fully masked protagonist.
I like the fact that Dredd used the SLO-MO slow Ma-Ma’s heart rate, then threw her out, so that she would fall with enough time to be out of range of the bombs receiver, as well as using the concrete to help block the signal, as she fell, level by level. The writing and direction of that final was great, and legitimately conveys the type of hardcore, yet highly intelligent and intuitive monster of a Human Dredd is-- one that is the best fit for his time in human history.
"I don't even know what this is about" Same here. I went into the theater completely blind. My buddy asked me if I wanted to see the new Judge Dredd movie and I was just said sure. I was too embarrassed to admit that I didn't know who the actor Judge Dredd was (didn't even realize it was the title).
Dredd, Judge Dredd, is based on the character of the same name from the '2000 AD' comics. They're British comics that have been running since 1977. "2000 AD" sounded futuristic at the time. They didn't expect it to run this long. '2000 AD' is a comics anthology magazine. "Judge Dredd is the magazine's longest-running character, and in 1990 he got his own title, the Judge Dredd Megazine. He also appears in a number of film and video game adaptations. Judge Dredd is a law enforcement and judicial officer in the dystopian future city of Mega-City One, which covers most of the east coast of North America. He is a "street judge", empowered to summarily arrest, convict, sentence, and execute criminals. In Great Britain, the character of Dredd and his name are sometimes invoked in discussions of police states, authoritarianism, and the rule of law. Over the years, Judge Dredd has been hailed as one of the best satires of American and British culture, with an uncanny ability to predict upcoming trends and events such as mass surveillance, the rise of populist leaders, and the COVID-19 pandemic"
Fun fact: in the comics on which Dredd was based, the Atomic Wars were started by Robert L Booth, the psychotic final President of the United States, who came to power with a combination of illegal means and the platform that the rest of the world was living off America's back. When the rest of the world refused to pay America tribute, he started a nuclear war. This was in 1977.
This isn’t a remake of the Stallone movie, it’s a new film based on the original source material the strip Judge Dredd from the British comic 2000AD. I have mixed feelings about the Stallone film, the characterisation of Dredd and the plot is bad, but Mega City One feels more like it does in the comics than this film.
Yeah, in Stallone's film Mega-City One is like in the comics but Dredd is not. And in this movie Dredd is more like in the comics but Mega-City One really is not. :)
26:58 There are different types of bullets for different uses, and each has their own advantages and disadvantages. (Armor piercing for example is good for penetrating armor, but it might overpenetrate and cause more collateral damage, or pass clean through without stopping the perp.) The idea of the Lawgiver handgun Dredd and other judges use is the ability to easily switch between a variety of different kinds of ammunition, so they can use the best suited ammo for any situation.
AP Ammunition hitting a soft target does less damage. The projectile doesn´t deform unlike hollow point ammo, that splits into a star shape on impact. Combined with the rotation of the projectile HP ammo opens up a wound canal 3 times wider and the exit wound can be up 5 times as big as AP would do.
The same idea is used in the book of Logan's Run(please don't ever do the film!)...as is the gun ID lock idea, the only difference is in Logan's Run it's the users palm print that is encoded, so their guns explode the second they are picked up by someone else, unlike when the trigger is pulled in Dredd. It's an interesting idea, Logan's Run was published in 1967, so it's certainly before 2000AD, im not sure if it's an idea that was used before '67 though.
I love this movie, i saw this theater and love it, i saw the Stallone one and had low expectations, this blew me away. Karl Urban just killed it as Dread. I wish there was sequel
“This is so gross, but also so coool” 😂 Great reaction and you picked up on all the great things about Dredd 👍 The music is excellent in this movie, glad you noticed it! Congrats on 50k subscribers 🎉
Good film! A much more faithful adaptation of the character and dark anarchic humour of the old British comicbook than the Stallone original. Though this film’s lower budget meant couldn’t go all out on the megacity cityscape, but still effective
I felt they did a great job portraying the cityscape. It reminds me of the what I imagine the Sprawl looked like from the William Gibson novels from the 80's. Urban sprawl as far as the eye can see, sprinkled with large arcologies or mega structures.
This movie was effectively directed by Alex Garland, even though he gets no credit for it. He wasn't SUPPOSED TO BE the director, but the guy who gets the credit was a mess and got locked out of the editing process entirely, and Garland (the writer of the movie) took over and put the movie together himself. Alex Garland is lowkey one of the best directors around, and part of why he's so unrecognized is that this was his first movie and he got nearly ZERO credit as a director for it. Again, he was a WRITER. He was never supposed to direct this. This was his FIRST thing he directed. I VERY VERY VERY strongly recommend checking out Alex Garland's movies Ex Machina and Annihilation. Garland is.....unreasonably talented.
Dredd is highly underrated, in that it has no sequels. It's practically criminal lol. I also highly recommend The Raid (2011) and its sequel, which has amazing Indonesian martial arts but it also has like 80% the same story beats as Dredd, but grounded and set in modern times. It's about a police raid on a large apartment complex controlled by a gang and things get out of control, etc etc. It's actually eerie how much they have in common. Again, that includes some of the best action you'll ever see on par with Dredd.
A great film. Urban wanted to do a sequel but for various reasons it wasn't able to get beyond the planning stages. Stallone's version isn't bad, it takes a more cartoonish tone. Which is odd to say, being it's based on a comic book. It is more in line with Stallone's "Demolition Man". Another post-apocalyptic movie based on a British comic is 1995's "Tank Girl", with Lori Petty. I'm not sure how well it would do on your channel, but it's a fun watch nonetheless.
I mean WELL - you can also see it as - how did this society get this way, in the first place? And then - out of how many judges we even meet in this movie, how many are honest? :D The story itself is uplifting, their bond etc - but the society depicted is in a lot of trouble! Excellent movie though, I love it!
Surprisingly, I think this came out when people were getting tired of "slow mo action shots", but Dredd incorporated them cleverly by putting them only in scenes where people were taking the slomo drug. Yes, Dredd is based of a comic and like in the comic Dredd never takes off his helmet or the reader never sees his face if he does. Dredd (2012) is closer in tone to the original comic, but is more muted in terms of style. Judge Dredd (1995) is more accurate in terms of aesthetics of the world, but Stallone isn't really playing a character and is just himself in a scifi action movie. There are points fans like and dislike of both. I would recommend the Judge Dredd (1995) film, because it is fun and entertaining.
Judge Dredd first appeared in the comic, 2000 AD, in 1977, before getting his own book in 1990. As far as I know, he’s never taken his helmet off. This is such an underrated film. Karl Urban really captured the Dredd of the comic. This is one film that totally deserved a sequel. The 1995 Sly Stallone version just pales in comparison.
Judge Dredd is an interesting comic. The story is ongoing, so Dredd is getting older and the world is changing. While at its core it's a beat cop story of a dude patrolling his city, there's politics, other cities, wars and cataclysms, off-world colonies, aliens, alternative dimensions, magic, etc. Sometimes other 2000AD characters would make appearances. Judge Anderson got her own spin-off series, focusing more on paranormal stuff. There's also stuff like the Dead World series, which chronicles the the rise of the Dark Judges (undead judges from an alternative universe where life itself is a crime), and Jack Point the "Simping Detective" ("simp" in the series is short for simpleton or an idiot, as he dresses up like a clown), a member of the Wally Squad (undercover judges) working as a private investigator.
The Judge Dredd comic strip originally featured in the British weekly comic book called 2000 AD published in 1977. He appeared from issue 2 - onwards. The look and feel of Dredd changed subtly during the course of the first few stories. From gritty to flashy. The Judge Dredd film with Stallone is based on the stories that were current in 1995. The Dredd film in appearance and feel is based on his first appearance in 2000 AD # 2.
My dad is an avid fan of the 2000AD comics and has had a subscription as far back as I can remember, this movie and the people who made it really understood the source material. I really hope it gets at least one sequel cause I'd love to see more Karl Urban as Dredd, but it honestly stands strong on its own plot wise.
In the beginning, when a Judge offers you a deal it's like a plea bargain. Only they don't mess around if you don't take it. Also another fun thing is that this is just another day for him.
You noticed when Dredd said "incendiary!" - nice. That was a hallmark of the source comics, characters would shout aloud the weapon or ammo they were using. "Number Four Cartridge!" is one that a lot of old-timers would fondly remember.
I LOVE that they went with a "day in the life" setup, instead of Dredd trying to save the whole city/universe/etc. I would love for this to become a Netflix/HBO type show, where we get 10 episodes a season, and only 1-2 deal with Dredd personally, but have much more development to surrounding cast etc. Save the "mega" events until at least season 3.
Dredd? Heck yeah! Hope you enjoy it. Woot !! :) --EDIT-- Now that I've watched the video, you had a lot of good observations about this one. You noticed a lot of stuff fans of the Dredd comic book character care about. And for all those reasons I would love to see you react to the Stallone Judge Dredd movie but now that you've seen this one first I'm only going to say this: don't get your hopes up.
Yay! Jen watches Dredd. She is da lawww! (Wait, that's more like the Stallone version). 🙌💥🤯☺️ I wish this had been successful enough for a sequel with Judge Death and more Psi Judge Anderson. Edit: Ma-Ma fell for a looooong time before she blew. Reference for people who know 80s music, Karl Urban's mouth looks like Ian McCulloch from Echo and the Bunnymen pouting in his Judge helmet.
If you want a stylized violent movie, can't go wrong with Sin City. Both Sin City and 300 are based off of comic books written and drawn by Frank Miller.
Judge Dredd was a character born from the comic book 2000AD,launched in 1974.One of the reasons the Stallone version got slated is because Dredd never takes his helmet off.Some of us wondered if he slept with it on! Karl Urban did an amazing job.A great comic book film.
The Stallone film isn't just a bad Dredd movie, it's a bad movie in general. Stallone was trying to make another Demolition Man but without the charismatic antagonist and Rob Schneider in place of Sandra Bullock. It kinda put Stallone's career in a coma for the rest of the decade.
Dredd is based on a long-running UK comic. Judge Dredd's face is never shown. The Stallone movie was panned for showing Dredd's face. It's rare for studios to hire big stars and not show their face. In this movie, Karl Urban plays Dredd. He also played Dr. McCoy in the newer J.J. Abrams Star Trek movies and Butcher in The Boys.
A decade before Robocop. There was Dredd, Judge Dredd. Based on the comic series from U.K. publisher, 2000s A.D. This cinematic masterpiece was released in theaters during it's 35th anniversary. Karl Urban as Dredd was phenomenal, Olivia Thirlby as C. Anderson with her power was real cool (had a spin-off series too) and Lena Headey as Ma-Ma is fiendishly good, so scary with her stare. It was in the 3D format. Making the Slo-Mo scenes look crystal clear and colorful, weather you like it or not. Pete Travis was credited as director. But dued to creative differences, screenwriter Alex Garland became the main director. The 1995 version with Sly Stallone was a big-budget summer blockbuster and took some liberties with the material. This 2012 version is extremely close to the material and perfectly done. Never removing his helmet, among other things. Despite the Box Office, this truly deserves more sequels. So much about Dredd's saga that needs to be seen. CASE CLOSED. COURT'S ADJOURNED!!!!!
This was a very grim telling of the Dredd story. I did enjoy both Karl Urban's and Lena Headey's perform! Violence on overdrive! Interested in your reactions! Be well Lady!
Hi Jen, glad you enjoyed the film. I remember when the weekly comic first came out, it launched in early 1977. It was the 2000 A.D. British kids comic & Dredd was one of the main characters along with Dan Dare (Space Pilot). As well as those two my other favourite characters were Strontium Dog (Mutant Bounty Hunter) & Rogue Trooper (Genetic Soldier).
26:57 Armor piercing bullets can have the unfortunate tendency to over penetrate - i.e. hit who/what you want to shoot, pass right through and keep going to hit someone/something you don't want to shoot especially in a densely populated urban environment.
One reason this film is so good is because it stayed true to its source. It wasn't sanitised so it could screen to a wider audience (looking at you Disney), it didn't have a forced romance sub-plot, it didn't try and pack too many clever things in to try and disguise a poor plot and poor dialogue. What we did get was great characters, cohesive and well executed style and of course, awesome action.
6:04 I love this opening shot of Peach Trees for some reason. It just sets the scale of how huge the building is, how it's basically a small city for the residents
The Stallone version was much more accurate to the overall style of the comics, especially Mega City One. Problem was Judge Dredd wasn't Judge Dredd, it was Stallone in a Judge outfit.
It's one of those movie where you want a sequel but it was so good as a standalone movie that you don't need one. The performances from Urban and Heady and Thirlby are so intense not to mention Domnhall Gleeson. I want to watch it again myself!
Judge Dredd comics were a key part of my teenage years. You are exactly right that the comics (and the movie) purposefully cut across the expected trope (in this authoritarian dystopia the judges are the heros). But that gave space to explore a bunch of standard sci-fi themes from a different angle. The story arc of Judge Dredd suppressing pro-democracy protests in Mega City One was great. Where does the legitimacy of the law that Judge Dredd embodies come from? The people or necessity? Had a fun twist or two as you would expect.
This is based off a comic book. One of the things I love about this movie is that Karl Urban doesn’t take his helmet off just like the character in the comics.
The Stallone version had the look of the comics and that's about it, but Dredd absolutely nails the soul and feel of the MegaCity One universe. This movie is hands down my favourite comic adaptation. You should check out "The Raid" if you liked this. It's an Indonesian action movie with a similar premise (cops trapped in a high rise and hunted by the gang members) with some incredible fight scenes. Definately worth a watch imo.
It's based on the 2000 Ad British comics the Judge Dredd character was based on Dirty Harry in the comic books he never takes his helmet off Karl Urban wanted to keep true to the character.
Judge Dredd was the front page character in the 2000AD comics in the 1980's in the UK. You NEVER saw his face as Dredd was NEVER off duty. Totally uncompromising in his application of "THE LAW". Karl Urban got this aspect of Dredd spot on. He even respected that aspect of the comics and earned the respect and admiration of the die hard fans of the comics for not letting personal vanity outweigh this aspect of the character. Stallone took the helmet off much to the disgust of the comic fans, what that version got right was the vibrancy of the colour pallete, yet with a darker world setting, the block wars, the costume & prosthetic design for many characters, like Mean Machine and the ABC Warrior could have walked right out of the comics pages they were THAT good. This movie is far more drab and not as built up it feels like more of an introduction to Dredd than the full blown INSANITY and depravity in the comics. Sadly the Stallone movie targetted a PG audience despite the comics being more like this version. R rated and hyper violent in the extreme! Anderson was also perfectly portrayed in this movie, able to see that SOME criminals were victims themselves and finally making Dredd see that his rigid application of THE LAW wan't ALWAYS the right way. A complete BADASS herself and able to match Dredds capabilities in ANY situation whilst bringing her unique talents to back them BOTH up. In the Stallone version she was feisty but not the BADASS from the comics and her psychic abilites were... Forgotten, instead of being Dredds match she was his sometime sidekick/comedic foil with more of a legal/lawyer mindset. Still making Dredd think outside his box, but the verve and capability she had just wasn't right. Fun Fact: Dredd was actually envisaged as Clint Eastwood, think Dirty Harry, The man with no name and Blondie from the Sergio Leone spaghetti western all turned up from 10 to 100! Both versions are good stand alone movies, both got aspects right but neither got EVERYTHING right. To the comic fans tough? This one is still closer just because of Karls' portrayal of who Dredd was.. THE LAW personified!
Judge Dredd first appeared in the British Scifi comic 2000AD, back in 1977. The character and the comic are both still going. In the comic, Dredd ages in realtime, so is now in his mid 80's (although he had used rejuvenation machines to keep himself in shape). We also never see Dredd's face, because he is supposed to be the faceless embodiment of the Law. Judge Anderson is also a major character in the Dredd universe. There have been a number of comic crossovers between Dredd and Batman, Alien and Predator.
This was one of only 2 movies I ever saw in 3D. The format never impressed me until this film due to its "Slo-Mo" sequences. You thought they were trippy in 2D? 3D was on another level. I love Karl Urban in just about anything and Lena Headey is always a fantastic villain. This is a much more serious and comic-accurate version of Judge Dredd vs. the Stallone Dredd from the 90s. That's still a fun film, though, which felt tonally similar to something like another Sly film: "Demolition Man."
This was a great movie and showed why Judge Dredd is the most feared and legendary of all the judges. I wish there was a sequel to it, and I would love to see your reaction to the 90's Judge Dredd movie with Stallone... it may be cheesey and camp but it does have some good action scenes.
This movie is great. The characters are awesome. You can see Anderson learning. When you suggest she scans people at the beginning and doesnt do it and get taken, she learns and does it when she meets the corrupt judge. I love it. This world is crazy. There is so much crime everybody has to live in fear or barely make it. The law can't catch up ever to even make it even, so you need super strong people to be judges, people who don't falter because you know they could spend tehir whole life (if they survive) while wondering if what they do actually matters. As far as the old Dredd, its a fun movie but its very 90s actions so a lot more boom pow pow cheese than this contained story.
If you ever read the comics you know how funny it was for the dispatch to know that Judge Dredd is on the perps and she still asks if he needs backup :D
My friends didn't know anything about Dredd, other than one who had see the Stallone film with me, and I practically had to drag them to the theater. I knew this film was going to be more faithful to the comic thanks to the opening minutes. Dredd, in pursuit, is being "just another Tuesday" UNTIL the perps wiped out the innocent. Then he shifted into "wrong move punk" mode. 🙂
I haven't read the comics or anything, so I don't really care that him not showing his face is lore accurate. But I really like the fact he has his helmet on the whole time regardless. Outside of the first few moments of the movie where he's suiting up, he might as well be the Terminator. Emotionless, in control, unstoppable. Him not showing his "fleshy bits" outside of the scowl on his face and the single wound he suffers fits that perfectly.
Thanks for your reaction, this is a really great movie! 27:00 The reason why you wouldn't want all bullets to be armor piercing is because (depending on your goal, of course), they are not what you want against unarmored targets. Standard rounds (in today's technology) are made from lead, which is heavy but malleable, usually designed to mushroom against fleshy targets, making sure all the energy of the round is dispersed into the target, shredding muscle and sinews while shattering bone. An armor piercing round is made out of much harder materials, so it can pass through the armor and still hit the target. It's not going to transfer as much energy into the flesh, though, it's going to pass right through, dealing less internal damage than a standard lead round. Basically it's the difference between a bullet going straight through an apple and another one liquifying it.
Judge Dredd is the weekly star of 2000AD comic, a subversive anti-establishment comic from the UK in the late 70s. This was sold on the same shelves as kids comic The Beano. My first experience of 2000AD was a annual I bought at a church jumble sale when I was 7. Inside a man is impaled, another is set alight with rocket exhaust and another is mauled to death by a polar bear. I was hooked ! Dredd NEVER removes his helmet, something Stallone did in 20 mins in the original. The is Alex Garland - Ex Machina, Annhilation, Men and the new blockbuster Civil War.
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Hi Ya Jen, as you probably realise by now Dredd is NOT a remake of the Stallone film.
The 2000AD Comic is Dredds origin, there were two main artists that worked on Dredd.
The Stallone version is close to the art style of John Wagner, this film represent the art style of Carlos Ezquerra. Both are good (but I'm not keen on the stallone version) if you watch both you'll get a bigger picture on the world.
Judge Anderson became a character in her own right and appeared with Dredd on several occasions. This film is a masterpiece afaic, Karl IS Judge Dredd, Olivia plays Anderson beautifully. I'd love a sequel.
I loved your reaction to this, Jen, it was excellent.
This film and the previous one are both based off a British comic called 2000AD, Judge Dredd is a Street Judge he's never seen without his helmet in the comics, the guns that Street Judges have are called 'Law Givers' each one is coded to a particular Judge anyone else trying to use one suffers the consequences, the guns have multiple firing modes.
The Stallone film is okay, a bit more comic book like and less serious compared to this, but it's enjoyable.
As you're interested in Sci-Fi, Jen, please can I recommend the film, 'Westworld' it's celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, it's quite an important film in Sci-Fi, without it many popular films would have never been made.
Awesome movie
Thanks for ŕeacting to this one Jen, one of my favorites. The mini gun scene alone, makes this worth a watch. Karl Urban's best role. IMO. Thanks again Jen...Eric 😊
Dredd "never" removes his helmet because it represents his connection to the law.
The blast doors are there because Block Wars are a thing that happens. A block war is when two (or more) blocks (buildings like Peach Trees) will fight.
Judge Dredd is THE British comic book icon. He has been dispensing justice in Mega-City One, since 1977, in the comic, 2000AD. The Stallone movie has the advantage of a higher budget, and achieves the look of Mega-City One, but it's campy and commits the ultimate crime of showing Dredd's face. (His face is NEVER shown in the comic). This film is the true spirit of Dredd...
The ultimate crime, makes me laugh especially where 'Judges' are concerned :)
Stallone is a JIMP, sentence: 5 years in the cubes, mandatory. ;)
I subscribed to the comics when I was 8 years old in '86. Was always the highlight of my week when I received the newest issue.
@@slithery9291 When I was 12, I had to go into hospital for a fairly serious operation, just as the Apocalypse war was kicking off. My poor parents had enough to worry about and all I was interested in, was what was happening in Mega-City One... 😂
@@tombaxter6228The apocalypse was a bad time for all of us, glad you survived through them.
Dredd is a very underrated movie it doesn’t get enough love. Still blows my mind we never got a sequel and Karl Urban was fantastic as Dredd.
@@RaceDayReplaycalm down kid. It is underrated because it wasn't a box office success. didn't make it's budget back which means not a lot of people saw it, and ruined the chance of a sequel, or show
@@RaceDayReplay why are you being a baby to someone's comment. Grow tf up, and step outside
Go watch Minty's Dredd 10 Things video that also dropped today and learn why.
When it came out the 3D gimmick put most people off, at that time lots of movies were being converted digitally to 3D and it was downright annoying. Word of mouth made it more money than any marketing.
Great "Villainess" ❤🎉❤
The entire movie summarized…
Chief Judge: “So what happened in there?”
Dredd: “Drug bust.”
Chief Judge: “Looks like you’ve been through it.”
Dredd: “Perps were uncooperative.”
Karl Urban nailed it as Dredd. Lena Headey obviously did a great job as Mama as well. I know the most common complaint from the 90s movie is the fact that Dredd removed his helmet, which he never does in the comic.
The only times you see Dredd without a helmet in the comics, they go out of the way to emphasize and remind the reader that Dredd's face has been surgically altered, so you aren't actually seeing Dredd's face. Just someone else's.
Considering the plotline of the 90's movie, they could have held on until about the midpoint, then just said that, and the complaints about removing the helmet would have been meaningless.
Oh well.
This is still a great movie and it deserves a sequel, even though we'll never see it.
We do get a great visual gag out of it though, so I'm good with it
One of my favourite quotes from 2000AD in an episode where Dredd is being psychoanalysed. The Professor interviewing him equates his helmet to his mothers womb and the safety aspect is why he doesn't take it off.
Dredd replies 'In a firefight, that's the last place I'd stick my head.'
@@lentrax2991 I heard Karl Urban insisted to keep the helmet on during filming. Stallone had more screen time with it off than on.
@@timmooney7528 He has stated he wouldn't have agreed to star in it if the helmet was to come off, Dredd dressing in the beginning of the movie emphasize Dredd's mystery really well. We see him don his armor, weapon and helmet but we do not see his face, it cloaked in shadow until his helmet is on.
Dredd summarizing the film as "Drug Bust" and "Perps were... uncooperative" so succinctly tells us just how frequently Dredd's adventures go as violently as this, for him being trapped in a skyscraper and hunted by every bad guy in it was just a day at work, unworthy of hyperbole.
I love the transition from "You don't look ready" in act 1 to "You look ready" in the final act.
Karl Urban is such a versatile actor. From the bad guy in the Bourne movies, to the light-hearted Dr. MCcoy in Star Trek, I love him in every role I have ever seen him in!
Another great response, Jen! ❤😊❤😊❤😊
Don't forget The Boys.
@@docsavage8640 loooooooool
And not forgetting Éomer in Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers & Return Of The King 👍
Did you see the show where he was a cop with a robot partner. It was kind of like that fantasy movie with will smith, but good.
@@docsavage8640 That's Keith Urban. LOL
"He's not even scared!"
Judge Dredd gazes into the face of fear...
...and fear gazes into the fist of Dredd.
A nice bit of paraphrasing from the Death Judge story arc., With how many real life years have passed and the movie is still being praised, I admit to hoping still for a Judge Childe arc made into a movie or a Prime series. Cursed Earth would be great too. Ah hell, I'll take anything, honestly. Love me some Judge Dredd storylines.
Dredd defeated the human manifestation of death multiple times in the comics. This is nothing
In the comics, Dredd's face has never been shown. It's meant to show that he IS his job. He's a cog in the fascist machine that is Mega City 1. It's a bit of symbolism the Stallone film missed.
Before taking the role, Karl Urban insisted he wouldn't do the movie unless Dredd kept the helmet on the whole time
Dredd doesn't take off the helmet on duty. He only removes it in his sleep chamber and private quarters. Outside of his quarters he always wears his uniform since he is always on duty then.
"Perps were uncooperative". I love how this was just another day at the office to Dredd and not in any way an especially dangerous day.
YES!!!
LOVE THIS VERSION OF TH CHARACTER!
The film takes place in 2134, 60 years after World War III broke out.
Karl Urban based his voice on Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry.
The film was a critical success, but a box office disappointment, making $45 million dollars against a $50 million dollar budget.
A spinoff TV series and a sequel were considered, but it had been put on hold, as the film didn't make a profit.
It would have done so much better if had better advertising imo. This is the one that really brought the world form the comics to life.
@@Smokie_666 yeah, it didnt even show on the screens in my town, But the very day it was released on dvd/Bluray I bought myself a copy because I knew I wouldnt be disappointed.
@@docsavage8640 The comics are of course where it is at, but compared to the original movie this one gave a better "feeling" of the source material.
Dredd was originally based (at least partially) on Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry so it's a very apt choice.
It's a shame the movie was basically set up to fail. Advertising was minimal and gave the impression that this was a sequel to the Stallone movie (which has a pretty bad reputation and infuriated fans of the comics), it got pretty limited screening in both time and number of theaters, and it was used as a test for 3D tech that never took off.
If there was ever a movie that deserved a sequel it's DREDD!
2000 AD was a pretty amazing comic to grow up with, they created so many characters I'd love to see fleshed out on the big screen..
Remember hook jaw, Shako that huge polar bear, and the section with the dinosaurs. I had the 1st edition when I was 10 plus many more, sadly my mum threw out all that kind of stuff when I joined the military. Never mind 💩 happens 😢
I would kill for a Halo Jones movie. And the ABC Warriors. According to the IMDb there is a Rogue Trooper movie in pre-production, which is beyond exciting.
Totally agree i'd kill to see an adaptation of Rogue Trooper or Button man
Flesh was amazing. Time travel and dinosaurs..I loved that. Also, Strontium Dog, Slaine, Robo Hunter, Nemesis the Warlock and Ace Trucking Co. Would love to see all of them properly adapted for the big or small screen.
I enjoyed the whole Nemesis/Torquemada line.
Since you enjoyed this, I think it's time you found your way to the "Mad Max" series for some legendary post-apocalyptic action. It will get you wondering what your post-apocalypse wasteland vehicle would look like. There are four movies in the series with a spinoff movie called "Furiosa" coming out next year.
Yep. Dredd is from 2000AD a British comic. The Stallone fillm looked like the Comic, This film has the Attitude
I love how this is literally just another day for Dredd and he consistently treats it as a training exercise. Makes me want to know what a serious threat would actually look like. Oof
Well in the comics there was the time the Russian version of mega city 1 declared war on mega city 1 and like 90 percent of the judges were wiped out before it was over. (dredd was one of the few survivors) to give you an idea of the kinda stuff dredd has dealt with. Also dredd is pretty much the last of clones of the guy who created the judges I think all the others are dead now.
@@markcarpenter6020 what run was that? Would love to read it
@@EBlank3807 I honestly don't remember. It's been over 2 decades since I collected comics.(and I only occasionally read heavy metal and 2000ad back then) I switched to Manga back around 2000 or a little before when the American comic industry started going downhill. It was wolverine origin that made me finally give up on American comics. I couldn't believe they would do something as unbelievably stupid as give wolverine an origin. So I decided I was done.
@@EBlank3807 Block Mania was the 9 part prequel to Apocalypse War story, running from prog 236 onwards with the War climaxing in prog 270. I think the issues were late 80s. The collected stories are available as volume 5 of the Complete Case Files,
Dredd is from a UK comic 2000AD Anderson was introduced into one of his stories and was so popular got her own story line as a spin off.
I remember when the British comic book 2000AD came out. It was totally wild and had some great storylines: going back in time to hunt dinosaurs for present day meat consumption; the worlds Disputes fought out with small platoon sized teams instead of full out war= the winner is right; Harlem Globetrotters with jet packs and of course Judge Dread. Dread was the main man: hard hitting, no nonsense, judge, jury n executioner. The stories were quite eye opening - especially for a 10 year old and critical to society… and handled some quite adult and philosophical themes.
2000AD was a massive success in the UK and brought many into the comic book pop culture world with its bleak messages of a dystopian future world and the ultimate power of both capital and corporations.
Excellent review as always. Hoping you hit that 50k soon. You deserve it 😊
So underrated. If there was ever a movie that deserved a sequel or Rated-R series, this is it. Excellent movie. Dredd keeping his helmet on is a staple of the comic. Something the 90's movie forgot unfortunately.
"Hey I whistled!" LOL. Great reaction, Jen. The Stallone movie is a bit cheesy, but definitely still fun. You're about to hit 50k, congrats!
Jen is always so cute!
To quote Stallone in that movie, "URRAMTHLAW!"
@@gregghelmberger I think You're quoting Rob Schneider.😉
Love this movie. It really deserved a sequel.
Glad you equated Dredd’s helmet to the Mandalorian - Dredd canon is that he is never seen without his helmet… unlike the farcical Stallone cartoon where the helmet seems like an afterthought. Props to Karl Urban for bringing Dredd to life with his voice, body language, and scowl without needing the audience to see his face.
That's not _quite_ true: Dredd has been depicted having a bath without his helmet on, though the frame never goes above his chin in the process.
That was during one of the more regrettable earlier times in the strip's history when he had his own apartment with a landlady and a valet called Walter the Wobot. Took a little while for Dredd to find his feet.
Like with Superman movies, or Batman movies, this is not a remake of the earlier film, but a new or alternative take on the comic book character.
This particular film reminds me of how a video game is structured, and it also has a bit of the movie "The Warriors."
Hey Jen, your comment at the end about how much expression Karl Urban was able to portray with his helmet on, and a quick search of your channel, lead me to recommend the movie V for Vendetta. Another movie with an emotional and expressive fully masked protagonist.
I like the fact that Dredd used the SLO-MO slow Ma-Ma’s heart rate, then threw her out, so that she would fall with enough time to be out of range of the bombs receiver, as well as using the concrete to help block the signal, as she fell, level by level. The writing and direction of that final was great, and legitimately conveys the type of hardcore, yet highly intelligent and intuitive monster of a Human Dredd is-- one that is the best fit for his time in human history.
"I don't even know what this is about" Same here. I went into the theater completely blind. My buddy asked me if I wanted to see the new Judge Dredd movie and I was just said sure. I was too embarrassed to admit that I didn't know who the actor Judge Dredd was (didn't even realize it was the title).
First watch for me was the 3D version. The glittery Slo-mo scenes were something else.
Yeah, seeing this in 3D was amazing. One of my three viewings in the theatre!
I do love how there is an actual reason for the Slo-mo. It isn't just added for special effect.
Dredd, Judge Dredd, is based on the character of the same name from the '2000 AD' comics.
They're British comics that have been running since 1977.
"2000 AD" sounded futuristic at the time. They didn't expect it to run this long.
'2000 AD' is a comics anthology magazine.
"Judge Dredd is the magazine's longest-running character, and in 1990 he got his own title, the Judge Dredd Megazine.
He also appears in a number of film and video game adaptations.
Judge Dredd is a law enforcement and judicial officer in the dystopian future city of Mega-City One, which covers most of the east coast of North America.
He is a "street judge", empowered to summarily arrest, convict, sentence, and execute criminals.
In Great Britain, the character of Dredd and his name are sometimes invoked in discussions of police states, authoritarianism, and the rule of law.
Over the years, Judge Dredd has been hailed as one of the best satires of American and British culture, with an uncanny ability to predict upcoming trends and events such as mass surveillance, the rise of populist leaders, and the COVID-19 pandemic"
The original Judge Dredd was good movie that's reminiscent of the cheesy action movies of the 80s and 90s.
Dredd with Karl Urban was a masterpiece.
Fun fact: in the comics on which Dredd was based, the Atomic Wars were started by Robert L Booth, the psychotic final President of the United States, who came to power with a combination of illegal means and the platform that the rest of the world was living off America's back. When the rest of the world refused to pay America tribute, he started a nuclear war. This was in 1977.
Came to power using internet social media 😂
This is a comic i used to read in the 80s ,they done great job getting on film they really got the vibe of 2000AD
Best portrayal of Judge Dredd on film. The Stallone version is more comedic action style and it has Rob Schneider.
@@docsavage8640 Shrug. It has Stallone, Arnaz, and Schneider. Its Judge Dredd meets Demolition Man.
This isn’t a remake of the Stallone movie, it’s a new film based on the original source material the strip Judge Dredd from the British comic 2000AD.
I have mixed feelings about the Stallone film, the characterisation of Dredd and the plot is bad, but Mega City One feels more like it does in the comics than this film.
Yeah, in Stallone's film Mega-City One is like in the comics but Dredd is not. And in this movie Dredd is more like in the comics but Mega-City One really is not. :)
26:58 There are different types of bullets for different uses, and each has their own advantages and disadvantages. (Armor piercing for example is good for penetrating armor, but it might overpenetrate and cause more collateral damage, or pass clean through without stopping the perp.) The idea of the Lawgiver handgun Dredd and other judges use is the ability to easily switch between a variety of different kinds of ammunition, so they can use the best suited ammo for any situation.
AP Ammunition hitting a soft target does less damage.
The projectile doesn´t deform unlike hollow point ammo, that splits into a star shape on impact.
Combined with the rotation of the projectile HP ammo opens up a wound canal 3 times wider and the exit wound can be up 5 times as big as AP would do.
The same idea is used in the book of Logan's Run(please don't ever do the film!)...as is the gun ID lock idea, the only difference is in Logan's Run it's the users palm print that is encoded, so their guns explode the second they are picked up by someone else, unlike when the trigger is pulled in Dredd.
It's an interesting idea, Logan's Run was published in 1967, so it's certainly before 2000AD, im not sure if it's an idea that was used before '67 though.
This movie is real good in 3D. The slow-mo scenes were all made for it.
I love this movie, i saw this theater and love it, i saw the Stallone one and had low expectations, this blew me away. Karl Urban just killed it as Dread. I wish there was sequel
“This is so gross, but also so coool” 😂
Great reaction and you picked up on all the great things about Dredd 👍
The music is excellent in this movie, glad you noticed it!
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Good film! A much more faithful adaptation of the character and dark anarchic humour of the old British comicbook than the Stallone original. Though this film’s lower budget meant couldn’t go all out on the megacity cityscape, but still effective
I felt they did a great job portraying the cityscape. It reminds me of the what I imagine the Sprawl looked like from the William Gibson novels from the 80's. Urban sprawl as far as the eye can see, sprinkled with large arcologies or mega structures.
This movie was effectively directed by Alex Garland, even though he gets no credit for it.
He wasn't SUPPOSED TO BE the director, but the guy who gets the credit was a mess and got locked out of the editing process entirely, and Garland (the writer of the movie) took over and put the movie together himself.
Alex Garland is lowkey one of the best directors around, and part of why he's so unrecognized is that this was his first movie and he got nearly ZERO credit as a director for it.
Again, he was a WRITER.
He was never supposed to direct this.
This was his FIRST thing he directed.
I VERY VERY VERY strongly recommend checking out Alex Garland's movies Ex Machina and Annihilation.
Garland is.....unreasonably talented.
Different than the Stallone version but there are some nods in this one to the Stallone version... And yes.. It's based on a Comic from 1977.
There's too many sequels...but I wouldn't have been mad if this had gotten one. An underrated one for sure.
"You think Ma-Ma's the law? I am the law."
Judge Joseph Dredd.
Dredd is highly underrated, in that it has no sequels. It's practically criminal lol.
I also highly recommend The Raid (2011) and its sequel, which has amazing Indonesian martial arts but it also has like 80% the same story beats as Dredd, but grounded and set in modern times. It's about a police raid on a large apartment complex controlled by a gang and things get out of control, etc etc. It's actually eerie how much they have in common. Again, that includes some of the best action you'll ever see on par with Dredd.
I'm glad you mentioned the music. That caught my attention when I saw this the first time. It's so good. Like the rest of the movie.
A great film. Urban wanted to do a sequel but for various reasons it wasn't able to get beyond the planning stages. Stallone's version isn't bad, it takes a more cartoonish tone. Which is odd to say, being it's based on a comic book. It is more in line with Stallone's "Demolition Man". Another post-apocalyptic movie based on a British comic is 1995's "Tank Girl", with Lori Petty. I'm not sure how well it would do on your channel, but it's a fun watch nonetheless.
The biggest problem with a Tank Girl reaction is that you can't play any of one of the best soundtracks ever.
I'd totally watch that part from being in love with Petty Ice T as a kangaroo mutant is awesome
I mean WELL - you can also see it as - how did this society get this way, in the first place? And then - out of how many judges we even meet in this movie, how many are honest? :D The story itself is uplifting, their bond etc - but the society depicted is in a lot of trouble! Excellent movie though, I love it!
Surprisingly, I think this came out when people were getting tired of "slow mo action shots", but Dredd incorporated them cleverly by putting them only in scenes where people were taking the slomo drug.
Yes, Dredd is based of a comic and like in the comic Dredd never takes off his helmet or the reader never sees his face if he does. Dredd (2012) is closer in tone to the original comic, but is more muted in terms of style. Judge Dredd (1995) is more accurate in terms of aesthetics of the world, but Stallone isn't really playing a character and is just himself in a scifi action movie.
There are points fans like and dislike of both. I would recommend the Judge Dredd (1995) film, because it is fun and entertaining.
I always love how you really get into the movie, it makes your reaction so super fun. The other movie is a lot different story but still fun to watch.
Judge Dredd first appeared in the comic, 2000 AD, in 1977, before getting his own book in 1990. As far as I know, he’s never taken his helmet off. This is such an underrated film. Karl Urban really captured the Dredd of the comic. This is one film that totally deserved a sequel. The 1995 Sly Stallone version just pales in comparison.
Judge Dredd is an interesting comic. The story is ongoing, so Dredd is getting older and the world is changing. While at its core it's a beat cop story of a dude patrolling his city, there's politics, other cities, wars and cataclysms, off-world colonies, aliens, alternative dimensions, magic, etc. Sometimes other 2000AD characters would make appearances. Judge Anderson got her own spin-off series, focusing more on paranormal stuff. There's also stuff like the Dead World series, which chronicles the the rise of the Dark Judges (undead judges from an alternative universe where life itself is a crime), and Jack Point the "Simping Detective" ("simp" in the series is short for simpleton or an idiot, as he dresses up like a clown), a member of the Wally Squad (undercover judges) working as a private investigator.
This reaction was a rollercoaster. Thank you for taking me on this trip :D
This is based on a comic book series.
The Judge Dredd comic strip originally featured in the British weekly comic book called 2000 AD published in 1977.
He appeared from issue 2 - onwards.
The look and feel of Dredd changed subtly during the course of the first few stories.
From gritty to flashy.
The Judge Dredd film with Stallone is based on the stories that were current in 1995.
The Dredd film in appearance and feel is based on his first appearance in 2000 AD # 2.
My dad is an avid fan of the 2000AD comics and has had a subscription as far back as I can remember, this movie and the people who made it really understood the source material. I really hope it gets at least one sequel cause I'd love to see more Karl Urban as Dredd, but it honestly stands strong on its own plot wise.
We GOTTA get you a 3D TV. This is another good one to see in 3D.
Ohhhh yeah. I saw it in the cinema in 3D. In particular the SloMo scenes were incredible
In the beginning, when a Judge offers you a deal it's like a plea bargain. Only they don't mess around if you don't take it.
Also another fun thing is that this is just another day for him.
You noticed when Dredd said "incendiary!" - nice. That was a hallmark of the source comics, characters would shout aloud the weapon or ammo they were using. "Number Four Cartridge!" is one that a lot of old-timers would fondly remember.
Jen, happy to sharevthis new film with you. The Stallone one is nothing as this one. This is a truer plot as the comic book counterpart.
I LOVE that they went with a "day in the life" setup, instead of Dredd trying to save the whole city/universe/etc. I would love for this to become a Netflix/HBO type show, where we get 10 episodes a season, and only 1-2 deal with Dredd personally, but have much more development to surrounding cast etc. Save the "mega" events until at least season 3.
The fact that this movie did not get a sequel is a crime against humanity.
Dredd? Heck yeah! Hope you enjoy it. Woot !! :)
--EDIT--
Now that I've watched the video, you had a lot of good observations about this one. You noticed a lot of stuff fans of the Dredd comic book character care about. And for all those reasons I would love to see you react to the Stallone Judge Dredd movie but now that you've seen this one first I'm only going to say this: don't get your hopes up.
Yay! Jen watches Dredd. She is da lawww! (Wait, that's more like the Stallone version). 🙌💥🤯☺️
I wish this had been successful enough for a sequel with Judge Death and more Psi Judge Anderson.
Edit: Ma-Ma fell for a looooong time before she blew.
Reference for people who know 80s music, Karl Urban's mouth looks like Ian McCulloch from Echo and the Bunnymen pouting in his Judge helmet.
It would have to be "she is the LURRRR" to be Stallone-like.
If you want a stylized violent movie, can't go wrong with Sin City. Both Sin City and 300 are based off of comic books written and drawn by Frank Miller.
Judge Dredd was a character born from the comic book 2000AD,launched in 1974.One of the reasons the Stallone version got slated is because Dredd never takes his helmet off.Some of us wondered if he slept with it on! Karl Urban did an amazing job.A great comic book film.
The Stallone film isn't just a bad Dredd movie, it's a bad movie in general. Stallone was trying to make another Demolition Man but without the charismatic antagonist and Rob Schneider in place of Sandra Bullock. It kinda put Stallone's career in a coma for the rest of the decade.
Yes Jen love this movie, way better than Stallone’s movie. This is more true to the A.D comics ❤
Dredd is based on a long-running UK comic. Judge Dredd's face is never shown. The Stallone movie was panned for showing Dredd's face. It's rare for studios to hire big stars and not show their face.
In this movie, Karl Urban plays Dredd. He also played Dr. McCoy in the newer J.J. Abrams Star Trek movies and Butcher in The Boys.
I am the law!
A decade before Robocop.
There was Dredd, Judge Dredd.
Based on the comic series from U.K. publisher, 2000s A.D.
This cinematic masterpiece was released in theaters during it's 35th anniversary.
Karl Urban as Dredd was phenomenal, Olivia Thirlby as C. Anderson with her power was real cool (had a spin-off series too) and Lena Headey as Ma-Ma is fiendishly good, so scary with her stare.
It was in the 3D format.
Making the Slo-Mo scenes look crystal clear and colorful, weather you like it or not.
Pete Travis was credited as director.
But dued to creative differences, screenwriter Alex Garland became the main director.
The 1995 version with Sly Stallone was a big-budget summer blockbuster and took some liberties with the material.
This 2012 version is extremely close to the material and perfectly done.
Never removing his helmet, among other things.
Despite the Box Office, this truly deserves more sequels.
So much about Dredd's saga that needs to be seen.
CASE CLOSED.
COURT'S ADJOURNED!!!!!
This was a very grim telling of the Dredd story. I did enjoy both Karl Urban's and Lena Headey's perform! Violence on overdrive! Interested in your reactions! Be well Lady!
Hi Jen, glad you enjoyed the film. I remember when the weekly comic first came out, it launched in early 1977. It was the 2000 A.D. British kids comic & Dredd was one of the main characters along with Dan Dare (Space Pilot). As well as those two my other favourite characters were Strontium Dog (Mutant Bounty Hunter) & Rogue Trooper (Genetic Soldier).
"Mama isn't the law."
"I Am the Law!"
26:57 Armor piercing bullets can have the unfortunate tendency to over penetrate - i.e. hit who/what you want to shoot, pass right through and keep going to hit someone/something you don't want to shoot especially in a densely populated urban environment.
One reason this film is so good is because it stayed true to its source. It wasn't sanitised so it could screen to a wider audience (looking at you Disney), it didn't have a forced romance sub-plot, it didn't try and pack too many clever things in to try and disguise a poor plot and poor dialogue.
What we did get was great characters, cohesive and well executed style and of course, awesome action.
6:04 I love this opening shot of Peach Trees for some reason. It just sets the scale of how huge the building is, how it's basically a small city for the residents
The Stallone version was much more accurate to the overall style of the comics, especially Mega City One. Problem was Judge Dredd wasn't Judge Dredd, it was Stallone in a Judge outfit.
I love how this movie feels like it's laterally a phantasy of a preteen boy from the action to the dialogue.
"Meat Wagon" is Army and Cop slang for Ambulance... it dates back as far as WW1, when wounded me generally arrived as corpses.
It's one of those movie where you want a sequel but it was so good as a standalone movie that you don't need one. The performances from Urban and Heady and Thirlby are so intense not to mention Domnhall Gleeson. I want to watch it again myself!
Judge Dredd comics were a key part of my teenage years. You are exactly right that the comics (and the movie) purposefully cut across the expected trope (in this authoritarian dystopia the judges are the heros).
But that gave space to explore a bunch of standard sci-fi themes from a different angle. The story arc of Judge Dredd suppressing pro-democracy protests in Mega City One was great. Where does the legitimacy of the law that Judge Dredd embodies come from? The people or necessity? Had a fun twist or two as you would expect.
This is based off a comic book. One of the things I love about this movie is that Karl Urban doesn’t take his helmet off just like the character in the comics.
The Stallone version had the look of the comics and that's about it, but Dredd absolutely nails the soul and feel of the MegaCity One universe. This movie is hands down my favourite comic adaptation. You should check out "The Raid" if you liked this. It's an Indonesian action movie with a similar premise (cops trapped in a high rise and hunted by the gang members) with some incredible fight scenes. Definately worth a watch imo.
"Perps were... Uncooperative."
Also known as a Monday in Dredd's world.
It's based on the 2000 Ad British comics the Judge Dredd character was based on Dirty Harry in the comic books he never takes his helmet off Karl Urban wanted to keep true to the character.
Judge Dredd was the front page character in the 2000AD comics in the 1980's in the UK.
You NEVER saw his face as Dredd was NEVER off duty. Totally uncompromising in his application of "THE LAW". Karl Urban got this aspect of Dredd spot on. He even respected that aspect of the comics and earned the respect and admiration of the die hard fans of the comics for not letting personal vanity outweigh this aspect of the character.
Stallone took the helmet off much to the disgust of the comic fans, what that version got right was the vibrancy of the colour pallete, yet with a darker world setting, the block wars, the costume & prosthetic design for many characters, like Mean Machine and the ABC Warrior could have walked right out of the comics pages they were THAT good.
This movie is far more drab and not as built up it feels like more of an introduction to Dredd than the full blown INSANITY and depravity in the comics.
Sadly the Stallone movie targetted a PG audience despite the comics being more like this version. R rated and hyper violent in the extreme!
Anderson was also perfectly portrayed in this movie, able to see that SOME criminals were victims themselves and finally making Dredd see that his rigid application of THE LAW wan't ALWAYS the right way. A complete BADASS herself and able to match Dredds capabilities in ANY situation whilst bringing her unique talents to back them BOTH up.
In the Stallone version she was feisty but not the BADASS from the comics and her psychic abilites were... Forgotten, instead of being Dredds match she was his sometime sidekick/comedic foil with more of a legal/lawyer mindset. Still making Dredd think outside his box, but the verve and capability she had just wasn't right.
Fun Fact:
Dredd was actually envisaged as Clint Eastwood, think Dirty Harry, The man with no name and Blondie from the Sergio Leone spaghetti western all turned up from 10 to 100!
Both versions are good stand alone movies, both got aspects right but neither got EVERYTHING right. To the comic fans tough? This one is still closer just because of Karls' portrayal of who Dredd was.. THE LAW personified!
Judge Dredd first appeared in the British Scifi comic 2000AD, back in 1977.
The character and the comic are both still going.
In the comic, Dredd ages in realtime, so is now in his mid 80's (although he had used rejuvenation machines to keep himself in shape).
We also never see Dredd's face, because he is supposed to be the faceless embodiment of the Law.
Judge Anderson is also a major character in the Dredd universe.
There have been a number of comic crossovers between Dredd and Batman, Alien and Predator.
This was one of only 2 movies I ever saw in 3D. The format never impressed me until this film due to its "Slo-Mo" sequences. You thought they were trippy in 2D? 3D was on another level.
I love Karl Urban in just about anything and Lena Headey is always a fantastic villain.
This is a much more serious and comic-accurate version of Judge Dredd vs. the Stallone Dredd from the 90s. That's still a fun film, though, which felt tonally similar to something like another Sly film: "Demolition Man."
This was a great movie and showed why Judge Dredd is the most feared and legendary of all the judges. I wish there was a sequel to it, and I would love to see your reaction to the 90's Judge Dredd movie with Stallone... it may be cheesey and camp but it does have some good action scenes.
Such a cult classic. At the end when Mama hits the floor the blood spraying out forms the X like on Dredd's helmet.
Thanks Jen , great reaction as expected ! Week end starting of great , 5 out of 5 grandpa wheezes !
This movie is great. The characters are awesome. You can see Anderson learning. When you suggest she scans people at the beginning and doesnt do it and get taken, she learns and does it when she meets the corrupt judge. I love it. This world is crazy. There is so much crime everybody has to live in fear or barely make it. The law can't catch up ever to even make it even, so you need super strong people to be judges, people who don't falter because you know they could spend tehir whole life (if they survive) while wondering if what they do actually matters. As far as the old Dredd, its a fun movie but its very 90s actions so a lot more boom pow pow cheese than this contained story.
Dredd is a work of art in movie making.
If you ever read the comics you know how funny it was for the dispatch to know that Judge Dredd is on the perps and she still asks if he needs backup :D
This was the best 3D movie experience ever in theatres
My friends didn't know anything about Dredd, other than one who had see the Stallone film with me, and I practically had to drag them to the theater.
I knew this film was going to be more faithful to the comic thanks to the opening minutes.
Dredd, in pursuit, is being "just another Tuesday" UNTIL the perps wiped out the innocent.
Then he shifted into "wrong move punk" mode. 🙂
I haven't read the comics or anything, so I don't really care that him not showing his face is lore accurate. But I really like the fact he has his helmet on the whole time regardless. Outside of the first few moments of the movie where he's suiting up, he might as well be the Terminator. Emotionless, in control, unstoppable. Him not showing his "fleshy bits" outside of the scowl on his face and the single wound he suffers fits that perfectly.
"I whistled!" You're great Jen.
Thanks for your reaction, this is a really great movie! 27:00 The reason why you wouldn't want all bullets to be armor piercing is because (depending on your goal, of course), they are not what you want against unarmored targets. Standard rounds (in today's technology) are made from lead, which is heavy but malleable, usually designed to mushroom against fleshy targets, making sure all the energy of the round is dispersed into the target, shredding muscle and sinews while shattering bone. An armor piercing round is made out of much harder materials, so it can pass through the armor and still hit the target. It's not going to transfer as much energy into the flesh, though, it's going to pass right through, dealing less internal damage than a standard lead round. Basically it's the difference between a bullet going straight through an apple and another one liquifying it.
Judge Dredd is the weekly star of 2000AD comic, a subversive anti-establishment comic from the UK in the late 70s. This was sold on the same shelves as kids comic The Beano.
My first experience of 2000AD was a annual I bought at a church jumble sale when I was 7. Inside a man is impaled, another is set alight with rocket exhaust and another is mauled to death by a polar bear. I was hooked !
Dredd NEVER removes his helmet, something Stallone did in 20 mins in the original.
The is Alex Garland - Ex Machina, Annhilation, Men and the new blockbuster Civil War.