Dredd Official Trailer: Dredd (2012) Official Trailer
Overall Grade: B-
Thoughts: So here's the deal and I'm going to be honest, I thought this movie was going to be terrible. I went into the movie EXPECTING a horrible story, horrible acting, and horrible special effects. But want came out of it was rather...delightful. Hence, the grade it received. Saying that, if you pick up a movie much like Dredd expecting a well written story, amazing character development, high-end special effects, etc, etc, etc, you are just being dumb. You're probably the same type of person that thinks its easy to fix the national debt, loves the "Notebook," and wishes all cars ran on love and flowers. Take it for what it is, a good old fashioned shoot 'em up movie.
Now, its no Stallone "Judge Dredd," but somehow they still managed to get a decently high profile actor to play Dredd in Karl Urban. I felt he did a decent job playing a "by-the-book' badass cop except it did feel very RoboCop like which I am not completely sold on yet. The female role was 'buy-able' so I have no real beef with her character either. And the kill scenes....BOOYA! Best part of the movie. If you are looking for a little gory action, you can definitely get your fix in this movie.
This biggest complaint I have are the long scenes showing the effects of the new drug. Apparently this drug makes the user feel like time is in slow motion. Of course the director has to show off this slow-mo effect so we are stuck watching this drug in action multiple times throughout the movie with most of the scenes being much too long. I get it, stop beating it into a dead horse.
Anywho, like I said, if you are just in the mood for a shoot everyone kind of movie (as I don't see any other reason for getting this movie), this flick will definitely get you your fix. Just don't expect any Oscars for this one.
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