Movie Review: Dredd (2012)

 

Dredd (2012)

A Movie Review by Dave Randal

Genre: Action | Crime

Cast: Karl Urban, Rachel Wood, Olivia Thirlby,

Director: Pete Travis

Writers: John Wagner and Carloz Ezquerra(characters), Alex Garland(screenplay)

Studios: DNA Films, IM Global, Reliance Entertainment

Distributed by: Entertainment Film Distributors, Lionsgate

Release Date: September 7, 2012

Plot: In a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang that deals the reality-altering drug, SLO-MO.

  

I was curious when I first heard that they were creating a new Dredd movie.  I wasn't all that impressed by the Sylvester Stallone version from the mid-'90s.  Once I saw the preview it was still really hard to tell if it would be any good.  My first opinion of the trailer was that it looked cool and violent, but if there is no story then it will be very mediocre.  It turns out that it's not a bad movie at all.