Starring: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey
Director: Pete Travis
On the 22nd June 2013, I attended my very first Supanova Pop Culture Exhibition in Sydney. For those who don't know what Supanova is, I suggest you Google it. It is basically a weekend spent with like minded nerds, movie, tv and comic book fans and most people are not afraid to let their freak flags fly, dressing up as everything from SpongeBob Squarepants to the man himself, Judge Dredd.
I was lucky enough to actually meet Karl Urban on the Saturday and get my photo taken with him. It was brief, but he made an impression and I decided it was time I actually watched the movie that had people talking.
I had seen the 1995 version starring Sylvester Stallone, but remember very little about it apart from it being quite comical, and by comical, I don't mean in the style of the comic book, but quite corny and funny, everything Dredd shouldn't be!
Judge Dredd originated from the comic book called 2000AD and he's a pretty kick arse character who never smiles and never takes his helmet off, but takes his job as a law enforcement officer in a futurisitic world, pretty damn seriously.
This version of Dredd was really quite impressive. Karl Urban has been quoted as saying that in the tradition of 2000D, HIS version of Dredd will never be seen without his helmet. I kind of like that sort of commitment, even though it means we don't get to see Karls pretty head. *grin*
The big bad in this version is played by Lena Headey of Game of Thrones fame. Ma-Ma is the major pusher behind a new drug called 'slo-mo' which actually makes the user experience life in slow motion. The scenes where we see the drug users high on the drug are actually really well done and the effects quite stunning. Although I think I'd hate to be the ones that get injected with the drug, then thrown off a 100 story building as punishment, talk about a slow death!
Dredd and rookie Judge 'Anderson', are called to investigate the three rather flat bodies that are found at the base of one of the cities notorious building blocks and find themselves in a rather dangerous situation when the building gets locked down and the hunt begins to annihilate the two judges in the building.
The action is gruesome, lots of blood and guts, lots of explosions and complete destruction and chaos.
Very well done.
I was lucky enough to actually meet Karl Urban on the Saturday and get my photo taken with him. It was brief, but he made an impression and I decided it was time I actually watched the movie that had people talking.
I had seen the 1995 version starring Sylvester Stallone, but remember very little about it apart from it being quite comical, and by comical, I don't mean in the style of the comic book, but quite corny and funny, everything Dredd shouldn't be!
Judge Dredd originated from the comic book called 2000AD and he's a pretty kick arse character who never smiles and never takes his helmet off, but takes his job as a law enforcement officer in a futurisitic world, pretty damn seriously.
This version of Dredd was really quite impressive. Karl Urban has been quoted as saying that in the tradition of 2000D, HIS version of Dredd will never be seen without his helmet. I kind of like that sort of commitment, even though it means we don't get to see Karls pretty head. *grin*
The big bad in this version is played by Lena Headey of Game of Thrones fame. Ma-Ma is the major pusher behind a new drug called 'slo-mo' which actually makes the user experience life in slow motion. The scenes where we see the drug users high on the drug are actually really well done and the effects quite stunning. Although I think I'd hate to be the ones that get injected with the drug, then thrown off a 100 story building as punishment, talk about a slow death!
Dredd and rookie Judge 'Anderson', are called to investigate the three rather flat bodies that are found at the base of one of the cities notorious building blocks and find themselves in a rather dangerous situation when the building gets locked down and the hunt begins to annihilate the two judges in the building.
The action is gruesome, lots of blood and guts, lots of explosions and complete destruction and chaos.
Very well done.
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