Dredd (2012) 7/10

Starring : Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey
Director : Pete Travis
Running Time : 96 mins

Judge Dredd (Urban) is partnered with psychic rookie Cassandra Anderson (Thirlby). Together they are called out to the slum tower block Peach Trees where three apparent suicides turn out to be killings orchestrated by drug dealers working for Madeline ‘Ma-Ma’ Madrigal (Headey) who has been peddling the reality-altering drug known as SLO-MO. Ma-Ma locks down the building, organising her cronies to take out the two Judges, and a deadly game of cat and mouse begins.

I liked that this didn’t try to give too much information about the characters, basically just give very minor information about Anderson and practically nothing about Dredd. I didn’t quite think that Urban looked big enough for Dredd, but if you look back at Dredd’s early comic book appearances he was actually really skinny! Fans of the comics will love the over-the-top violence, and fans of futuristic sci-fi thrillers will enjoy the action and the silly gadgets.

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