Dredd

Judge Dredd is one of the comic book characters, i really enjoyed as a kid. I remember i bought a couple of comic books, and enjoyed the character as well as his personality. When you think of the law system today here in Sweden, we have many problems. And you suddenly begin to wonder, what if we had a different law force, that could clean up the streets, would that be good, or just make more problems ? Interesting idea, since the law system need a change. Victims of violence or other traumatic experiences should not be punished for something they did not do. This is where Judge Dredd comes in, he wants to make things right, and erase everything thats wrong. If you did see the 1995 movie Judge Dredd with Sylvester Stallone, you know what we are up against, but maybe this is a complete different story, behind Judge Dredd, than what we did get in 1995? Is the latest Dredd movie a step in the right direction, or a completely lost project ?

United States, have turned into a wasteland known as the Cursed Earth. Located on the east coast, we find the city state Mega-City One. With a population of 800 million, and 17.000 crimes reported daily, the whole city is a big mess. The only force who can bring justice is known as the Judges. They act as judge, jury and executioner. Judge Dredd ( Karl Urban ) is ordered by Chief Judge to evaluate new recruit Cassandra Andersson ( Olivia Thirbly ), a powerful psychic, since she failed the aptitude tests to be a Judge. A new drug called Slo-Mo are causing big problems, while drug lord Madeline Madrigal ( Lena Heady ) order her workers to kill Judges. A war have just begun, and this war will not finish until justice is served.

Forget about the 1995 version. This is Judge Dredd the way we wanted a movie adaption to be from the comic books. Dirty, rough, with no bright future ahead, only eternal darkness and only a few souls out there, with hope that something will change. Karl Urban does a great performance as Judge Dredd, he found the balance that fits the character we know from the comic books, without being to dramatic. The scenes of Mega-City One looks great, with a city so lost from hope, it makes this story feel more interesting. What about action ? Don´t worry, there is plenty of action in Judge Dredd style, and thankfully some surprises along the way, you will see for yourself. It´s a shame audiences around the world did not go and see Dredd in the cinema, box office results were bad, but support this movie adaption, buy it or rent it, finally we have a Judge Dress movie worth some attention. Some details could have been better, but overall this is a comic book movie worth your time.

Rating : DDD