We see the city through the eyes of Herman Ferguson, a hacker who’s just been paroled. Visually the movie is very impressive and detailed with lots of big sets, elaborate costumes, many extras, and probly more miniatures than CGI. Mega-City One is a BLADE RUNNERish metropolis in a future where people gather in these giant urban hellholes because it’s better than the nuclear wastelands that cover the rest of the earth. JUDGE DREDD does more explaining of the world and the justice system than DREDD does, and the introduction to these concepts is actually the most enjoyable part of the movie. There’s alot of good shit in here anyway, especially at the beginning. It has all the weaknesses of calculated blockbuster type filmmaking, and only some of the strengths.īut you know what, it’s pretty fun to watch.
The old one, of course, had to be the story of the biggest thing that ever happened to Judge Dredd. (And sure enough did not do well commercially.) The new version is cool because it’s just about this larger than life character on one day doing one job. It’s dedicated to the purity of this fascist character and the ugly world he lives in, and doesn’t worry about commercial considerations. How are you gonna get em back on JUDGE DREDD with Sylvester Stallone when they’ve seen DREDD with Karl Urban? The new version is lower budget and streamlined and way better.
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