Dredd (2012)

“Welcome to the inside of your head. It’s kind of empty in here.” – Anderson

Number of Times Seen – 1 (13 Feb 2014)

Brief Synopsis – In a futuristic society where chaos is rampant, police are now judge, jury and executioner

My Take on it – I avoided this movie since I truly hated the Sylvester Stallone version from the ’90, but saw a favorable review of it earlier this week and decided to give it a try.

Wow, this movie is really action packed!

Lots of blood and shooting and the plot is quite simple; make it to the top of an apartment building to catch the head bad guy while people are trying to kill you on every floor.

That plot actually sounds very familiar since just recently I saw another movie with the same idea – The Raid: Redemption (2011).

Both writers claim that they didn’t know about the other and never read anything about the other that would influence their movie.

That’s quite amazing because of the similarities between the two, but anywaaay, both worked, so who cares really.

Karl Urban is great as Judge Dredd.  I recently started to watch the show Almost Human and have grown to liking him.

A sequel will probably never be made because it wasn’t a success at the theater, but it seems to now have a nice cult following.

Definitely a fun movie if you want to just check your brain at the door.

Bottom Line – Interesting action movie that is eerily similar to The Raid: Redemption (2011), and is also done quite well. Recommended

Rating – Globe Worthy

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