Monday 25 June 2012

Dredd is back for the first time

I've finally been able to get hold of the correct person to get some information about this film. I think I can say to anyone who has ever read 2000AD and saw the Sylvester Stallone version - Please make it better than that one and Dredd don't take your helmet off because you are a famous star and it says in your contract that you can!

From watching the trailer two things spring to mind:
  1. What have they done to the judge's Lawmaster bikes as they should be bigger, chunkier and scary and not just like a Harley Davidson with large fairings bolted to it!
  2. Isn't there more important things to sort out than try and kill, sorry judge, one drug dealer?
For the people over at 2000AD online - Head over here for some wallpapers made from the images below
DREDD, shot in 3D with stunning slow motion photography sequences, reunites audiences with the celebrated comic character, Judge Dredd, from John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra's revered comic strip.

In DREDD, the future America is an irradiated waste land. On its East Coast, running from Boston to Washington DC, lies Mega City One- a vast, violent metropolis where criminals rule the chaotic streets.  The only force of order lies with the urban cops called “Judges” who possess the combined powers of judge, jury and instant executioner.  Known and feared throughout the city, Dredd (Karl Urban) is the ultimate Judge, challenged with ridding the city of its latest scourge – a dangerous drug epidemic that has users of “Slo-Mo” experiencing reality at a fraction of its normal speed.  

During a routine day on the job, Dredd is assigned to train and evaluate Cassandra Anderson (Olivia Thirlby), a rookie with powerful psychic abilities thanks to a genetic mutation.  A heinous crime calls them to a neighbourhood where fellow Judges rarely dare to venture- a 200 story vertical slum controlled by prostitute turned drug lord Ma-Ma (Lena Headey) and her ruthless clan.  When they capture one of the clan’s inner circle, Ma-Ma overtakes the compound’s control center and wages a dirty, vicious war against the Judges that proves she will stop at nothing to protect her empire.  With the body count climbing and no way out, Dredd and Anderson must confront the odds and engage in the relentless battle for their survival.
In UK cinemas September 7, 2012

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