Sunday, 15 July 2012

Trailer for the new JUDGE DREDD movie

A trailer for the upcoming Judge Dredd film, Dredd, has been released. The film sees Judge Dredd taking on rookie Judge Anderson for training, only for both to become trapped in a 200-floor vertical slum ruled by a ruthless drug lord. The setting is Mega-City One, a vast megalopolis of 800 million people stretching down North America's eastern seaboard.



The film is set for release in the UK on 7 September 2012 and in the USA on 21 September. Karl Urban stars as Judge Dredd and Olivia Thirlby as Psi-Division Judge Anderson, with Lena Headey as the main villain, Madeline Madrigal (aka 'Ma-Ma'). The film was shot in South Africa with a budget of $45 million. It'll be in 3D (grumble) and has been R-rated in the United States.

First impressions: looks reasonable (backed up by some solid early reviews). Thirlby, Urban and Headey all look good, the costumes and sets look decent and the whole thing certainly looks more promising than the disappointing 1995 Stallone movie. However, the depiction of Mega-City One looks dull. The Stallone movie did have an impactful visual style that worked very well. This version looks fairly generic in comparison.

Before anyone asks, yes, Dredd keeps his helmet on for the duration.
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2 comments:

  1. Mike B15 July 2012 at 13:54:00 GMT

    Luckily, the budget-constrained depiction of Mega City One shouldn't be too much of a problem as it's only seen briefly at the start of the film. The vast majority of the film is set in a single tower block.

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  2. Mark Lawrence15 July 2012 at 14:01:00 GMT

    Karl Urban looks good. I liked the trailer - but the city looks disappointingly 'now'. I want the hovercars and craziness of the 2000AD megacity 1.

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