Dredd

Dredd

Rating 6.5 out of 10

I understand this movie is not for everyone.  It is an action movie based on a comic book.  The easiest way to decide if you will like this movie or not is to watch the trailer.  If you watch the trailer and think it's something you would like to see, you will probably like it.  If it doesn't float your boat you should probably keep walking.   I will say this movie is better than the 1995 dud Judge Dredd with Sly Stalone.

In the future once again we find the world a nasty waste land.  It's all one huge city now of 80 million people.  Crime lords rule the roost in most areas.  The only thing between them and you and me is the Judges.  Cool robocop looking men and women riding motorcycles that have the authority to judge and pass sentence on the bad guys on the spot.  The baddest judge of them all is Judge Dredd.  Karl Urban plays Dredd.  He does a good enough job although his face is covered with the judge mask the whole movie.  Dredd and the cute little blonde rookie judge (Olivia Thirlby) who can read minds are called to a 200 story apartment building on a disturbance.  This building is the center piece of one of the worst crime lords- the evil Ma-Ma (Lena Headly- she has had a hard life since she was Leonidas' queen in 300).

Ma-Ma locks the place down and puts all the bad guys toward killing the judges.  They have to fight their way out.  Lots of bad guys meet bullets.  Lots of action. This is not a great movie.  I was mostly entertained for the type movie I was expecting to see.  If you like these type movies I think you will feel it was worth the drive.