Dredd Review

    Court is adjourned-Karl Urban and Olivia Thirbly as a judge and his partner in the action film Dredd
                                   I never thought I would say this but Sylvester Stallone did it better. Yeah...1995's Judge Dredd was cheesy and did feature Rob Schneider but it was fun and for once Stallone pulled it off. Now we have the remake that is Dredd and this time in 3D. I, however saw this in 2D and was glad about it for many reasons. For one-I did not have to pay five extra dollars for this truly boring and simultaneously head ache inducing mess. Second off...I did not have to see quite possibly the ugliest looking film I have ever seen in a dimension that makes it even more ugly. There are no redeeming qualities about this film. I take that back...Olivia Thirbly and Lena Headey make good eye candy. Other than that.....Dredd is one of the worst films of the year thus far.

                                     Urban portrays the title character...a cop or as they are called in the future...judges. Along with a rookie named Anderson (Thirbly)....he attempts to take down drug kingpin Ma-Ma (Headey.) The film then becomes a gruesomely violent film with no substance. Yes...I am one of those people who needs some substance with their violence. This film does not fill that need. The film features people's heads exploding and skin getting cut off. However....none of this has anything to do with the film itself and just ends up being gross.

                                       The film also features terrible performances. Yes...even the eye candy give performances worthy of a Razzie. None are as bad as Urban, however. All the performers give the impression that they are reading right from the script. Also...there are way too many conveniences just for the sake of the plot. The definitive example of this will give away some of the film so I will not talk about it just in case anyone reading this wants to waste money on this garbage.

                                        No one will be accused of falling asleep in Dredd but that is only because the film is so loud that you can hear it from outside the theater. I advise anyone to skip this film. Even if you like your action down, dirty, stupid and redundant...it is still a terrible film.
(1/2 out of 5 Stars, The film is rated R for strong bloody violence, language, drug use and some sexual content)