Jun 25, 2012

Judge Dredd Reboot - Why Even Bother?



I finally got around to checking out the debut trailer for 'Dredd,' an attempted reboot of the classic 2000AD property revolving around futuristic law enforcement officers known as Judges. With their combined roles of police, judge, jury and executioner these Judges were pretty much any criminals worst nightmare. A slew of articles have already berated this trailer for sharing a little too many plot points with last year's excellent Indonesian action flick The Raid: Redemption which pretty much has the same vertical premise: Enforcement officials attempting to reach a criminal boss/mastermind who resides atop a criminal tenement. Dredd also adds the element of hilariously cheesy oversized helmets, poor Clint Eastwood imitations and horrible one liners. Expectations : Nonexistent, but at least the trailer provided a few laughs.

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