Rating of
2/4
Better then the original but that didnt take much!
Lee - wrote on 12/31/12
Well i know how much i loathed the original so i was very skeptical when i started to watch the reboot. Director Pete Travis must've been one of those people who was intrigued by the Stallone original as i thought if i were a director Judge Dredd would've been the last movie i would re-do. Anyhow the reboot has some qualities that make it superior although the storylinbe in my mind remains dead. Good eye candy i will admit this time round however the acting is 'B' level. And if you love films with constant gratituitis graphic violence then this is definatly for you. Storyline this time around has the action taking place in the far future 2070 as a new drug named 'Slo-mo' has gripped it's citizens and the head gang of 'The Cursed Earth' (Formally the States) lead by their vicious leader Madeline Madrigal (known by her followers simply as Ma-Ma) hae taken over one of the low rent high rises and use it for a manufacturing plant for the drug. After Ma-Ma has three of her own drugged first and then thrown from the highrise to their deaths, Judge Dredd has been called in to investugate with new Judge recruit Cassandra Anderson (Who is also a psychic) who is to be tested here to see if she can make it to a full time Judge.
It's not long before Ma-Ma learms about this and has the building locked down to avoid Dredd and his partner from escaping with one of her own and having him share everything he knows about her drug op to the other judges. The rest of the film tends to remind me of a video game where you have to battle the evil members of the drug cartel till you get to the top to battle the drug king pin herself.
Although better then the original (Didnt take much) i was still not totally captiated by this film at all. It was just so-so in my books.
