Bimmer Bomber It's not surprising when an actor plays a role they admire or understand, it usually ends up as a masterpiece. In this case, Urban's portrayal is just a perfect as Ledger as the Joker

@@xxrabbitsnipezxx5794 Nick Cage wanted to be superman. but i dont think the world was ready for Nick cage wanting to be superman and wanting to have his face.......Off....

@@santisomchay1978 Hey I never said it works out all the time. Take Henry Cavill for example. He has stated that he's a huge fan of the Witcher series and yet the news of the tv show hasn't been that great lately. Thus, it should also be noted that it's not just the actor itself is responsible for the characters they're portraying

The man is an amazing number of things.

40 years ago Clint Eastwood would have been better.

Yeah this why we need a sequel to this movie.

In actual original source material Anderson would have never passed. Especially Dredd would have never said shes pass he follows the rules literally, and Anderson loosing his gun would have ended her career. Dredd should be last person to say she passed the test.

Hershey would likely have overridden Dredd's decision, but yes, I agree that Dredd would have flunked her.

Anderson does not use a gun in the source material and Dredd has nothing to do with PSI division.

@@lalli8152 Except that we know from the original material, she DID pass and become a full-fledged Judge. It's likely that Dredd wasn't her evaluator though, there and then. Psi Division was much better established, would have had their own evaluators.

Yes in Dredd's mind she placed the law above herself and showed a lot of competence. She may not have passed departmental standards but she passed Dredd's standards which are more draconion than the hall of justices is by a fair margin

@@shanerayborn8133 I figured... he's a judge. Yes he's big on being the law... but the law isn't followed to the absolute letter all the damned time. He shows it throughout the movie. Telling the homeless dude to beat it before he came back. Telling the kid he'll give him Juvieisocubes or whatever if he puts down his gun instead of shooting. Anderson drives that home when she lets the hacker dude go, Dredd started to get mad and she shot him down and he accepts it. I was like "Well yea, Dredd considers her a street judge at this point." Then I have seen for years comments about how it didn't make much sense why he passed her and it's... like really?

I would recommend you seek out and read Judge Dredd (the complete case files) as we have many examples of a Senior Street Judge taking a Rookie out on an ASC test (actual street conditions) and failing. Anderson for all of her pep failed repeatedly. From my point of view (and I adopted the manner of Dredd when writing a book, so-called method acting, becoming the character in order to write as Dredd would have written for reporting purposes), she fouled up repeatedly on procedural practice. Sure, she was borderline, but the only correct element to come out of the script was when Dredd said that ''she should not be in the uniform.'' You have to remember that Dredd has a zero-tolerance of anything other than a perfect execution and there is no such thing as second best. A sloppy Judge (or rookie, or even a Cadet for that matter) is often a dead one and can in being sloppy get other Judges killed too. True grit does not necessarily make a Judge. During the story, THE CITY OF THE DAMNED Dredd is blinded and is crawling along on melting rockcrete, blind and what amounts to hell and the dialogue narrates that he cannot give up, he crawls across mile after blistering mile simply because he is a JUDGE and it is his DUTY. Dredd simply cannot give up, he does not understand the concept - or if he does, and that is open to debate - he does to encompass it. When faced with one of his own clones that went bad during NECROPOLIS Dredd's own clone knew he had fouled up and facing the original Dredd, accepted this and the original shot him dead. It is heavily hinted at that Joseph Dredd only has one weakness. One fear. He fears that like Eustace Fargo, the Father of Justice and the First Chief Judge of Mega-City One that he might have some moral or ethical weakness (see Judge Dredd: Origins) so he constantly punishes himself. His own clone brother, Rico Dredd went bad, was corrupt, and was little more than a gangster and was using his shield as a means to intimidate citizens and control criminals. Dredd was ultimately forced to confront Rico twice. The first time when he was arrested and the second, just over twenty years later when Rico returned to Earth from the Penal Colony on Titan to make his clone brother pay for what they did to him there. Joseph (Joe) secretly fears that he may lose perspective and somehow become corrupted in some small way - for once the rot sets in, all that he stands for, all that he loves will be destroyed and in doing so he will have betrayed Fargo, the Justice Department, the citizens and Mega-City One in that order.

@@shanerayborn8133 23:00 key moment

Another thing is we see the corrupt judges. Maybe Dredd sees the means of chosing them is flawed. She might not pass the Hall of Justice standard, but she passes Dredd's.

I would say the 2012 Dredd *is* a great movie from the point of being faithful to the comic.

Dredd is an amazingly good film. But I didn't even know it existed until I saw people mentioning it over and over in discussions about Fury Road as a recent and similarly surprisingly outstandingly impressive action movie. (Ironically, people also often mentioned The Raid in these discussions for apparently the same reasons, but I watched that too and felt it to be over-rated. The Raid certainly is good overall and very impressive on purely it's action merits, but it doesn't have anywhere near the heart as either Dredd or Fury Road.)

The Raid Redemption is a better film.

yeah, the difference being one was made in Indonesia, one was made with Hollywood actors that have acting leverage, one was made for $1M, the other for $35M, one has actual well planned, and super complex physical action in which the actors (not just the characters they play) literally have amazing abilities, one has great actors that are great at walking in slow motion with guns, plus, one of of them came out a year before the other one, from a country not known for putting out known films, and the other one from the country that has dominated film for almost a century, so yeah, lets compare those two.

that being said, I love them both ;-)

looks at all the craps shittywood spitted out these days, you might consider it a blessing lol

Courage lol

It was written into the contract..whenever on set he had to wear the helmet..

Loved it that he left it on he was total badass

When he said that's what he was gonna do, it was the first slight, faint hint of 'this might actually be a good movie'

Karls "Courage" as an actor? huh?

This is one point I loved. It didn't show Anderson as a know nothing, 'fish out of water' type rookie. This part where she broke out showed that she IS a badass, a rookie yes, but she knows her shit. She demonstrated that she has that will to survive and is willing to even shoot another Judge, yes the other Judge was a bad guy but she didn't dwell on it, she wasn't "What should I do?/Should I do this?" It took her all but one second to make that decision. She did go through a bit of learning period in the very beginning but that was understandable going from a citizen to a person who's job it is to execute others if need be and she went through that learning curve pretty fast and with flying colors.

@@dsandoval9396 That's where her psychic abilities come into play. She has skills for combat/survival. On top of that, her psychic powers allow her to read deeper into a perp's motivations/circumstances. That's why she was able to release the tech guy instead of condemning him; she saw the big picture and made a call, beyond the strict regulations. She was also able to locate Dredd and rapidly assess his predicament, hence shoot the rogue judge without hesitation. The Hall of Justice was right to tap into psychics to bolster their ranks.

@@pll9000 I just found this commet. Interestingly in one of the last scenes we see her walking out and she's holding something in her left hand. A helmet? Even though it interferes with her powers.

@@drmayeda1930 She's headed out to the Lawmasters (motorcycles). She wears a helmet while riding like any sane person, but takes it off while otherwise working. You can see this when she chooses Peach Trees and she and Dredd take off to go there.

Excellent point. It has always bothered me that Justice Department personnel are not 'chipped' with location devices. If a Judge is seized, held, or killed and their corpse is hidden the Department could find them. This would also have made some of the storylines in 2000A.D. more acceptable when Judges vanish or are kidnapped.

And yet one of Dredd's defining character traits is his utter inflexibility.

@@erikawhelan4673 Yes, but she technically didn’t lose her weapon.

@@quigley6643 I agree on Anderson not actually losing her weapon. 1. Anderson made use of the gun's self destruct to facilltate escape. 2. "Losing your primary weapon..." one could argue Anderson's gun isn't her primary weapon - her mind is.

Another thing that people often don't mention is each day is unique. I'm hoping being locked in an arcopolis with corrupt judges and criminals unloading _tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition_ at you is not a normal *FIRST DAY* on the job.

"Yes, I believe I _can_ make a difference." "........ Admirable."

I AM THE LAW!

LAAAAWWWWW?!

As a man who works in a prison this reminded me of our kind of on the job training. If you've been through some shit, you know what Anderson is going through; if you're helping a rookie deal with it, you know what Dredd is about. This is pretty legit law enforcement dynamics at its core.

Dredd respond was like, what's new.

But the villain...was better.

also no bullshit forced romance

They also did not humiliate the male characters. Domhnall Gleeson, the actor who plays the tech is treated much better than he is as Hux in the Star Wars franchise. Judge Dredd has a female boss who treats him with respect, a female Apprentice who treats him with respect, and a female villain who treats him with murderous respect.

My favorite part is Anderson mind-fucking Kay, and he pisses himself. It's a reenforcement of her psychic powers.

@@macmcleod1188 Your comment sums up modern "strong" women characters perfectly. Screenwriters think that to be a strong woman means you have to emasculate the male characters and be better than them.

Agree. She is actually put through the archetypical Hero's Journey. As in, she is challenged to develop beyond her own limitations (percieved and/or real), in order to grow into the role she is required to fill. She does succeed, even though she doesnt realize it at the film's end (Dredd gives her the passing grade)... and she does so on her own merit. Unfortunately that seems to be increasingly rare nowadays. Instead I see this strange trend that the female protagonist remains stagnant while the rest of the world has to adapt to suit her. I think that's sad, both because it leads to more boring characters and also IMO degrading towards women, because it implies that they cant handle a test of character.

Yeh, exactly. She's a great character; strong but empathetic, victorious but far from perfect and far from invulnerable, sympathetic to the suffering of population but complicit in the violence of the fascist state.

Dredd's very much an anti-hero, in the comics the few characters that could be considered heroes are usually women.

@@pietzsche You said it, bro! Anderson, Hershey and Judy Janus are the standard "heroes" of the Dredd universe

I'm glad she has an actual character arc!

This was a better comic adaptation than anything Marvel or DC has done. Eat your heart out money crones. Strong female without making men look weak. Suck it feminism!

@@mattbatt8757 "Strong female without making men look weak" works both ways. Why would you need to tell anyone to suck it if you're not weak yourself? It makes you look weak.

@@mattbatt8757 What a bizarre thing to say.

"Dredd passed her because he wouldn't have survived without her." If there is one thing you can be certain of, it is that Dredd would have failed her without even the slightest hesitation unless he found her fully qualified, just as he immediately reacted to a corrupted Judge.

si lafuyang trully

@@dm3402 why are you lying dude?

@@blond_slut Well it was. Now I have no idea. A script for the pilot episode was finished but the project was put on hold cause of the pandemic.. Sad times..

26:00 he is that good

Same here. I was hooked from the beginning.

Well, said. Also, here needs to be a sequel to this film while K Urban is still able to do it. My cynical spidey sense tells me that there may be industry push-back from the two large comic book franchises, perhaps, threatened by any further incursions into their market-shares. Especially with how formulaic those franchises have become. A truly original and interesting story base which creates a world much more compelling than... well, let me just say... when in the Civil War movie, the two sides were running towards each other in their costumed phalanxes on the airport tarmac... I felt embarrassed to be in the theater watching the film--that's how stupid I felt that scene was. While the Dredd "universe" is actually one of the characters, which, supports the sense of verisimilitude of the exaggerated story-lines and characters. Not to mention the depth of comment in the Dredd story, which is much less episodic than the DC and Marvel tropes, and much more meditative across the arc of the various incarnations and stories. I recently ordered the two volume Apocalypse War, a great insight into the paranoia and realpolitik of the cold war eighties. It is spare and absurd, but all the more disturbing for it's resonance in spite of that succinct absurdity. A K Urban Dredd franchise could leave the DC/Marvel monopoly in the dust--despite the "Logan" effort.

One more thing, that Stallone movie really pissed me off then and really pisses me off now. I hate that idiot. These glorified meat-puppets gain wealth and influence through the agent system in Hollywood, and then they're empowered to smear great brown streaks of their idiocy across our film industry and culture as they "take a piss", so to speak.

I loved this version of Judge Dredd and would love for a sequel to be made, hopefully, starring Karl Urban again as Dredd!

I agree with the O Rock comment. I came here just looking for a clip of the movie. This took quite a bit of work, and it is much appreciated. I watched it from beginning to end. Gave you a thumbs up.

Bimmer Bomber in short: be lawful neutral not lawful stupid

Insights much appreciated. Didn't even consider the argument that Dredd must have taken the bigger picture into account when deciding to go "against type" and pass Anderson. What was initially a thought of "aw, how nice of him" clearly has a basis in logic and reality. That nuance to his personality is really cool.

indeed. The whole point is that they are JUDGE, jury and executioner. Any punishments metered out are entirely discretionary, although there is a bit of a paradox there if you think about it.

Bimmer Bomber I agree with your judgement but not for your well thought out and realistic reasons. When I fictional universe sets up an unbreakable rule it’s to increase the drama when circumstances force that rule to be broken: Startrek has the Prime Directive, ghostbusters has don’t-cross-the-streams, and Eddie Valiant has his vow “I don’t work for toons.” The author states these earlier so when they’re violated later in the story it’s dramatic.

@@ScaryMason To the writers' credit, the story supports both interpretations.

The sentence for vigilantism is 20 years in Iso-Cubes and mandatory rehab. Creeps just dug themselves a deeper grave.

Anyone know how to fix an elevator? Mine has got some serious attitude.

well said @@PsiCommando

Nah Dredd called him an "Innocent".

Or their mind more specifically. A lot of Dredd's critiques happen to be philosophical ones such as Anderson lacking the helmet to which she rebuttals. I think he actually gave her credit for that, imho.

Not so much good enforcement, as good judgement.

I can’t say I agree, but I like that idea a lot

Bro, that is an awesome observation!!

Something else that hints towards that is when the corrupt judges show up and Dredd says that 2 people called on the 10-24 and they didn't ask about the other one. Assuming that judges are the only ones that are considered as calling in to control, Anderson has also been passed at that point as well. Admittedly Anderson is technically a judge until the assessment is over so it may not indicate she's passed

“Losing your primary weapon or having it taken from you, is an automatic fail,” Listening to this exact wording, it shows Judge Dredd is also capable of reading the situation flexibly within the remits of the law as written. Yes, Judge Anderson did briefly have her gun taken from her. However, she managed to retrieve the gun at the end of the encounter. The way that rule is written, Dredd (or anyone really) could argue the *intent* of that condition implies the gun has to be irretrievable. That is, a Judge has to be completely unable to retrieve their gun, losing its location, or prove physically incapable of retrieving said gun, in order for the fail condition to kick in. (And indeed, given the state of Mega City One, aside from Anderson herself, there must have been scuffles where a criminal has, out of desperation, reached for a Lawgiver on a Judge’s belt.) So yes, although Anderson was *dispossessed* of her gun briefly, she was always aware of *where* the gun is (in the criminal’s hand, therefore not “losing” the gun’s position), and more importantly, prevented the gun from being taken from her *permanently*. So in this sense, by the intent of the rule, she actually didn’t trigger the fail condition.

Judge Anderson made a Judgement based upon her own reasoning... Judge Dredd might disagree with her Judgement as not the one he would make but he isn't going to second guess her within her Authority.

I can't think of another movie I watch that as I watch it I love it more and more. Not going to lie, when I first saw it it was okay, not bad, not great, just okay. But then I saw it the second time and it's like a little light went off in my head, and then the third time and I found myself nailed to my seat, after that it was a wrap and I can't get enough of it. Love every single thing about it. Shiiieeeeet, I think I might watch it tonight!

Always thought it was above an average movie.

Enthused Norseman ...this was the Best shootet ive ever seen. I love Dredd! Netflix should help Karl Urban do a sequel or a series!

D Sandoval ....strange but the same happened to me. Everytime i watched this movie...i enjoyed it more and more.....same with Terminator 1. Its an instant classic. We need Karl Urban to do a sequel. Hopefully Netflix can step in and do it!

I heard rumors about a Dredd Netflix series with Karl Urban reprising his role. I hope that becomes a reality. No one scowls from under a helmet like Karl Urban.

A judges weapon is their dedication to the law, period. If a judge loses their weapon they cease to be a judge. It's really not that hard to understand. Even though a lot of people claim that judges aren't that "metaphorical", honestly I think that seriously underestimates the judges as a whole.

+Robert Knight - He was about to be killed Dude. Straight up. If she hadn't arrived when she did then it was game over. Yes she lost her weapon, but she escaped, got her weapon back, killed a corrupt Judge, and got some more ammunition. Not passing her after that would have been a real dick move. Besides, in a good story the characters go through an arc and aren't the same at the end as they were in the beginning. Dredd is a serious hard-ass - we all know that - but passing her in the end shows a small, ever so tiny crack in his hard exterior. He knows she's important to the Chief Judge and after what they've just been through he figures, yeah, what the fuck...

Gray Scribe Her mind is her primary weapon. 😎✌

@ Yurek Hunt _"Dredd is a serious hard-ass - we all know that - but passing her in the end shows a small, ever so tiny crack in his hard exterior."_ I don't even think that is the case. Losing your gun is stated as the one non-negotiable "you are out" criteria. But then again, the main goal of the assessment was to judge if she is qualified to be judge, jury and executioner in personal union. True, she lost her gun, but then again she kept her cool, showed an immense will to survive, decided to still risk her life although she had to assume that in case she survived she would still have failed that test and *then* was able to be hard and cold enough to even kill another judge without hesitation when it was necessary. True, she was a psychic and could read that judges mind, but most people still have a bite inhibition when it comes to killing; _especially_ when the opponent seems to be one of your team and even more so when you never have killed before. Also, she was extremely fair and allowed that tech guy to walk free, because she could see that he was a victim, but passed a death sentence when it was necessary. So if the goal was to determine if she was effective in what she does and if she would be a good judge and an asset worth keeping, then it would have been not wise to let her go. If she would have been a coward or in case she had abused her power, then letting her fail would have been the smart thing to do, but for her very first deployment she actually performed admirably and Dredd was fair enough to understand that. I still think he has a secret sentimental side, but this judgement was not based on sentiment.

@@guavaburst Her mind and an almost fanatical devotion to the law. Her two primary weapons...

Not just Anderson, but all the psi-division of the Judges, as they deal with all the normal shit of a Judge but also the intense negative psychic aura of the city itself. Hundreds of millions living in quiet despair is rough on the brain, so the psi-judges get to bend some rules so they don't go crazy.

@@MrMobiusfan 25:10 i see you there

@@MrMobiusfan Could be worse, could be Wally Squad.

People were like "It's just a remake of the Indonesian movie 'The Raid' I'm skipping this" Morons! if everyone thought like that we would of never got the Clint Eastwood Spegetti Westerns which were remakes of samurai movies.

@@R005TERILLUSION it was written and filmed verdure the raid, post production held it up which meant it was released after it

@@R005TERILLUSION It was the stupidest propaganda that ever damaged a film. I told someone bout it yesterday and he dismissed it as a rip off without having ever seen either. Such a gruddamn shame.

I saw it in theaters.

The Dredd comics were heavily influenced by the Clint Eastwood character "Dirty" Harry Callahan.

It really shows in the early stories. I still think Eastwood should have played Dredd in the first film.. .. No, still would have been rubbish.

Learn something new every day but at the same time, it makes perfect sense looking back on it all.

so was Deadpool the Dirty harry Movie

Gerbil13 Yes. The Deadpool With Jim Carey in a video for "Welcome to the Jungle"

Robocop stole much of its material from the Judge Dredd comic strip, the robocops manner, his catchphrases, ''creep' being the classic. Even the dark humor. An excellent movie but it didn't give credit to 2000A.D.

And if he busted in himself, he'd weaken the armour, without a way of repairing it. Plus a cop doesn't want to piss off the medics, they're pretty damn valuable people. And they might have their own code that the Judges respect.

Hannah Leith Maybe! But I think it goes without saying that if she lost her brain she wouldn't qualify to be a judge :p He could mean at least that her primary weapon isn't necessarily her gun. After all, she proves efficient in hand to hand combat. If she'd lost her limbs she'd of course disqualify, much like how Kay loses his arm. This whole nature of losing your primary weapon being a more ambiguous term has me thinking now. It could refer to Kay's fear of having his penis bitten off by Maw Maw.

Enlightenment Pictures it may not even have anything that can be used to attack in the physical or even psychic sense. A mere gun can be lost, taken, dropped in an explosion/crash and even simply run out of ammunition or jam. AJudge's primary weapon should always be their mind and dedication to the law itself lose either and your useless as an enforcer of the law.

Enlightenment Pictures it may not even have anything that can be used to attack in the physical or even psychic sense. A mere gun can be lost, taken, dropped in an explosion/crash and even simply run out of ammunition or jam. A judge's primary weapon should always be their mind and dedication to the law itself lose one or both of those and your either dead or useless as an enforcer of the law.

Let's not forget she totally saved his ass without her gun...

always thought that refers to ones mind.

Greippi10 Omygod the amount of small details in this movie is absurd

Could be she doesn't depend on her psychic abilities as much when on her motorcycle.

During her assessment she wore the helmet while riding her motorcycle. She takes it off and leaves it with the parked bike.

Or maybe this is far enough in the future that they now have helmets compatible with psychic abilities. I doubt she would relent on her psychic abilities, they give her a considerable edge on everyone else.

And they fouled up on that as well. A rookie Judge is issued with an all-white helmet and is only awarded the normal scheme helmet when they pass and earn their ''full eagle''.

Old movie cliches were new haha.This new Dredd was god damn amazing, so much subtext and deep readings into the city and it's people. The city really is crushing under its own weight. Btw bro, there's a Dredd TV Series on Netflix (Judge Dredd: Mega-City One) Karl Urban behind the mask again. Time to hit the streets and Judge.

I've heard, but being unemployed I can't afford Netflix

The Stallone movie is actually a much better rendition of the comic than this one. People who never actually read the comic when it was part of 2000AD just have no idea what Dredd actually is - a pisstake on American 80s consumerism with everything amped to the nth degree.

+Mᴇᴢᴋᴀʟ Mᴜᴢɪɴɢᴢ i get what you're saying but lets not do the hipster 'i liked it before they spoiled it' thing. dredd drew from a lot of wells most notably a homage to spaghetti westerns man with no name. like everything else dredd changes through writing and time but accurate or not this film was ten times the film the 1995 film was and stallone's dredd bore absolutely no resemblance (other than the jaw) to comic dredd. urban's did.

synchc Dredd has not changed through writing. That's the thing. Rebellion left the direction of Dredd 2009 up to the director and that's fine - it just didn't work for me. Dredd is not a gritty tale from a dirty city about a rookie Anderson running with Dredd on her first outing. Dredd is an hilariously dark and scathing assault on 80s hyper consumerism filled with wierd characters and Judge Anderson and Dredd are equals. When Dredd does have a sidekick, it's more for comedy purposes than anything.

Alas she's not a blue eyed, blonde Nordic type like the Cassandra Anderson in the strip. She's an ashkenazi jew with bleached hair. :(

She's more of an unconventional type beauty though. She has features that aren't typified by the common conception of beauty, but honestly those are my favorite types of beautiful women. Just those ever so slight imperfections make a woman more beautiful in my eyes.

It's her eyes

Death By Design Graphics You nailed it in that description- and (without knowing anything about you but your screen name,) I'm not surprised to hear that from someone with "Design" and "Graphics" in their name. My mother was an excellent portraiture artist- and she would remark that more "conventionally beautiful" people were an absolute dredge to draw- and those with unusual characteristics in their face were the ones that she often found more attractive and interesting. But yeah- I agree with you- there is something... off?... about her beauty that makes her even more intriguing and attractive.

I was thinking this throughout my entire viewing of Dredd lol. I think they cast her well and loved her character, though i've read only 14 issues of the comics i think she's very close to the comic version of Anderson. Overall casting for the whole movie was great now that i think about it

But, Dredd is a 40 year old comic franchise. One that actually goes in real time, from year to year. There are a lot of stories and we're getting a tv show at least.

and more karl urban in everything. I mean he's in so effing many things these days anyway but he's great. Looking forward to him as skurge in Thor

This one is getting a Netflix Series... And god damn right it should've gotten it sooner! I'm not shitting you, Google It: Judge Dredd: Mega-City One

Technically it's still in the works. It could very well happen, everything seems to be pointing that direction. But as Karl himself said, he would only come back if the writers do something interesting with the universe and the characters. So right now everything is in the writers court. If they perform as they did with the original film, then everything should line up right, and we'll get a faithful adaptation as a legitimate series. If on the other hand they flake out and don't do whatever magic they performed in the first place, it could fall through and it would never be anything more than a wishful dream. Keep your fingers crossed is all I'm saying. Don't just assume that it's set in stone.

Would like a video game adaptation. MEGA CITY ONE YOU ARE THE LAW

I think Dredd already understood the difference between the spirit and the letter of the law*, but he recognised that he would have got it wrong in that particular case whereas Anderson's powers gave her the insight to get it right. *See the earlier examples of the beggar when they arrived at Peach Trees and the two teenagers.

That's an excellent analysis, I think you really hit the nail about the meat grinder. Having that sense of justice is what makes the difference between being a judge and being a mere executioner.

Dredd has always, irrespective of writer in the comics, been about justice above all. He recognizes that while The Law is what defines justice, it (being words on pages) isn't perfect. When technicalities and loopholes emerge that allow a morally guilty person to escape legal punishment, he finds a way...again within the law...to make punishment happen. And not just any punishment, a fitting punishment. He will bend the law, but only in the service of true justice.

@@xheralt That's interesting, and definitely a reflection of the late 70s and 80s comics from which Dredd emerged. But what's interesting about the film is that, while Dredd may bend the law to punish the morally guilty, in the film, Anderson bends the law to protect the morally innocent, even if they were forced at knife point to commit crimes. You see less of that with Dredd comics, and Marshal Law, and Miller's Batman, and all the other "edgy" comics from the era. And that's what I liked most about the film. It's not subversively violent. These days, in our post Mark Millar, post Garth Ennis, post torture porn era, no amount of violence is the least bit subversive. But Dredd manages to be subversively compassionate.

I think this is pretty accurate. To add, do notice how Dredd's assessment was pretty black and white at the start of the movie. "Fail is fail, why you wasting my time with this?" was basically how the assessment started. Then there's other things to pick up on, judges stayed clear of Peach Trees until Anderson decided to investigate 3 murders there: MaMa had taken over the building, by lethal force, without any judges interfering with the process. And while Dredd may not have realized at the start, they ended up biting off more than they could chew: Dredd ran out of ammo. As much as Anderson wasn't prepared for the situation, neither was he. The medbay denying access was his first shift in his character arc where he didn't even attempt to apply the law to the medical officer, it's partly logic but it's also because the medical officer basically explained that by complying he'd bring himself and his patients in danger in the coming firefight, after the judges had failed to survive he'd be next for complying with them. Him denying the judges access to the medbay was basically a form of compliance with the law, even if Dredd didn't particularly like the situation it put him in. If you look back, even Anderson was kinda surprised with this decision. Another thing to note that despite her ability to read minds, she never attempted to read Dredd's mind even when looking for the right answer, it meant that she was trying to think for herself rather than relying on her commanding officer. This is something that builds more and more throughout the movie where the two of them got more and more in sync and started moving along faster and faster. This is a clear sign that she is learning; you can find examples of this in dota where 2 inexperienced players have a much harder time winning a lane than 2 experienced and synced players. And then change from 'you don't look ready' to 'you look ready' was an important one. While the Anderson that started the test would've failed the test, the Anderson that came out wouldn't have. This is what that change emphasizes, even if Anderson herself doesn't realize it yet. And while she did lose her firearm, both of them got caught off guard by the fact that two kids were trying to capture them at gunpoint. It was also one of the moments where Dredd realized that while a lot of them wanted them dead because they were gangmembers, there's also a portion going after them because they basically have a gun to the back of their heads and failure to dispose of Dredd&Anderson could mean their own death. Anderson's disarm and capture wasn't just a lapse in judgement from Anderson herself, it was also a lapse in Dredd's judgement as he already knew the guy would attempt to do that (as indicated in the elevator scene). This was also why Dredd didn't write her off and actually went looking for her. Which finally leads to her letting the techie go. For anyone that can't read minds this is the dumbest thing one could do and Dredd perceived it as a huge blunder that was in fact not characteristic of Anderson. Notice that Dredd didn't turn towards her, didn't point his gun at her and didn't even distrust her. He demanded an explanation for an otherwise illogical action. While there is some emotional baggage from Anderson in her explanation "I already know I failed so fuck you and your test", she gave clear and specific reason for her actions being justified to which Dredd could only agree. This completed his arc as a character. He puts all he learned into practice when dealing with MaMa as he shoots her in the gut and throws her off to prevent the detonation from happening; this action by itself was uncharacteristic of Dredd at the start of the movie and would've been something he would've overlooked if it wasn't for all the events with Anderson. So at the end, she learned a lot from him, but he also learned an important thing from her: the world isn't black and white. Following rules to the letter doesn't always yield the best result and sometimes some leeway is necessary. This is why he passed her, she proved why 3 points was a small margin and she proved to him that she can be independent, competent and that she's honest and honorable.

Anderson's own school of Judging was something she already had - but she wasn't ready yet. When she hesitated to shoot Japhet ... she _knew_ what she should do. She should read his mind ... see if he really deserves to die or if she should let him go. But she lacked the nerve and she lacked the confidence. When Dredd told her Japhet is guilty of attempted murder of a Judge and that the sentence is death ... it was too late. Dredd sentenced him. So she shot him. Later, they'd meet Japhet's family. And Anderson would find out she made a mistake. And this was a mistake she couldn't take back. My point is - Anderson already had that core sense of justice. She knew her sense of right and wrong. She didn't just learn it. She already knew it. She just needed to be ready to act on it. That first time, she wasn't ready. She hesitated. And in that hesitation, she lost her chance to make a difference. THIS time, though, she was ready. And she didn't wait for Dredd's lead. She didn't hesitate. She made her choice. She made a difference. And if this was the only difference she would ever have a chance to make, well at least it was something. That sense of justice is what Dredd saw, and it's what made Dredd change his mind on Anderson's assessment. She may have had a different sense of justice than Dredd, but hell she had one. Not like the corrupt Judges, who were ultimately in it for themselves. Here, Dredd saw Anderson stick her neck out for some nobody, strictly out of her own sense of justice. Nothing in it for her. I think that's what really impressed Dredd. It told him what Anderson felt was truly important ... it showed him she had an inner fire - a burning need to make a difference. And it showed him what sort of difference she'd make if that was her only shot at it.

That's the impression I got. I don't recall the exact dialogue, but I recall he tells command he's going lethal against the criminals immediately after they kill the civilian.

I thought it was Johannesburg! Recognized it from other movies.

Gimme hope Jo'anna.

Hell probably looks better than some of the streets in my neighborhood, lol

If you think Johannesburg is bad now, just wait for the rest of the 21st century to treat it.

At first glance I thought you recognized the scenes because you had been shot in Johannesburg...

Trek001 Can I just say, thank you :)

really good video and well thought out and all of this makes scene

Ironically, the 95' Dredd with Stallone is far more representative of the style, look, and satirical themes of the comic book from the 1970s-1990s . . . .

I agree, but still think that DREDD is the better movie and has a much more interesting Dredd. You get the feeling that in this movie's universe, while Dredd is well known city wide as a bad ass, that they don't have Saturday morning cartoons to sell action figures based on his likeness.

Prometheus well they are making the Mega-City One TV series at 2000ad/Rebellion so that's most likely where a more comic-esque Dredd would appear.

There has been at least one stories released telling the story of Dredds beginnings which have a connection to this version of the film. I grew up reading 2000AD and Dredd in particular was my favourite character, so I've always looked for books related to him. Good reading imho

With regards to Andersons assessment i thought it kind of mirrored what happened in the 'Satan' storyline. I 'm fairly sure it was him doing the reassessment (albeit very unwillingly)of her.

i know he spends most of the(1995 movie) without his helmet on!!!! WTF?

Mega city 1 is the name of the TV show in production supposedly soon to be on tv

The series was in pre-production before COVID-19 and Karl Urban was on board. It was my understanding that the series would initially be presented from the point of view of newly passed Street Judges.

T Prime being dredd I think he would walk away

T Prime It's just a flesh wound.

I didn't like the effects used. The bullet holes in the wall should've been clean. But that's Hollywood, I'm willing to let it slide because Dredd was so damn good.

What do you mean by clean? It's more realistic that the tiles would be broken and shattered from the entry and exits points of the bullets.

He's talking about the wound. Armor piercing generally means higher velocity ammo with a penetrator core, so the bullet will tend to just punch a nice, neat hole with a small permanent wound cavity.

BrainShartStudios you passed your assessment.

BrainShartStudios Six months?! DEAL!

Not federal AFAIK.

Actually its 20 years on Titan

@@burptastic really...hmm...hold on a sec im thinking...does successful impregnation add time? if not im down, better late than never.

I half agree, but I think its in reflection of the other film. The 1995 film is centered on Judge Rico trying to create an army of demented clone judges who will go around and judge everyone guilty. He is a bigger than life villain with a world ending grandoise plot. Ma-ma, is not that villain. She is bad news for sure, but she is just a drug kingpin. And taking her down in just in a day's work for a judge. Now, was it an incredibly bad day at work for Dredd. Yeah, if he were the type to opine about that.. he isn't. The only memorable thing that Dredd might carry with him from this day is that he met someone who was worth a damn. In Mega-City One, that's a minor miracle.

Oh man, don't remind me that utter waste of potential of a film :(

Thanks! I really appreciate it :) Glad you liked it!

Interesting suggestion, I am interested in reading the comic myself and would like something similar to this film, so I'll check it out. About the something else, throughout the film I got the impression that Dredd reacts to the death of innocent bystanders, more than if it was just a criminal offense. It seems clear to me that somewhere in him, despite all the horrors he has dealt with every day for years, he is saddened and angered to see innocent people die.

nigelft I remember reading judge Dredd in a tank going to another Megacity, I really hope this is the one I was think of for the past 30 odd years .

I will be responding to you and the video about the instant fail list point in the comment below. A cop told me that police have guidance operating procedures but cops don't really have to follow them if the situation gets out of control and also it is called GUIDANCE operating procedure meaning it is a guide(which is a synonym for advice) and those procedure are not really laws or rules. I have feeling the automatic rookie failing list that Dredd was reciting were from a guidance procedure for conducting an assessment.

@@karkha2894 Thanks for the response and for the continued conversation. I have to wonder though, is the whole instant fail idea just big talk, then? Was he simply trying to intimidate her?

@@Brigand231 Yeah, your probably right, Dredd is no nonsense Judge so he probably told her all of that to intimidate her and see how she would work under the stress and pressure of knowing that information while doing her assessment.

@@Brigand231 I would also say that Dredd said that to see if she is easily intimidate. Dredd is probably one of the hardest Judges to receive a passing grade from and couple with the fact that Anderson had marginally failing scores the council which approved her to take the live patrol assessment probably wanted to make sure she was Judge material by having one of the hardest judges grading her.

That makes sense too, if he passed her it would certainly go a long way to mitigating low test scores.

Don't forget too, last he saw her she was captured and went straight up to the top floor, Mama's floor. And now, she's back down just in time to save Dredd and she seems to be in good physical condition... it's like she fell into the lion's den and made it back out in one piece AND she saved Dredd, a rookie did this. That had to count for something.

Tbh I believe that there were more to it than just that. God this is why I love Dredd and especially Urban's portrayal of Dredd. His character is complex but at the same time it isn't really something you can't figure out

xXRabbitSnipezXx yeah, I totally took Dredd as a simplistic, 2D character. I didn't read all the comics, but he seemed pretty straightforward in them. I really enjoy thinking aboht these nuances to the movie version of the character! Very, very interesting.

He always had a heart . He s just beeing tough to her to protect her. And do you remember the scene where he punches the shit out of that guy because Mama whiped out an entire floor? In my opinion the useless killing of inocent ppl made him really angry.

Great analysis. In my view his idealism was always there, but it got buried really deep. And Anderson brought it back closer to the surface for him.

She does carry a helmet when walking towards the vehicles.

One of the reasons attributed to the film not being too successful in theatres is the advertising campaign pushed 3D hard, every poster called the movie "Dredd 3D" and to be honest at that point in time everyone had experienced at least one 3D movie (usually passive glasses 'Real3D') and decided it was not worth the headache (quite literally in a lot of cases). Everyone I've spoken too avoided it in the cinema because of that marketing and instead got it on bluray where it was called just "Dredd" not "Dredd 3D".

I wear glasses not contact lenses and I can't see without them. Sounds like a non-sequitur until you realise that means I'd have to wear two pairs of glasses to see a 3D movie. Tried it once, took about a day for the headache and eye strain to pass. I saw the posters for Dredd 3D and went "Nope, not again. I'll get it on BR". So yeah... complete total and utter marketing failure is why we won't get to see Judge Death on the big screen. Which sucks. Hopefully this TV show they're working on gets it right.

I think it's because Dredd's popularity isn't really known to people other than those who have been familiar to the first 1995 adaptation or just Dredd fans.

You got in early

177 000 now.

Almost 300,000