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Essentially a futuristic take on Die Hard or The Raid: Redemption, this is a violent, gory and faithful execution of the character that fans should rejoice at.
Dredd 3D isn't revelatory, nor does it redefine any of the genres it splashes among as it goes its merry, bloody way, but as goofy-gory self-satire high-tech low-morality future-cop epics go, it's charmingly diabolical.
Dredd 3D constantly impresses on a visual level, with a gritty style more akin to cult hits like District 9 or 28 Days Later than to standard Hollywood comic-book blockbusters.
Sit back and enjoy, the movie earns every morsel of entertainment goodness.
Grim, gritty and ultra-violent, Dredd reinstates the somber brutality missing from the U.K. comicbook icon's previous screen outing.
Dredd is a character study, primarily, one fuelled by violence and action, and we can't think of a better way to re-introduce this character to cinema audiences.
An action movie with confidence, style and unapologetic brawn.
That doesn't mean it isn't fun, particularly when Urban uses his stoic deadpan for subtly comic purposes.
Yes, it's a bombastic action thriller. But it's great to finally watch one that doesn't treat the audience like children.
Beneath the stylish flippancy, it's a fascistic bore.
Despite admirable intentions and assured performances, Dredd 3D suffers from a structurally flawed script that fails to engage and repetitive fight sequences that fail to excite.
Ultimately, your reaction to 'Dredd 3D' will depend on your tolerance for an almost breathtaking level of graphic violence.
The script isn't much, but the action is inventively bloody and the 3D visuals are dazzling.
A great night out for unfastidious, unsqueamish loners.
[Karl] Urban... is still totally riveting with only his mouth and his manly, unshaven chin with which to express himself... [T]here's a surprising and gratifying minimalism to Dredd.
a tough, tense and often very funny film - but at its heart is an enigmatic character through whom an understated discourse on the nature of justice and morality is allowed to play out in any way, ultimately, that we choose.
This is brisk and brutal film-making.
The film is about law vs chaos. Via its images, it manages to take both sides.
A superb and savage shoot-'em-up.
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