Dredd (2012)

Rating: 85%
alright so a little before school started this semester, my dad got Dredd from RedBox so here's how it turned out after he and my youngest brother and I saw it.

Plot: The film is set in a future United States where most of the place is a wasteland. Dredd is among the many judges in Mega-City One who act as the judge, jury and executioners for the many crimes that are committed throughout the entire city. One day he's assigned to a 200-story slum tower block called Peach Trees to solve the murder of three drug dealers while evaluating a new recruit named Anderson. But this eventually leads them to discover about the drug lord Ma-Ma who is attempting to kill them, so they end up fighting to bring her to justice.

Now I've never read any of the comics or seen the other movie with Sylvester Stallone. But my dad says that this film beats the living crap out of the Stallone one and I totally believe him. This was a really fun movie with really with great action, interesting cinematography, and really cool designs and visual effects. The story and the characters -while well acted in cases like Karl Urban and Olivia Thirlby - are not that impressive, but that's kind of a good thing. My dad and brother and I all agreed that it seems that the creators of the film accepted that this film was not going to be fantastic in terms of any of those things and that it is what it is. We may not know that for sure, but if it's true, more power too them. Dredd seemed to not really need to start off with very developed characters or a really smart and complex plot, especially as a remake and on the likeliness that they are going to make a sequel. It just needed to be what it really is to make it enjoyable for it's audience whether you're a fan or not.  

So that's my review for Dredd. It's not much in terms of story or characters, but it seems to accept that and just be an awesome, action packed movie that's pretty darn entertaining. So if you feel like wanting to see a movie just for the action and stuff, I'd say take a particular look at this one. I think you'll be left at least a little glad you saw it for what it is.