Coming this month - Dredd
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Well it has a completely different story and cast than the Stallone film (and thankfully so as that film was almost comically bad). Giving Dredd a comic sidekick wrecked any attempts at setting proper tone and Stallone overacted the part massively.
"I am da lowh" :icon_clap:. But Judge Dredd? Really?
I am so tired of all these remakes and re-imaginings. Where is the new stuff?
EvilSpaceAlien
Sinister Swede
Well to be fair it isn't remake of the Stallone film (thankfully!), just a new adaption of the comics with a different plot. And it's not one those completely pointless remakes like Nightmare on Elm Street, since the Stallone film was just awful and this may be a big improvement. Sort like how Batman Begins was a breath of fresh air follwing the Schumacher films.
Exactly. This is not a remake or reimagining. It is going back to the source (the British comic book) and starting over again. And given how bad the Stallone film was this is a good thing.
We'll see how it comes out, but like I said the word out of ComicCon was very favorable.
We'll see how it comes out, but like I said the word out of ComicCon was very favorable.
EvilSpaceAlien
Sinister Swede
Though in all fairness, Dredd had started shooting several months before Raid: Redemption even began pre-production, so you couldn't exactly call it a rip off. And doubt that a minor Indonesian film like Raid will a significant (if any) impact on Dredd's box office.
It should be interesting to see how the Dredd film does. It cost half the amount to make that the Stallone one did (which cost 90 million in 1995). So likely it is less flashy. On the other hand the cast sounds stronger and the writer is Alex Garland (28 Days Later and Sunshine).
Today was release day for Dredd and from what I am reading this sounds pretty good. Far closer in tone to the source than the horrific Stallone vehicle, better writing (Alex Garland so no surprise) and far better acted (Karl Urban has gotten praise in a lot of places for the portrayal of Dredd).