Dredd
Sign in to saveDredd is a 2012 science fiction action film directed by Pete Travis and written and produced by Alex Garland. It is based on the 2000 AD comic strip Judge Dredd and its eponymous character created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra. Karl Urban stars as Judge Dredd, a law enforcer given the power of judge, jury, and executioner in a vast, dystopic metropolis called Mega-City One that lies in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Dredd and his rookie partner, Judge Anderson (Olivia Thirlby), are forced to bring order to a 200-storey high-rise block of apartments and deal with its resident drug lord, Ma-
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6.9In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite group of urban police called Judges, who combine the duties of judge, jury and executioner to deliver a brutal brand of swift justice. But even the top-ranking Judge, Dredd, discovers that taking down Ma-Ma isn’t as easy as it seems in this explosive adaptation of the hugely popular comic series.
Released: 2012-09-0796 minDir: Pete TravisAction, Science Fiction
Cast
- Karl Urban as Judge Dredd
- Olivia Thirlby as Cassandra Anderson
- Lena Headey as Ma-Ma
- Wood Harris as Kay
- Langley Kirkwood as Judge Lex
- Tamer Burjaq as Ma-Ma Bodyguard
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
7.1/10
310,395 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
80%
Metacritic
60/100
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 wins & 14 nominations total
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Dredd
- Film.image
- Dredd2012Poster.jpg
- Film.alt
- A futuristic police officer in armour and a helmet holding a gun is almost submerged from darkness. Behind him is the tagline "Judgment Is Coming".
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Pete Travis
- Film.screenplay
- Alex Garland
- Film.cinematography
- Anthony Dod Mantle
- Film.editing
- Mark Eckersley
- Film.music
- Paul Leonard-Morgan
- Film.runtime
- 95 minutes
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $30–45 million
- Film.gross
Key dates
- Published
- 17 January 2013
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- India
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Pete Travis
- Screenwriter
- Alex Garland
- Cast member
- Karl Thaning
- Composer
- Paul Leonard-Morgan
- Producer
- Andrew Macdonald
- Production company
- Reliance Entertainment
- Cinematographer
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21 sectionsContents
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- Design
- Filming
- Post-production
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- Marketing
- Box office
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- Critical response
- Accolades
- Home media
- Reboot
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- Works cited
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Dredd is a 2012 science fiction action film directed by Pete Travis and written and produced by Alex Garland. It is based on the 2000 AD comic strip Judge Dredd and its eponymous character created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra. Karl Urban stars as Judge Dredd, a law enforcer given the power of judge, jury, and executioner in a vast, dystopic metropolis called Mega-City One that lies in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Dredd and his rookie partner, Judge Anderson (Olivia Thirlby), are forced to bring order to a 200-storey high-rise block of apartments and deal with its resident drug lord, Ma-Ma (Lena Headey).
Garland began writing the script in 2006, although the development of a new Judge Dredd film adaptation, unrelated to the 1995 film Judge Dredd, was not announced until December 2008. Produced by British studio DNA Films, Dredd began principal photography, using 3D cameras throughout, in November 2010. Filming took place on practical sets and locations in Cape Town and Johannesburg.