Karl Urban is a very under-rated actor. He can play a variety of characters without making it all about himself. He can just act like the character, and be that character. That may not sound like much, but when you compare Judge Dredd to Dredd, the difference is impossible to ignore.
In Judge Dredd, Sylvester Stallone played Rambo in a Judge Dredd outfit. It was a totally disappointing movie, because we sat there and watched another Rambo or Cobra film. Where was Judge Dredd? He was lost in Stallone's interpretation of the character.
Zoom forward 17 years to Dredd with Karl Urban. He never takes off his helmet. He does not do any Karl Urban funny remarks or trademark phrases. He does nothing to say HEY ITS ME, KARL URBAN. Instead, all you get is DREDD. Wow. What a movie. Judge Dredd as he is supposed to be. A non-stop Justice Machine, that usually happens to kill an incredibly high number of perpetrators. That is what a Judge Dredd movie is supposed to be.
It could have been in any setting, the Karl Urban version of Judge Dredd works. Too bad that there has not been another Dredd movie. I can see Dredd (2012) almost any day of the week and enjoy it immensely. It is just adrenaline pumping action, adventure, and gut-churning violence. This is DREDD like it was meant to be.
In Judge Dredd, Sylvester Stallone played Rambo in a Judge Dredd outfit. It was a totally disappointing movie, because we sat there and watched another Rambo or Cobra film. Where was Judge Dredd? He was lost in Stallone's interpretation of the character.
Zoom forward 17 years to Dredd with Karl Urban. He never takes off his helmet. He does not do any Karl Urban funny remarks or trademark phrases. He does nothing to say HEY ITS ME, KARL URBAN. Instead, all you get is DREDD. Wow. What a movie. Judge Dredd as he is supposed to be. A non-stop Justice Machine, that usually happens to kill an incredibly high number of perpetrators. That is what a Judge Dredd movie is supposed to be.
It could have been in any setting, the Karl Urban version of Judge Dredd works. Too bad that there has not been another Dredd movie. I can see Dredd (2012) almost any day of the week and enjoy it immensely. It is just adrenaline pumping action, adventure, and gut-churning violence. This is DREDD like it was meant to be.