![]() ![]() ![]() Dredd 3D is "a far grittier and more capable rendering" of the character than "the really disastrous Sylvester Stallone-starring mangling of the comic" - but its collection of "post-modern sci-fi cliches" feels dated after the 17 years of science-fiction that has been released in Judge Dredd's wake. ![]() "As Judge Dredd, Karl Urban is all helmet, no charisma"ĭredd 3D is fine - but it came far too late: "I myself felt like I'd seen too much of Dredd before," says Glenn Kenny at MSN Movies. Stallone's Judge Dredd was bad - but it's still better than Dredd 3D: "Say what you will about Sylvester Stallone's kitschy" performance in 1995's Judge Dredd, says Roger Moore at the Detroit Free Press, at least Stallone "wore the helmet" - in Dredd 3D, "the helmet wears Karl." It may be more faithful to the comic-book source material to keep Judge Dredd locked into a face-obscuring mask, but authenticity comes at a price: The headgear "closes off his performance and masks his charisma." Stallone's foray into the world of Judge Dredd was flawed, but at least it had personality this "mega-violent satire" only manages to be "mega-boring." The difference between Judge Dredd and Dredd 3D? The team behind Dredd 3D "really understood the comics and what works about them, which begins and ends with getting an actor like Karl Urban to deliver just the right amount of scowl" as a character "whose brand of justice bypasses the normal judicial system." Finally, Hollywood has done justice to Judge Dredd: This is the "grim and gritty and violent" take on Judge Dredd that comic-book fans have been waiting for, says Edward Douglas at. ![]()
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