DREDD (2012) MOVIE REACTION!! FIRST TIME WATCHING! 

One of the great things they did with this film is show that this was just another day to Judge Dredd.

So disheartening that this will never get a genuine sequel. 😔

I’d like to officially welcome you to the “why isn’t there a sequel to ‘Dredd’” club. Literally every person who has seen this movie wants a sequel and yet here we are...

In the beginning, Dredd says that if she loses her main weapon, it is an automatic fail. And while she does lose her lawgiver (the pistol) you realize when Dredd gives her a pass that he consider her psychic power her main weapon. Thats a clever way to interpret the law that I think is straight out of the comics.

Karl Urban actually petitioned to have fewer lines in the movie. Given that he's a big Judge Dredd fan, he felt that the character's stoicism would be better served by him speaking less.

Some of the very best chin acting in any movie ever.

I hate that Olivia Thirlby isn't more famous. She's awesome.

"I am the law." What a killer delivery on that line.

This movie was vastly underrated and unappreciated when it came out. Karl Urban was best cast as Judge Dredd.

"Drug bust. Perps were uncooperative." best line

This universe deserve a entire series with Karl Urban as Dredd.

It’s a damn shame it didn’t get a sequel. I would’ve loved to see the 4 judges of apocalypse.

they built that bike for real and karl urban drove it for real in the shots we see

Judge Dredd is not built to have regrets. His superpower is 100% conviction in what he's doing!

"I'm worried about that bullet, I hope Dredd gets out alive." Dredd "Tis but a scratch."

One of the few films that drastically exceeded my expectations. I'll watch this anytime I come across it in the wild.

According to Karl Urban. Alex Garland actually directed Dredd which just adds to his already crazy filmography. Such a shame this movie wasn’t supported more there’s so much lore to go into

The pistol they have for Dredd is seriously one the coolest hand guns in fiction. It’s up there with the dominator from psycho pass. Literally explodes your arms if you aren’t an enforcers

Yessss! This movie is so underrated. It deserves a sequel. Karl Urban and Olivia Thirlby knocked it out of the park.

Its been pretty much confirmed over the years that Alex Garland basically directed this movie despite not being credited. Which is probably why it turned out so good.

I've been waiting a decade for a sequel to this. There was even talk of a Netflix series continuation staring Karl Urban a year or so ago. Let's all keep hoping.

One of the few films shot in 3D instead of being converted. A lot of the shot choices reflect that too. It was so great watching this in theaters

25:28 I love how Brandon is like "Damn she has a genius plan, how are we going to get around this?!" And Dredd is like, "Yeah I don't give a fuck about any of that, judgement time bitch" 😂

In the comics Dredd never takes off his helmet or shows his face. I'm glad they kept true to that in the movie.

Karl Urban is an amazing actor and disappears into the role when he's on screen. He IS Judge Dredd in this movie. You watch this and you can't picture Billy Butcher from the Boys, or Dr. McCoy from Star Trek, or Eomer from Lord of the Rings and on and on. This is an underrated movie and deserved a sequel, and it's one of the best comic book adaptations of all time IMO.

I love how simple this film is. It's just really a well done, contained day in the life of Judge Dredd. So enjoyable to watch.

Desperately been waiting for a sequel to this! Dredd is super underrated

This movie pays SO MUCH BETTER HOMAGE to the original Judge Dredd comic books than the Sylvester Stallone movie.

Judge Dredd has been the mainstay in the weekly comic 2000ad since 1977. A whole generation of British kids have grown up with him (including me). We were so excited when Stallone's version came out and so disappointed after watching it. This version of Dredd however ticked most of the boxes, the main one being that Dredd never takes his helmet off. Karl Urban was a fan and stipulated that he wouldn't show his face on screen. Kudos to him for that.

I find it so bizarre that Brandon seems to love cinema so much, has this literal wall of discs behind him, and yet hasn't seen seemingly anything. Sometimes I get a bit cynical and think he has to be faking it, but no one's that good of an actor over so many videos and his reactions are so genuine and chill. I love this channel. Bob Ross of reactors.

I’ve seen this movie like 30x and it keeps getting better, it’s edited to perfection

"Drugs bust. Perps were... uncooperative". That line sums up Dredd as a character completely. Complete carnage is just another day for him.

Dredd is one of my all time favorite characters. This movie although a departure from the true off the wall crazy scifi of the comics did the character and the world so much justice. Dredd is the type of character where at the end of the movie he got back on his bike, rode off and checked dispatch for the next incident.

Urban never takes his mask off the whole movie... which already makes this much closer to the comic book source than the Stallone version.

Dude, prepare to be blown away by how amazing this film really is!! I love it, wish we had a second film and a TV series.

One of my favorite action movies in the last years. It's a crime that it hasn't gotten a sequel

Alex Garland is only credited as writer, but Karl Urban stated he actually also directed most of the movie.

What a career Karl Urban has had. Eomer in Lord of the Rings, Bones in the new Star Trek movies, absolutely killing it as Dredd, Butcher in the Boys. He is nerd royalty now and forever

Anderson’s character arch is fantastic!! From rookie to hardcore Judge. “You look ready.” Just awesome!!

OMG, never clicked so fast to see what Brandon thinks about Dredd 2012!

This was the best movie to watch in 3D. The slomo and particle effects added so much to the depth of field, same went for the fall at the end.

We never got to see Dredd's face in all his comic book appearances. Fans were outraged with the Sly Stallone portrayal of the character.

If you want another underappreciated bit of badassery, I really recommend a movie called Dog Soldiers from 2002.

I'm blessed to have lena headey as a friend she is the most humane human you can ever hope to meet. Epically talented , intelligent , kind, hilarious she has the best humor and heart

This movie is completely under rated. It was a good surprise to watch it the first time. Especially after the first movie.

It's a crime we never got a sequel. I sentence the studio to 10 years in an iso-cube.

I felt so bad for Gleeson's character. Happy he got to survive at the end.

Loooooooove this movie. Criminally underrated and should have had a sequel YEARS ago.

This was my fav film on my 3D TV, watching how beautiful this was shot in the 3D edition was my favorite thing to do to leave reality for a while.

Sylvester Stallone:"I AMMMM THEEEE LAAAAAAW" 17:38 Karl Urban:"Im the law" Sometimes less is more

Now you’ll need to see the Raid movies. I’m sure they’ve been suggested before.

The fact that this movie never got a sequel is one of the greatest injustices in film history. Karl Urban was flawless as Judge Dredd. And yeah, part of the point of Dredd's character is that he's kind of a faceless force for justice and he's not supposed to be seen as a normal human being with an identity and interests beyond his job as a Judge, unlike Anderson, so even in the comic you never see him without the helmet. Hell, they even make fun of that at times by doing stuff like showing him taking a shower with the helmet on and so on.

One of the most clever uses of slow motion in any movie.

Brandon is such a kindhearted and wholesome person. I love his reactions/reviews because he focuses on the story arcs, cinematography, VFX, etc. Basically the positives and the movie as a whole. He doesn't worry about nip picking flaws like most reactors/reviewers out there. For that, I salute you my friend! And with that out of the way can I recommend you look into Neill Blomkamp's movies if you haven't seen these already... -District 9 -Chappie -Elysium

No one but Karl urban could display so much menace and emotion without his eyes ever being seen

This is one I watch in 3D. It has a wonderful sense of place with the action and looks FANTASTIC. Why the hell didn't people see this movie?

I love the fact he never removed his helmet, this film made me want Karl Urban as batman.

Karl Urban and Olivia Thirlby knocked it out of the park! One of my favorite films ever. Troublesome ethics aside, of course.

I used to read 2000AD in the 80's, my fave was the Judge Dredd stories. Keith Urban played Dredd exactly as I imagined him to be when reading the comics.

The hard R rating really pushed this one to legendary status. Karl Urban IS the Law!

Karl Urban is the new Kurt Russel for me! Hes got the vibe of a cool ass action hero in everything he does, but in a old school kinda style!

In case nobody has pointed it out to you yet, it was confirmed later on that Alex Garland pretty much directed the movie. He was on set during shooting and Karl Urban took directions from Garland. Pete Travis was forced out during post-production due to conflicts with Lionsgate.

I was one of the twenty people that saw this in theaters. Still fucking love it. Such a great film all around.

That movie is criminally underrated

Grew up reading the 2000AD comic, so much untapped material, Judge Dredd obviously the most famous. This is not a bad adaptation but still so much potential.

One of the reasons that I think this is one of the best comic book movie of all time is that he never removes his helmet. That's comic book accurate. You never see his face. There's nothing under the mask for him. No human underneath. He is just Dredd. A lot of those shots that you complimented are straight out of the comics. Where they don't even show you his eye level. Focused on his jaw. And it helps that Urban looks like him naturally. Another reason I think it's the GOAT of comic book movies is that this story is original, they made a new story that was somewhat divergent from the comics lore. But they were so true to the character of Dredd and the overall style and world macro-story of the books, that none of us comic book fans cared about the non-comic accurate micro-story. I've never met a single comic book fan that had anything negative to say about this movie. Do you know how impossibly unlikely that is in our current day and age? Dredd is the one unanimous agreement on the internet. Sorry for rambling. I just love both the books and this movie. I could do an essay on it. And I hate writing essays with a passion that burns hotter than that guy who got the Hotshot to the mouth at the begining of the movie's head. 😜

I went into a nearly empty cinema to see Dredd. Didn't expect much and came out thoroughly impressed.

I want Dredd and Batman to do a team up, just so I can hear them do their Clint Eastwood voices at each other.

"I am the law" is Judge Dredd's catch phrase. I didn't get to see this in a theater, but that was the line a British audience would have been waiting for. Probably got the same kind of cheer as "Hulk smash!" did in American theaters.

Ever since this movie, I knew I had to dive in the lore and world of Dredd. No regrets so far.

Karl Urban is a boss. He needs more prominent roles, because he can definitely carry a movie. He's fantastic in The Boys, but he's awesome as Judge Dredd. Dredd comes from 2000 AD comic book series. I hope someone else will make another Dredd movie with Karl Urban in it.

Watch The Raid movies. The first Raid was made around the same time as this and has an insanely similar plot, but with the best fight choreography you’ve ever seen

He never takes off his helmet. Such a boss.

Just did the calculations. If they really are 1km above ground, and slomo reduces your perception of time to 1%, then at the end, Mama would have felt like she was in freefall for almost 24 minutes.

Dredd and Anderson end up working together fairly frequently in the comics; at least more often than he works with anyone else.

2000 A.D. Some of the best stories ever written. Awesome reaction /review as always.

I love the aesthetic of this movie. The slow-mo drug-taking scenes are beautiful, and futuristic brutalism is my jam for sure.

“I am the Law” is Dredd’s catchphrase. He cares nothing for morals or extenuating circumstances. To him, if you break the law you get punished, no exceptions, no excuses, just a sentence. Death or prison.

So many franchises out there ... this deserved continuation more than so many of them.

YES! One of the most underrated films ever. Love the slo-mo drug sequences!

I used read 2000 AD comics back in the 90's as a teenager, it was the biggest comic series in Britain since the mid 80's, Dredd was the most iconic character of the comic series, best adaptation of comic series for encapsulation of the everyday grind of a Judge in Mega City 1. EDIT Also, he never took off his helmet in the comics, in the Stallone remake, he demanded that he have his helmet off all the time to show his face, at least our Aussie friend didnt have such a massive ego to not see his face. Extra Edit. Anderson is also from the comic and it's a good representation of her comic version. And 'I am the Law' was Dredd's catchphrase.

Dredd is such a fantastic example of Minimalist storytelling. Barebones worldbuilding, no character background for Dredd. Actions speak louder than any words could.

Judge Dredd was a comic strip in a magazine called 2000AD, a British publication.

I didn't hear anything about this movie when I first saw it, and was blown away by this movie. I cannot believe we haven't gotten a sequel. Urban was a perfect Dredd. Just such a great, brutal action movie.

Interesting fact: Alex Garland actually did the majority of the directing. The director credited was brought on because the studio didn't trust Garland as a solo director.

"So what happened in there?" "Drug bust. Perps were... uncooperative"

Alex Garland is actually effectively the director of the movie too. Just uncredited. "In 2018, Karl Urban, who played the eponymous role in the film, stated that it was Garland who deserved credit for also directing ." "Development of the film was announced on 20 December 2008, although writer Alex Garland had begun working on the script in 2006." "Garland and VFX supervisor Jon Thum began developing the Slo-Mo concept sequences in 2009 during filming for . They experimented with an effect to replicate the visual effects of hallucinogenic drugs to see how long it could be used before it distracted the viewer from the story or action sequence. They continued to develop and modify the effect until the end of post-production, tweaking colours, colour saturation, image framing and camera motion. Slo-Mo scenes also feature a rainbow colour scheme and sparkle highlights to create an unreal and otherworldly effect. The filmmakers experimented with blood bags, prosthetics, shooting real bullets, and compressed air to see the effect of direct body hits in slow motion. In the finished film, compressed air was used to create impact ripples on flesh. Garland said the concept was inspired by nature documentaries that used high-speed photography to capture animals in slow motion. He said, "You see a whale or a shark breach the water ... then you'd stop thinking about the animal and you get transfixed by ... how water droplets connect and touch against each other. Somehow like a real [drug] trip, sort of stepping outside it but staying attached at the same time." He questioned whether the technique could be used with violence to make it purely aesthetic. He said: "Can it be so abstract that it becomes genuinely beautiful? ...really aesthetically beautiful even if someone is having their cheek blown out or their head crushing into concrete."" "Garland was a constant presence on the shoot; Urban turned to Garland for direction instead of Travis." " On 7 October 2011, the reported that Travis was prohibited from participating in the editing process following creative disagreements between producers and executives. Garland took over the editing process; his contribution was considered significant enough for him to seek a co-director credit-a situation considered unusual as Garland had never directed a film before and had not been in charge of any filming. The disagreement concerned a disapproval over the footage that Travis was providing. Although Travis was removed from the editing process, he was monitoring the progress of the film. On 10 October, Travis and Garland released a joint statement claiming that they had agreed on an "unorthodox collaboration" before production began, that Travis was still involved in the film and that Garland was not seeking a co-director credit. In March 2018, Urban said that he believed should be considered Garland's directorial debut."

I love at the end where describes the whole night as just a drug bust. It seems like a hell of a first day for Anderson. In fact, it’s just another day in the life of DREDD.

I got my... 'Supervisor' breathing down my neck

By far my top 20 movies of all time. Soundtrack as always, really made the movie too.

As few people have commented here, the series, Mega City One, has been in a perpetual state of limbo for a long time now. Karl Urban has said that he'd very much like to reprise the role of Dredd. Hope we'll get it one day! Great reaction as always, this is my second favorite movie where the hero is stuck in a skyscraper.

Fantastic reaction to a fantastic film. Karl Urban was brilliant in this movie. Dredd's face in the comic is never seen, so they honoured that by not showing Karl's face completely.

Judge Dredd started as a long running feature in a UK sci-fi comic 2000AD in the 70’s. He quickly became the most popular character throughout the run. Interesting that you mentioned a ‘Watchman’ feel to the movie. Alan Moore was a Dredd writer in the 80’s and eventually went on to write the watchmen graphic novel.

I really love that they didn't develop any romantic relationship between main characters. They are more like father and daughter. Like actual partners doing their job and having each other's back. So cute together.

Judge Dredd is the main story in the 2000AD comic in the UK, it's been running since the late 60's/early 70's. It's an anthology of mainly SciFi stories. Judge Dredd has always had a very dry sense of humour. Lots of references to the comics in the film if you know where to look.

I grew up reading 2000AD, the comic that Dredd was featured in and this is such a great updating of the whole thing. I just wish they'd do a sequel to this or get the proposed tv show on the go. Great reaction though. Keep up the good work.

this is such a good movie but of course with Karl urban it's an intense film

That was Karl Urban as Judge Dredd! he's a great versatile actor.

the slowmo scenes look beautiful on 3d blu ray. love this movie

Closest Dredd gets to a catchphrase in this movie... "Do you require back up.. NO" This Movie is the most Comic Book Accurate and Loving of All the Comic Movies... IMO.