😺 After-watching Discussion: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-X3ar1LY2764.html 😺 Full Reaction on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/dredd-full-toy-88366187 What is your favorite performance by Lena Headey?
Most people would say Cersei Lannister, and that is a good one, but the villain she is playing here in Dredd is just more personally terrifying. A true crime lord, with all the ruthlessness of a cartel boss or a Russian vor, and not afraid to bloody her own hands. Does she ever show a moment of fear or remorse in this story? Nope. I also enjoyed her role in The Brothers Grimm, an underrated but very fun movie.
I actually saw her in Dredd before GOT. While she was good in GOT, she was great as Ma-Ma in Dredd! Perfect villain, ruthless to the core. I loved this movie, and first saw it when it hit streaming right after the theaters. I'm so disappointed it didn't get the recognition it deserved; it's an underrated classic.
The studio criminally under marketed the movie and comic book fans had been burned before by the god awful Stallone version so were understandably hesitant. A shame because they made a far better film much closer to the source material and produced one of the few 3D movies that used the tech to enhance the story beautifully and not just as gimmick.
People who have watched Dredd, love the film. It's not underrated, it's just not as popular as the Marvel movies. Not being popular, has nothing to do with being underrated, it just means it's under appreciated.
Karl Urban killed it as Dredd! There were talks of a Sequel and a spinoff TV series, Judge Dredd: Mega City One, but it was shelved as the film didn't make a profit due to poor marketing, raking in $45 million dollars against a $50 million dollar budget.
What I love about this movie is that there is exactly zero sexual tension between Anderson and Dredd, as well there shouldn’t be since there struggling to survive. Just glad they didn’t try to shoehorn in a romance
"Inhabitants of Peach Trees, this is Judge Dredd." "Let him talk." "In case you people have forgotten, this block operates under the same rules as the rest of the city. Ma-Ma is not the law... I am the law." Fun Fact: In the classroom in Peach Trees, as well as in the mall, the new American flag can be seen. It only has 6 stars representing the mega states. Gun Enthusiast Fact: The Lawgiver sidearms that the Judges carry are Glock 17 pistols with some cosmetic additions. Glock 17 is a handgun popular with real life law enforcement officers. Psychic Trickery Fact: Rookie Cassandara Anderson (Olivia Thirlby) is explicitly shown using her telepathic abilities as a weapon, most notably when she has a "duel in the center of the mind" with Kay (Wood Harris) that leaves him wetting himself. If you pay attention during that scene, however, you'll notice a more subtle use of her powers: she lets Kay shoot at her with her own sidearm during the imagined fight, thus planting the idea of using her weapon against her in his mind. When he later does so for real, it turns out very badly for him, as the Lawgiver will explosively self-destruct if anyone tries to use it other than the Judge to whom it is DNA coded.
Seeing her powers as a weapon is what made Dredd not fail her. As a Judge, Dredd is allowed to interpret the law. So even if he is a by-the-book judge and should've failed Anderson for losing her gun, he could interpret Andersons Psi abilities to be her PRIMARY weapon and the Lawgiver as a secondary. And as she never lost her primary weapon, he could pass her.
@@cuffzter Or he simply let her pass because she came through the literal hell (a mere tuesday for him) and it didn't broke her, but she got steel guts at the end (hence why she refused the medical attention at the end), he saw a real quality judge right there + she saved his life, he may felt a lil guilty for letting himself caught in lethal situation. And one small notion. There is not enough judges and Megacity One would appreciate more, even if didn't pass academy tests by couple of points. Oh yeah and... her psychic abilities can really save a lot of time and work in the service of the law.
A decade before Robocop. There was Dredd, Judge Dredd. Based on the comic series from U.K. publisher, 2000s A.D. This cinematic masterpiece was released in theaters during it's 35th anniversary. Karl Urban as Dredd was phenomenal, Olivia Thirlby as C. Anderson with her power was real cool (had a spin-off series too) and Lena Headey as Ma-Ma is fiendishly good, so scary with her stare. It was in the 3D format. Making the Slo-Mo scenes look crystal clear and colorful, weather you like it or not. Pete Travis was credited as director. But dued to creative differences, screenwriter Alex Garland became the main director. The 1995 version with Sly Stallone was a big-budget summer blockbuster and took some liberties with the material. This 2012 version is extremely close to the material and perfectly done. Never removing his helmet, among other things. Despite the Box Office, this truly deserves more sequels. So much about Dredd's saga that needs to be seen. CASE CLOSED. COURT'S ADJOURNED!!!!!
Justice for Dredd, give us several sequels so we can get Judge Death on screens! (surely now the most iconic comic book villain never to make the big screen!)
I actually preferred 1995 film as look was closer to comics and fun ride..annoying comedy at times. Dread was OK but didn't look like mega city plus way to much gore.
Great reaction! Best thing about this is how you never see his face. He removed his helmet but he's shrouded in shadow when he does. You dont need to see his face, because dredd has no face. He's not just a man, hes Dredd. Awesome movie.
This movie is amazing on so many levels. Also Karl Urban was a fan of the comics since a child. He's always wanted to do more Dredd movies but sadly the film flopped in the theaters and they are only interested in making a quick buck over producing actually good material. Just like how Ryan Reynolds loved the deadpool character and totally took it as his own, Karl Urban loved playing Dredd. This has SOOOO much potential as a series, just hoping someone funds it eventually.
Super glue was originally used as a field dressing to instantly close wounds, that's the reason the stuff seals instantly when it comes into contact with organic matter, like fingers,
10:50 Fun fact; when they say a body need to be "Resyk", it's literally recycling the body into its element components to be used as either food or other materials. Because burying or even cremation of the dead is a luxury only for the super-rich. The police judge processing vehicle really is a literal "meat wagon".
Dredd relies on so much lore that's been established over the last 46(!!) years, that it's hard to squeeze all of it into the movie. But they did an admirable job of trying. The reason the block can seal itself off is due to the blocks being designed to act as independent shelters against nuclear attack. Blocks are also supposed to have their own militia, who are intended to operate independently and act as a defence to slow down attackers. Each block is supposed to be fully capable of proving for all of its residents needs. I remember one of the early strips saying "a citizen could I theory spend their entire lives inside their block without ever leaving". So the block shutting down is part of what's known as the "war directive", which periodically goes under tests to make sure it all works as intended. and it's used in a brilliant way in the movie as a plot point to limit the action to a small area.
Judge Joseph Dredd is a fictional character created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra. He first appeared in the second issue of 2000 AD (1977), which is a British weekly anthology comic. He is the magazine's longest-running character, and in 1990 he got his own title, the Judge Dredd Megazine.
I love this movie. Its perfect. My favorite 'strong female character' is Cassandra Anderson in this representation. She is far from perfect, have her insecurities, she knows fear. But she tries hard, uses her brain and skills to overcome deadly situations. She is lethal but not invincible. Great character.
Best use of slow motion any movie or tv show has ever has. Not only integrated it as part of the plot, but gave people a reason to experience it by showing how it makes things beautiful
and of course, with how Mega City One works, the child that survived his family being slaughtered by Ma-Ma on the floor destroyed by the mini-guns will grow up inside the Hall of Justice system to become a Judge. My head-cannon is that Andersen is the one that does his assessment.
Could have Dredd facing the Angel Gang.Or him and Anderson taking on the Dark Judges.Judge Death concluded that as all crime was committed by the living,life itself should be a crime,and promptly confiscated it from everyone in court. 🤣
I read that they were going to introduce the Dark Judges in a sequel, but I'm not sure how they would work in this gritty, grounded interpretation of the comic.
@@eviltwin2322 I mean, they have psychics in the movie, I don't think it's that far-fetched of an idea of the Dark Judges. More or less lol It might be hard to explain where they come from, though another dimension isn't that odd of an idea really. The super-natural stuff on the other hand, meh.
7:30 "What'd they do to deserve that??" Well, Caleb said he caught 'em dealing product (presumably NOT Slo-Mo) a couple of weeks ago, and scared 'em off with a beating. Didn't take, though. So maybe Ma Ma wants to make an example out of them. A warning to anyone else that knew they were slinging drugs in Ma Ma's turf. 13:40 "What kind of lockdown is this?" Just moments earlier "Security protocols accessed. War Mode accessed. Blast Shield engaged." It's not the gubmint doing a lockdown for a riot or whatnot.... well, not THIS time anyway.... it's blast shields designed to withstand explosive hits (possibly even Nuclear strikes) protecting the civvies within. :3 27:45 So we saw at the beginning when Dredd held his Lawgiver, it read "I.D. OK". When Caleb held it, we see "I.D. FAIL". It's not covered in this movie (Judge Dredd does, but with a different result), but the Lawgiver is coded to a specific Judge's DNA. If anyone other than the coded Judge attempts to use the weapon, it detonates an explosive charge in the grip. Just to keep such impressive tech out of the hands of the criminals in this world. And the ending. "Is she a pass, or a fail?" Anderson herself even said "I earned the fail when I lost my primary weapon." She accepted that she'd failed, but still kept her head in the game for the rest of the mission. But then for Dredd, who we've only seen as a hardline rules following "She failed. So what's she doin' in a uniform?" Officer, for him to give her the pass is really telling about what he saw from her during the mission. I love Dredd so much. For somethin' that's comes across at first as just another hard action flick, there's actually some pretty awesome character growth displayed too. But the Minigun scene will always be my favorite. I know it's not realistic, but the clicking of the machines revving up to full speed, followed by the suddenly deafening rapid fire bass.... woo!
Basically, Ma-MA uses Caleb & Techie to take over the City Def civil defense systems, normally designed to deal with military attacks & nuclear war. Blast doors, emergency lockdowns, and she got her Clan minions to probably haul down those rotary cannons (probably some kind of air defense guns) from the roof and redeploy them inside the building. (Overkill indeed - Dredd was absolutely right.)
This film is great. They let the viewer know right from the start how Dredd is: he is content to chase the van UNTIL "Control, perps just wiped out an innocent." Then he notches things up to the "lethal force" level. They would've have lived to tell the tale of being caught by Judge Dredd if only they had pulled over but nope, being criminals they made the stupid mistake of turning it into a hot pursuit.
Judge Dredd is a comic from 2000 AD, a British comic magazine publisher company that mostly do sci fi comics for mature readers. I believe they still exist today, but their height of their popularity was in the 80's and 90's, and they started in the 70's. Sin City was published by Dark Horse Comics.
that drug that is main purpose of the movie called slo mo it makes the brain go 1% of normal speed of a normal brain so thats why u see everything in slow motion
Im sure lots of people explain what Dredd is and a bit of his comic book lore, but i just wanna say the director of this movie said something along the lines that he didnt want to make a movie with an "end of the world" plot or anything of that capacity. He said he wante to make a Dredd movie of what happens in a normal day of his life. And yes in the comics thats the norm for these judges that go through 24/7. Been a long time fan of the comics i would to say that what happened in the movie was a basically slow day that happened to him. 😂😂
There's no Cops, Lawyers, DA's or Plea deals. Justice is sentenced and served right on the spot by the Judges. It's from the British 2000 AD Comics and was a cheesy 90's Sylvester Stallone Movie called "Judge Dredd"... Although Campy, it DOES explain the World and the Judges roles better. There's even a D&D Style roleplaying game that can be alot of fun!
Some context on the slo-mo drug: when this was first released, the studio had the idea to market the film as Dredd 3D because those scenes were filmed/created for stereoscopic 3D with glasses in the theaters...which didn't go over well as that fad had run its course and people weren't really interested in that (especially considering that 3D TVs had just failed spectacularly). Saw this in theaters the day of release and I was the ONLY person in a massive theater likely because no one wanted to "endure" a 3D-centric movie, which is a shame because the slo-mo scenes were shockingly FANTASTIC and didn't distract from the movie. Home video let Adi Shankar and some of the other producers actually market it, instead of letting it rot like Lionsgate did on the initial run; of the few people that knew the movie was coming out, hardly any were interested due to the 3D bent. Total disaster in marketing, but a triumph in filmmaking for a comic adaptation. Especially when you compare it to Sly's initial attempt of making a live action adaptation of the books.
The range on the heartbeat monitor transmitter was foreshadowed. Earlier it shows that the judges radios cannot reach outside. Also, at the end when he stops to think and says she passes its because at the beginning of the movie he says if you let someone get a hold of your gun, if you disobey orders, and if you apply incorrect sentencing, then she would fail the test. She did all of those things, but her performance outweighed all of that so he passed her anyways when that is against the rules.
In the comics Judge Dread, the laws in mega city one are so strict that you can't smoke cigarettes unless you have a licence and Sugar is only legal in some parts of the city. Anderson is an character from the comics and has helped Dread so many times. In the comics Dread has fought so many things as a Street Judge from criminals to gangs, Cyborgs, mutants vampires, zombies and demons. Judge Dread even fought Batman in the comics and of course Batman criticises Dread of his ways of killing criminals.
@@RuntotheMovies Batman would just argue with Dread about the no Killing criminals rule, I forgot Judge Dread also fought Aliens/Xenomorph and the Predator in the comics.
@@RuntotheMovies The Judgement On Gotham comic where Batman and Dredd crossover is honestly one of the best I've ever read and the artwork by Simon Bisley is just... well, words can't do it justice.
This is best depiction of Dredd. Karl Urban nails Dredd in this film. I am huge fan of Franco-Belgium comics: Hegré's: Tintin. Morises ( Maurice de Bevere ): Lucky Luke, René Goscinny & Albert Uderzo's: Asterix. And of course Donald Duck comics (I'm huge fan of Don Rosa) first Non Donal Duck and Non Franco comic was actually Dredd comics in local library.
5:30 - That was... definitely, *a* way to describe telepathy of all time. 24:52 - Considering what he's planning on doing to her, that statement would've had some *RIDICULOUSLY* fucked up domestic abuse subtext implications. 29:48 - That's what he said. 30:49 - The coloration around the eyes is just meant to have another visual reminder that his eyes aren't organic; most likely it's supposed to be irritation with one or more of the synthetic materials used to create/integrate them. Tear fluid slowly eroding the surface, skin irritation wrought from continual contact with a foreign substance, pigmentation change from contact with with any metal the might've been integrated into the flesh (similar to how silver can turn your skin blue), etc.
Yup, techie's eyes are that way because Ma-Ma sliced them out to put cyber eyes in him; he's a very useful but brutally abused slave, which is why Anderson lets him go.
This is based on a British comic called 2000AD which I used to get every week without fail, Judge Dredd was very violent and Futuristic you never saw his face.
I remember being allowed to go into the loft once when I was a kid (my parents didn't trust me not to fall through the ceiling) and finding a couple of boxes with around 10 years worth of my brother's 2000AD comics. It was like finding buried treasure!
It's easy to miss on first watch (especially if flinching through it), but during the Ma-Ma backstory sequence it shows that she'd gouged out the eyes of the tech guy during her rise to power. As this is in the near-future he has some kind of synthetic replacements.
This movie is probably the one Karl Urban gets asked about more than any other at fan conventions. More than Star Trek or LotR. My immediate thought after I saw this was, "Why didn't they make more?". It's one of the most well made action movies I've ever seen.
It lost money unfortunately, due to poor marketing I believe. There were plans for a sequel and/or a TV show but execs were scared off by the disappointing box office figures. Stupid really as I've never heard anyone who's seen it say a bad word about it.
Well, one million split four ways would probably have been enough before Dredd got famous. After? I would make no move on him for less than 100 million EACH.
The trailers for this movies didnt do it any favors. The crappy weird 3d scenes are not just cheap effects. They are actually a plot device that worked, but those of us that would have been interested in Dredd skipped it in the theatre for that very reason. WE were tired of studios using crappy 3d to upsell us on movies.
I can count on one hand the number of live action superhero movies I have liked. Not a fan of the genre. But this one goes right up on top, by a wide margin. Seeing in high-speed film in 3D in the theater is one of the most jaw-dropping theater experiences I ever had. It was surreal. But that's was just the icing on the cake, I really enjoy the story, the characters, the sets and the way this movie is shot. Karl Urban does an amazing job acting with most of his face hidden. Great supporting cast as well.
FUN FACT! the original design in the 2000AD comic series, the lawgiver is represented with a broomhandle-like grip (though it's kind of obvious the magazine would be housed within it), and the top has a half-circle shroud. Most likely, it was modernized for the movie, which i don't disagree with. The Stallone movie in 1995 had the Lawgiver built around a Baretta 92. The new movie (here) uses a Glock-17 as the base, appropriate for new, modern-time dystopian themes. The different functions are: -Semi-auto -Silenced (semi-auto) -Full-auto Ammo types are: -Stun rounds -Full metal Jacket (FMJ, standard-use rounds) -High-Ex(plosive) -incendiary -Heat seeking rounds (nicknamed "Hot-shots") -Armor piercing (The movies don't use them, but there's also dart rounds thdat can deliver a chemial payload, known as "Hypo" rounds.)
One of the interesting aspects of the Judge Dredd comic, which this movie only briefly touches on, is how much of the future in Megacity 1 is one of unemployment & despair & society breaking down because they're walled up inside a city with nothing much to do but cause trouble, while the outside world is mostly a wasteland. Robots and AI's actually do most of the work, behind the scenes. Perfect setting to explore the issue of dystopian order versus dystopian chaos. The world people live in is broken, society held together by only a thin strand of people (judges) who have almost absolute authority over life & death, but who have to be almost inhuman fanatics just to do the job properly. So enter Judge Dredd, who has that down cold, but Anderson who is psychic and feels everything (including the deaths she causes).
Judge Dredd is from the British anthology comic 2000ad. There are many characters and stories in the comic but Dredd has been the consistent centre of it since 1977. One of the coolest differences between Dredd and most comic book characters is that he ages in "realtime" so he has been a judge for over 46 years now (thankfully they have "rejuve" treatments which can make your body effectively far younger than your age would suggest). This means that they could still do a Dredd sequel, have the same Anderson and Dredd, make the city a bit more like the Mega City One of the comics and have no problem with continuity. The director Duncan Jones teased doing a movie based on another classic 2000ad character "Rogue Trooper" like, five years ago now. Really hope that happens someday!
This movie, while may be a decade old now, still holds a kind of artistic and cinematic vision I don't exactly see much in movies anymore, the kind that manages to show the beauty of both life and death regardless of how realistically depressing the setting is and how it is usually generally portrayed to the viewer. The only crime I find in this film is how it never got enough praise and financial gross it truly deserved especially for it's time, as I remain hopeful to still see more of Karl to adorn the bucket helmet once more in this IP.
I adore this movie. My two favorite parts were 1: the call back of "are you ready?" because the first time Anderson was just a nervous rookie of a judge. But after all she has been through the second time he asks it, she is very much ready. 2: When they escape the minigun and onto the skate ramp. Just that beautiful scene of the city background in the snow. That bit of peace and hope. Yet they know they can't stay there and need to go back in. This movie is one of my favorite action movies of all time.
the sound fx of the slo-mo was inspired by a justin bieber song slowed down 800x and with reverb that was sent to the composer by one of the instrumentalists of the band Portishead
This is the best comic book adaptation ever, a futuristic Dirty Harry. I'm sure the amount of blood surprised you. Lena Headey is so vicious....still would lol.
Movie is so underrated. This was basically a regular Tuesday. I'd love a sequel, but after 13 years we are probably looking at yet another reboot down the road.
That bit with Dredd and MaMa is that "controlled rage" Anderson sensed towards the beginning. There is/was a plan for this to launch a TV series called Maga-City One. Nothing so far, but there are still hopes it might go itnto production.
Lol, it's so refreshing to see someone so sensitive about the visceral stuff; that's the whole point of these effects, to be brutally in your face; deliberately closer to the shocking horror of real life violence, than the more muted movie-violence of most films.
He didnt have a melted face because of the drugs. It was because Mama ordered her men to skin them before they threw them over the "balcony". You guys should react to True Romance and Pulp Fiction:)
The blast doors were designed to at least reduce the damage of a nuclear attack.. When those things need to be activated, they can't take their time to wait for people. If those shutters and shields are being called upon for real, there's potentially only 3 minutes of warning depending on the payload delivery system.
In the comic books dread and Hershey are two of the main characters on almost every story they are also very good friends and her she is one of the best judges outside of Dredd
Fables and Sandman two of my all time favorite comic series, and I can't recommend them enough. I've also recently begun reading Love and Rockets and it's been really great so far.
@@toy4871 if you've never seen it before, HBO had an animated Spawn Series for a while, and there is also a live action film from the 90's that was fun.
Some fun facts, if already said you can ignore: Dredd never takes off his helmet (unlike the Stallone version) to represent the faceless representation of the law. Anderson was the long time partner of Dredd in the comics The Violence within the block can be referred to as a Block war, where factions within the building vie for control The Idea of Judges arose from the collapse of American government when the President was overthrown for instigating Nuclear War. Karl Urban found it difficult to play the part of Dredd because of only being seen from the nose down. The term “recyc” is literally recycling humans for “other uses” Judges don’t sleep, due to low numbers they use a “dream machine”for about 20-30 minutes to “maintain sanity” and be on duty for the rest of the time When a Judge can no longer perform their job to the standards they take the “long walk”. Which means they live outside the Megacity and bring justice to the “cursed Earth”. It’s their version of retirement
that scene where the criminal tries to use the judges weapon its called a lawgiver it has a dna identifier encoded to the judge so only they can use it if someone else tries to use it then it releases a defensive mechanism like that explodes the persons arm or electrcutes them
wow. Seeing this again reminds me. The outside unlivable. Everyone stuck inside huge buildings. These are 15 minute cities. Hunger Games, Robo Cop same thing. Cities of the near future. Guys, they are laying out the future for us
The Judge Dredd comics started in 1977 and are a satirical commentary on authoritarianism. While a lot of people see Dredd as a hero, he's only a hero in the way John Wick is a hero. This movie did a really good job portraying Dredd and it's a shame that it didn't get its due when it was out. The perpetual frown Dredd has is a signature look in the comic. It was a nice touch that Urban kept it through the film, along with his helmet. Another signature of the character, whose face has never been seen in the comics. He represents faceless justice and the judgement handed down.
I understand that he is a fan of the comics and wanted to ensure the movie was true to them. He reportedly is interested in appearing a sequel or a series if one ever works out. Rumor had it a show was being considered before Covid tanked things.
Judge Dredd is from 2000AD comic. It's British and the charachter Dredd was concieved in the UK. Not only Dredd episodes in the comics but such a strong charachter he was also several graphic novels, based on the weekly serialisations of Dredd stories in the comics (Cursed Earth, Apocalypse War, Judge Death. etc.). Karl Urban did a good job of portraying the charachter (never takes the helmet off) unlike Sylvester Stallone who made a pigs ear of the charachter. It was, Stallone plays Dredd. Not, Dredd played by Stallone.....tosser.
She actually fell the right way morbidly enough, head first or your going to suffer a lot more, you see a lot of high falls survive, even from planes than you expect, they don't die instantly as movies tell you, they die after their lungs collapse or drown in their own blood, the body is amazingly resilient and with medics close by there's still a small chance of survival.. so...
This movie is definitely underrated and Karl Urban is the man. I recommend Chronicles of Riddick and The Boys. I just hope y’all can handle the graphic stuff in that series 😆
Not enough people have watched this awesome movie. Ridiculously underrated. Anyone who hasn't seen this yet, should be skinned and thrown from 100 stories up. I'm glad you girls saw this.
hugh jackman's van helsing had a comic? i believe, and an animated movie which takes place before the movie. But definitely Vin diesels Riddick series, comics/video game tie ins etc. Jungle book had a 3 part series where mowgli is a female, instead of the usual male version.
The stallone version has the asthetic of the alternate artist, it's ok but not great but it shows more of the Dredds world.. This version is fantastic and I prefer the bikes (Lawmasters) in this one. The guns (Lawgivers) are dna linked but the ammo is not. Judge Anderson appears in the comics and became a good friend of Dredd and worked with him a number of times, she also got her own stories. Loved seeing you both enjoy this movie and you had me laughing several times 👍 "Whats a hottie house?" ..... Anywhere Toy calls home surely. 😉 Tori, you're a star and it's good seeing you back 😃
The look of Mega City in the Stallone one was the only good thing about it. They had other elements from the comic, but completely misused them. Tuened it into an awful action comedy. This one maybe did not have the background VFX to equal that, but it is so much more true to the ethos and characterization of the comic. Anderson going through her rookie assessment is a great plot idea; in the comic, the rookies do go through this sort of darwinist trial by fire on their first day. Dredd's not being a jerk about her failing the usual standards; he knows that a weak judge equals a dead judge, and from what Kay says to her, the street knows it too.
30:56 That's Domhnall Gleeson, he played First Order General Armitage Hux in the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy. 31:30 Like a dead man's switch. Kill her and they blow the whole level.
Loved watching you girls watch this movie, one of my true favorites. Slo-Mo, if I remember back to the 80's comics properly, was actually distilled mutant blood mixed with some other narcotics. The Law-Giver pistols the Judges used were DNA coded as you guessed and noticed. And the Incendiary device Dredd shot was White Phosphorus. It's outlawed now as an anti personal weapon, but can still be used to mark a target for artillery or air strikes. It burns even under water and is quite nasty. Dredd was a throw back movie to the old 80's style of shoot 'em ups. You may want to try something a tad tamer and look at "Big Trouble in Little China" a John Carpenter classic that was also under rated when released. For something a tad more...brutal, try "Starship Troopers." The first one, the sequels were meh at best.
doesn't burn underwater - that's how you contain white phosphorus. Problem is that the moment it's exposed to air, it does start burning. So you have to contain it and deal with it while it is held in water.
