Dredd (2012)

Dredd rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.1/10· 310K votes

Rotten Tomatoes80%

Metacritic60%

TMDb6.9/10· 6K votes

With 80% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.1/10 on IMDb and 60/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Dredd

In 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.

Cast of Dredd

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  Karl Urban

  as Judge Dredd

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  Olivia Thirlby

  as Cassandra Anderson

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  Lena Headey

  as Ma-Ma

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  Wood Harris

  as Kay

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  Langley Kirkwood

  as Judge Lex

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  Tamer Burjaq

  as Ma-Ma Bodyguard

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  Joe Vaz

  as Big Joe

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  Rakie Ayola

  as Chief Judge

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  Junior Singo

  as Amos

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  Luke Tyler

  as Freel

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  Jason Cope

  as Zwirner

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  Domhnall Gleeson

  as Clan Techie

Dredd facts

Budget

$50M

Box office

$41M

Our take on Dredd

Pete Travis's 2012 adaptation of the popular comic drops us into a dystopian future America, a wasteland where the newest menace is Ma-Ma, a former prostitute turned drug pusher pushing a dangerous new narcotic as she moves to seize the city. The only ones who can stop her are the Judges, elite urban police who serve as judge, jury and executioner, dealing swift, brutal justice. Even top-ranking Judge Dredd finds bringing her down harder than expected. Lean, violent and tightly contained, this science-fiction action film suits viewers who like their sci-fi grim, stylized and unrelenting. If you want hard-edged genre thrills over world-building sprawl, Dredd stays focused.