Dredd

Dredd is a 2012 live-action movie based on the Judge Dredd comic. Stars Karl Urban as Dredd. Judge Dredd and rookie Judge Anderson go to the rarely-policed Peachtree block to investigate a triple homicide, and matters escalate from there.

Very different from the other Judge Dredd movie, which is believed to have harmed the film's profitability despite positive fan reception (notably Dredd keeps his helmet on).

"Judge Dredd: Think a bullet might interfere with them more."
 * Abnormal Ammo: As with the original, Dredd makes use of a "hot-shot" round to roast a criminal without harming the hostage he'd taken, and a flare round to take out a whole floor full of criminals at once.
 * Action Prologue/Establishing Character Moment: The movie opens with Judge Dredd putting on his Cool Helmet and chasing, stopping and eventually killing a trio of criminals. Aside from their use of the Slo-Mo drug, they're not connected at all to the remainder of the story -- it's just our introduction to Mega-City One and its finest Judge.
 * Bloodier and Gorier: The Judge Dredd comics have never shied away from graphically depicting violence, but the movie uses the aptly-named Slo-Mo drug to spectacular effect during some of the more violent scenes.
 * Cool Helmet: Part of the Judges' standard uniform. Unlike the other Judge Dredd movie, Dredd keeps his helmet on at all times.  (In fact, this was a promise made to fans by one of the writers during production!)  Anderson explains that she often goes without it as it interferes with her psychic powers.  Here's what Dredd has to say about that:


 * Good advice.

"Dredd: Control. Perps just wiped out an innocent. I'm taking them down."
 * Evil Gloating: The downfall of . He has a wounded and unarmed Dredd at gunpoint, and gloats when Dredd begs him to wait, which leaves him open to get the tables turned on him.
 * Tranquil Fury: Dredd's mood for much of the movie, and Anderson picks it up as well. Dredd's not one to ham it up in this movie, but he's clearly got some fire in him -- for example, in the Action Prologue, Dredd doesn't employ deadly force until the perps he's chasing run over and kill a pedestrian: