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'''''Dredd''''' is a 2012 live-action movie based on the [[Judge Dredd (comics)|Judge Dredd]] comic, starring [[Karl Urban]] as Dredd. Judge Dredd and rookie Judge Anderson go to the rarely-policed Peach Trees block to investigate a triple homicide, and matters escalate from there.
Very different from [[Judge Dredd (film)|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). Karl Urban has expressed interest in 2016 [http://comicbook.com/2016/04/23/karl-urban-wants-to-do-a-dredd-series-for-netflix-or-amazon-prim/ on doing a ''Dredd'' TV series], however.
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* [[Cavalry Betrayal]]: Ma-Ma has some corrupt judges on her payroll, and arranges for them to be the "backup" for Dredd and Anderson.
* [[Character Development]]: Anderson undergoes quite the trial of fire over the course of the film. She comes of out it shaken but much more badass.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Literally. Early on, Dredd brings up out how the Judges' standard-issue sidearm is coded to
* [[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:
{{quote|'''Judge Dredd''': Think a bullet might interfere with them more.}}
: Good advice. {{spoiler|When Anderson leaves the Hall of Justice at the end of the movie, a newly-minted Judge, she's carrying her helmet.}}
* [[Crapsack World]]: More fleshed out than the other Judge Dredd movie, complete with fitting [[Black Comedy]]. And as befitting the source material, the whole city is constantly on the brink such that the Judges can't be everywhere at once as much as they'd want to. Keep in mind as well that the wastelands outside the mega-cities are even ''worse.''
* [[Designated Girl Fight]]: Averted. {{spoiler|Anderson just mind-probe and then coldly guns down a corrupt female Judge before moving on.}}
* [[Deuteragonist]]: The film, despite the title, is also as much about Anderson as it is about Dredd.
* [[Die Hard on an X]]: Much of the film has Dredd and Anderson trapped in the Peach Trees block.
* [[Dirty Cop]]: Ma-Ma knows a few. {{spoiler|Judge Lex and his squad.}}
* [[Evil Gloating]]: The downfall of {{spoiler|the corrupt Judge Lex}}. 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.
* [[Experienced Protagonist]]: The eponymous Judge is a veteran lawman who is tasked with evaluating newbie Anderson.
* [[Famed in Story]]: Lex refers to Dredd as "''The'' Judge Dredd," and the Chief Judge comments on his reputation as well. When Ma-Ma calls in her corrupt judges, they demand extra payment when they hear that it's Dredd she wants killed.
* [[The Fettered]]: For all the carnage on screen, Dredd never really goes beyond due process, or at least what passes for them in Mega-City One. Anderson also makes a point to keep herself constrained and not go trigger-happy with her psychic powers.
* [[Future Slang]]: We see some written slang, but everyone curses in the King's English.
* [[From Nobody to Nightmare]]: Ma-Ma, who went from being a prostitute at the mercy of a drug lord into a dangerous drug lord in her own right. Dredd and Anderson take it on themselves to make sure she doesn't become a nightmare to the rest of Mega-City One.
* [[Freeze Frame
* [[Great Offscreen War]]: A minor example. Ma-Ma and her thugs had since wiped out all the rival gangs in Peach Trees by the time Dredd and Anderson get there.
* [[Gatling Good]]: Eventually, Ma-Ma decides to use a minigun to rip Dredd and Anderson to shreds. It doesn't work.
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'''Judge Dredd:''' No. ''*revs throttle*''}}
* [[Power Walk]]: Judge Lex's squad strolls into Peach Trees like they own the place. Since they are the Law, it's justified. {{spoiler|It's extra-justified because they're also on Ma-Ma's payroll.}}
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Dredd may be "the law", but he's not unreasonable. He only employs deadly force in the [[Action Prologue]] when the criminals run over and kill a pedestrian, and he even offers a deal when the last one takes a hostage (life without parole -- as opposed to death, which he delivers when the criminal refuses the offer). During the early moments of her evaluation, Anderson and Dredd come across a vagrant (sentence: three weeks in the iso-cubes), but she advises leaving him to focus on the murder, which Dredd agrees with, advising the vagrant "Don't be here when we get back." {{spoiler|His ultimate decision to pass Anderson despite the latter arguably having committed two of the three instant-fail offenses- losing her weapon and incorrect sentencing- can be interpreted as this. Anderson lost her Lawgiver, but she also ensured its destruction by letting Kay try to shoot her with it, thus definitively denying its control to anyone whosoever; she is also willing to defend her decision to let Ma-Ma's computer expert go as one that is reasoned and logical rather than one driven by any sort of impulse, demonstrating herself to be genuinely interested in upholding law and justice even when convinced that she'll be stripped of the professional obligation to do so at the end of the day. It would appear that Dredd is willing to entertain the idea of upholding the law to the letter in manners that are not immediately apparent or available to him (in this case, due to Anderson's psychic talent).}}
* [[Scenery Gorn]]: While Peach Trees block isn't exactly much to look at, the ensuring devastation over the course of the film is a sight to behold.
* [[Secret Test of Character]]: Sort of. While Anderson being partnered up with Dredd was explicitly stated as being part of her on-duty training, it's implied that Dredd has also been putting her in his own private assessment on whether she's up to the task of being a Judge. {{spoiler|She passes.}}
* [[Seen It All]]: Dredd, in sharp contrast to Anderson keeps his cool even in the most harrowing situations. Anderson herself gradually slides into this over the course of the plot.
* [[Shout-Out]]: A piece of graffiti (seen when Dredd is being shot at with miniguns) says "Judge Minty is the Law", a nod to a fan-film.
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