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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 Peachtree 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 however 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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* [[Alliterative Name]]: Ma-Ma is taken from her full name, '''Ma'''deline '''Ma'''drigal.
* [[Asshole Victim]]: Most of the ones caught in Dredd and Anderson's sights aren't innocent or really sympathetic by any means. Kay, especially.
* [[Bad Boss]]: It becomes evident over the course of the film that Ma-Ma is definitely this, her underlings following her either out of fear or
* [[Bloodier and Gorier]]: The Judge Dredd comics have never shied away from graphically depicting violence, but the movie uses the aptly-named [[Slow Motion|Slo-Mo]] drug to spectacular effect during some of the more violent scenes.
* [[Bottomless Magazines]]: Averted. Ammunition becomes an issue for both Dredd and Anderson over the course of the movie, forcing them to conserve rounds. {{spoiler|Once the corrupt Judge Lex and his cronies are taken out however, they have little problem restocking with the ammo left behind.}}
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* [[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 it owner and set to blow up the limbs of anyone unauthorized to use it. {{spoiler|Guess what happens when Kay tries just that later on.}}
* [[Cool Helmet]]: Part of the Judges' standard uniform.
{{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.}}
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* [[Informed Attribute]]: Downplayed. Mutants are mentioned as usually having glaring physical deformities. Psychics like Anderson, however, can pass for regular humans much more easily, in part by lacking said deformities.
* [[Mind Rape]]: Kay tries to inflict this on Anderson when she scans him, reasoning that she's in his head. They're actually in her head, and from what we see, the experience is ''brutal''.
* [[Modern Stasis]]: Compared to the other Judge Dredd film and arguably the comics, most fashions and firearms wouldn't look out of place in the present. Mega-City One is also shown as looking more contemporary-looking than futuristic.
* [[No One Could Survive That]]: Said by a gang member after Ma-Ma deploys the gatling guns. His boss overrides him: "They're not dead 'till we find them dead. Or part of them, anyway."
* [[Not So Different]]: Subverted. Throughout the film, there are scenes subtly showing how similar Dredd and Ma-Ma (and through them the Judges and their criminal foes) seem to be. However, Dredd is shown being more willing to show restraint whenever necessary and doesn't resort to killing everyone in a room until the situation calls for it.
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* [[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:
{{quote|'''Dredd:''' Control. Perps just wiped out an innocent. I'm taking them down.}}
* [[True Neutral]]: TJ, Peachtree's resident medic, tries to stay out of the whole mess and while willing to give Judges Dredd and Anderson information, refuses to go further than that. {{spoiler|Which eventually comes back bite him hard when Judge Lex has him killed later on.}}
* [[Wretched Hive]]: Mega-City One, of course. Twelve major crimes reported every minute, 17,000 per day, and the Judges can only manage to respond to six percent of them. Dredd and Anderson are the first Judges to respond to Peachtree in years.
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