Dredd
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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.
Tropes used in Dredd include:
- 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.
- 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 loses hers, and explains that she often goes without it as it interferes with her psychic powers. Here's what Dredd has to say about that:
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Judge Dredd: Figured a bullet would interfere more. |
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- Evil Gloating: The downfall of the corrupt Judge Lex. He has Dredd at gunpoint and wounded, and gloats when Dredd begs him to wait, which leaves him open to get the tables turned on him.