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- Directed by Pete Travis
- Written by Alex Garland, Carlos Ezquerra, John Wagner
- Starring Domnhall Gleeson, Karl Urban, Lena Headey, Olivia Thirlby, Rakie Ayola, Scott Sparrow, Warrick Grier, Wood Harris
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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 (Karl Urban), discovers that taking down Ma-Ma isnt as easy as it seems in this explosive adaptation of the hugely popular comic series.
Pete Travis's savage interpretation of John Wagner's futuristic law enforcer adheres to the characterâ??s grim graphic-novel roots and proves far superior to the corny misfire attempted by Sylvester Stallone back in 1995. This, finally, is the Dredd movie comic book readers have been anticipating. -- Sean O'Connell, WASHINGTON POST