Saturday, June 09, 2012

Dredd is coming [this movie contains no Stallone]


Due in September, the new Dredd movie has some promising signs. No Hollywood superstars. A script by Alex '28 Days Later' Garland for a start. Plus this quote from Dredd co-creator John Wagner, who doesn't praise anything unless he means it:
"I went up to London yesterday to see the completed Dredd film. I’ve had reservations about certain aspects of it, and made them plain to the team at DNA. All but one of them – a little quibble at the beginning – have been addressed.
And what a lot they’ve added. Music is on the button. SFX are excellent. Filming is impressive. I’ve not seen a modern 3-D movie before but I like it. I found myself reaching out trying to touch things that were dancing before my eyes.
Karl is a great Dredd and Olivia gets Anderson completely. This is Dredd as it should be done – true to character, visceral, unrelentingly violent (but not off-puttingly so). It will open, I believe, sometime in September. No doubt you’ll let me know what you think when you’ve seen it, but this has my recommendation."

1 comment:

Maurice Mitchell said...

David I have about this film, but we'll see.

- Maurice Mitchell
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