This Dredd 3D Clip is The Most Violent Thing You’ll See All Week

Posted by on July 16th, 2012   Filed under: Action, Sci-fi, Trailers

One of the few movies to actually screen in its entirety at Comic-Con this year was Dredd, the gritty reboot of the 2000 AD comic book character starring Karl Urban. From all of the reviews and reactions that have been turning up online, it seems that fans were very pleased with how violent and uncompromising it is. If you had any doubt that this movie might be holding something back, Lionsgate has released a short clip online to prove you wrong. Although the slow-mo is a little bit much, in terms of pure blood and guts, I think comparisons to Stallone’s Rambo are perfectly acceptable. Does this change your mind on the movie at all? Dredd hits theatres on Sept. 21st; check out the clip after the jump and see what you think.



  • That is certainly more of the Dredd I would have imagined. When the 2000AD comic first came out I was 12 and “just” old enough to be starting to appreciate dirt and grit in certain genres. It would be tame rubbish now, but at the time it seemed pretty mean stuff. So of course when Stallone came out with it when I was an adult it was most disappointing for me. This could work, maybe?

  • cap

    Pure violence is not enough to make something appealing (no matter how much you slow it down). I thought the first trailer looked half-decent, but I won’t be running to the theaters to see this one. And on the subject of slow-motion: maybe they didn’t have enough of a story to fill 90 minutes, so they had to slow everything down (including end credits)?

  • Spooksta

    Looks good. Hope the script/story carry it well as im sure the cast will as they look spot on.

  • The only filmmaker that earned the right to glorify violence is John Woo.

  • Justice

    But Rambo had a reason for the gore, it was specifically to show the outcome of violence. This just looks gratuitous. And it looks like a video game, which I’m sure many a critic will call out.

  • I agree that if there’s an over abundance of slow mo blood and gore it will be meaningless and suck ass. It is however, just one scene. It is trying to get across the effect of a drug that changes time perceptioon. We will see?

    That said, pretty stupid standing guard with your gun and then taking some “slo-mo”. Darwin award stuff right there!

  • Hmm… I did not no there’s a drug called SLOW-MO in the film. This is very curious. Depending on what’s done with it. Slow motion violence can easily turn into glorification of violence.

    In any case, my comment above is based on a 10 second clip. The film itself might be a masterpiece of subtle social commentary.
    I remember the original as one of these glitzy, odd mid 90’s action films. Not particularly bad, not particularly good. I’m not sure these kinds of movies became better since then, but they certainly became more extreme. Apparently that’s a good thing.

  • 1138sw

    I think it looks OK…I will see it for Urban…truly underrated actor.

  • Steve Kasan

    Justice has the best comment in saying that it looks too much like a videogame. The stuff games were doing when Max Payne introduced bullet-time effects.
    I hope this gimmick does not get overdone in the entire film though.

    Oh, not violent enough I say!

  • Drewsifer

    The fact that they use a device in the plot to explain their use of slow motion camera work in the film,you have to admit, at least elevates the action sequences to a slightly better level in as much as pulling the audience into the scenes. Honestly though how many people are expecting something epic and thought provoking from a movie titled: Judge Dredd. that doesn’t have Armand Assante. BTW remember Fatal Instinct, fucking classic.