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Dredd 2 (2024 Confirmed!)
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Rajaah
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Damn, she fine.
Thirlby was quite a looker in her day too though. We should just turn this into the Olivia Thirlby Thread
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Rajaah
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Alright, so Dredd was released too close after The Raid for it to have been a "remake". I thought The Raid was 2010 for some reason.
Still, a 2011 release is enough time to emulate it a bit during Dredd's production.
Either that or
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Seriously, watch both movies back to back. I saw both again within the last 3 months and was shocked at how similar the first 20 minutes of Dredd is to the first 20 minutes of The Raid.
The similarities dwindle after that (outside of hiding in an apartment from goons and maybe the crooked cop revelation late in the movie).
The first 20 minutes, though? Almost feels like a 1:1 remake in a few scenes. Even has similar music during the "lockdown" scenes, which are shot the same way.
Watch both movies back and tell me what you think.
Still, a 2011 release is enough time to emulate it a bit during Dredd's production.
Either that or
Kaines
is right that it was an idea someone had seen in script form and decided to do a similar take on.Seriously, watch both movies back to back. I saw both again within the last 3 months and was shocked at how similar the first 20 minutes of Dredd is to the first 20 minutes of The Raid.
The similarities dwindle after that (outside of hiding in an apartment from goons and maybe the crooked cop revelation late in the movie).
The first 20 minutes, though? Almost feels like a 1:1 remake in a few scenes. Even has similar music during the "lockdown" scenes, which are shot the same way.
Watch both movies back and tell me what you think.
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I don’t recall ever watching The Raid, but I highly doubt I would put it in the same tier as Dredd.
Dredd was an outstanding flick that stayed true to the source material and went ham from beginning to end. Watched it recently and it holds up no problem.
Highly recommend.
Dredd was an outstanding flick that stayed true to the source material and went ham from beginning to end. Watched it recently and it holds up no problem.
Highly recommend.
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Rajaah
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You're missing out.
I went back and watched Juno just to see what Ellen Page was spending so much time banging. Wow this movie is annoying. I'm sure 15 years ago it was a good time but now everything about it is just obnoxious to me. All quirky and shit and quietly legitimizing adults flirting with kids while making pro-life activists look dumb. I watched it so you don't have to.
Anyway here's Olivia Thirlby in the movie, all wearing a plaid skirt and bouncing around:
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mewkus
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happens a lot 2 similar movies release at the same time. i always just put it down to studios trying to out jew each other. like 1991 robin hoods, or 2006 the prestige and the illusionist.
the raid is fucking awesome by the way, well worth watching and different enough in "style" from dredd, if not in plot. the mini boss henchman is a bad motherfucker and the fight scenes are off the hook. there's one where the hero grabs a dude and pulls his face down onto a broken door and it was just one of many "fuuuuuck" moments in that film.
so yeah, another recommendation to see the raid if you haven't already. i'd also ask to stop bumping this fucking thread because every time i see it on the front page i feel a small pang of hope and i'm tired of it. fucking thread has been messing with us for 10 years now.
the raid is fucking awesome by the way, well worth watching and different enough in "style" from dredd, if not in plot. the mini boss henchman is a bad motherfucker and the fight scenes are off the hook. there's one where the hero grabs a dude and pulls his face down onto a broken door and it was just one of many "fuuuuuck" moments in that film.
so yeah, another recommendation to see the raid if you haven't already. i'd also ask to stop bumping this fucking thread because every time i see it on the front page i feel a small pang of hope and i'm tired of it. fucking thread has been messing with us for 10 years now.
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Void
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I know it probably wouldn't work with the tone they set in this movie, but I'd love a Judge Death-based sequel. It would cost a lot more due to effects I'm sure, but seeing the "Gaze into the fist of Dredd!" scene in real life would be fantastic.
As an aside, for those looking for more movies like The Raid (but not so much like Dredd per se), The Night Comes For Us is another good one, was on Netflix at one point so hopefully still is. Has a great chick fight too.
zombiewizardhawk
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Ah I just opened up Netflix and Dredd was the little auto-playing background they always do so was going to come here to post it, but you beat me to it. This more than likely means that Dredd 2 is now officially in production.
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The raid 2 is one of the most brutal fucking movies ever. Dredd 2 should be more brutal, if it ever happens. Maybe have Billy Butcher take Vought floor by floor if it cant get done otherwise.
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Rajaah
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Is Judge Death supernatural? Cause from what I've seen it looks pretty damn supernatural and yeah they kind of avoided that tone in this movie. (Aside from psychics existing, which is more of a radiation thing)
Still count me in on wanting to see Judge Death, if only because he's Dredd's nastiest foil. Maybe we can get a movie for Judge Rico too in the meantime lawl. Might have been an ideal trilogy, IDK. Most of my Dredd knowledge is only off the two movies and the SNES game (which covered the first movie, then after you defeat Rico you go to Hell or something to fight more judges...game was wild)
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judge death is a power/spirit/ghost from another dimension, he takes over other's bodies. don't recall, if they have to be living and kills them to become full, or if he can just animated a corpse, maybe both.
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Judge Death comes from a world where the judges decided that all crimes are committed by the living, so they killed everyone, no more crime! Sort of like a rogue AI that decides humans are the cause of all misery.
As far as what he is, as Goatface said he's a spirit that possesses a host, and one of the main storylines in the comics is that Anderson traps him in her mind and they encase her in some clear shit (like Carbonite but not) so that he can't escape her. Of course later he gets out and they need to break Anderson out to deal with him again. Great stuff, but obviously a bit outside the scope of the gritty realism they were going for. I'd still pay to see it multiple times though.
As far as what he is, as Goatface said he's a spirit that possesses a host, and one of the main storylines in the comics is that Anderson traps him in her mind and they encase her in some clear shit (like Carbonite but not) so that he can't escape her. Of course later he gets out and they need to break Anderson out to deal with him again. Great stuff, but obviously a bit outside the scope of the gritty realism they were going for. I'd still pay to see it multiple times though.
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