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2012 Science Fiction Film

Dredd is a 2012 science fiction action film directed by Pete Travis and written by Alex Garland. The British/South African co-production is based on the 2000 AD comic strip Judge Dredd and its eponymous character created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra. Karl Urban stars as Judge Dredd, a law enforcer given the power of judge, jury and executioner in the vast dystopian metropolis of Mega-City One that lies within a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Alongside rookie Olivia Thirlby as Judge Anderson , Dredd is forced to bring order to a feared 200-story slum and its resident drug lord, Lena Headey as Ma-Ma.

Garland began writing the script as early as 2006, although development of a new Judge Dredd film adaptation was not announced until December 2008, that would be unrelated to the 1995 film adaptation Judge Dredd. Principal photography began in November 2010, with an estimated US$45 million budget. The project was shot using 3D cameras throughout on practical sets, and on location in the South African cities of Cape Town and Johannesburg. Dredd was released on 7 September 2012, in the United Kingdom and on 21 September 2012 worldwide.

The cast also includes: Domhnall Gleeson as Clan Techie, Ma-Ma's computer expert. Warrick Grier as Caleb, Ma-Ma's right hand man; Langley Kirkwood, Edwin Perry, Karl Thaning and Michele Levin as respectively Judge Lex, Judge Alvarez, Judge Chan and Judge Kaplan, corrupt Judges in Ma-Ma's employ; Junior Singo as Amos and Luke Tyler as Freel, two young boys who confront Dredd; Jason Cope as Zwirner; Joe Vaz as Big Joe and Scott Sparrow as Japhet, members of Ma-Ma's gang; Francis Chouler as Judge Guthrie Rakie Ayola as the Chief Judge  Deobia Oparei as TJ, the Peach Trees paramedic and Daniel Hadebe as Judge Volt.

Summary

In a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang that deals the reality-altering drug