As a long time fan of 2000AD, judge dredd and the megazine I can safely say that the film is good. It brings the judges, their world and toys to life.
It breaks away from the Stallone film which did everything right (apart from Stallone and Rob Schneider, let me just say the city, the look and mean machine were all bang-on before anyone says how crap it was) by stripping away the neon high rise of tomorrow and replacing it with scattered city blocks. Rather than feel like a city comprised of 2-300 floor highrise buildings holding 60000+ people it looks like a normal city with a few megablocks thrown in for good measure.
Apparently the film was made for 40-50million so I hope it does well and we get to go back to see what else they make. Urban is a solid dredd, he keeps his helmet on and when he does his whole "I am the law" speech you can actually believe that it is Judge Dredd rather than "oh looks, its stallone in a silly outfit".
Urban is an awesome dredd
Healey is a great villain
Alot of stuff feels cheap apart from the drug effects which make slo-mo look like the most awesome-sauce substance on the planet.
solid 7 out of 10
