DREDD reviews. (SPOILERS!)

[DeFuzzed]

I like Tom Cruise too, and yes, I like Vin Diesel. And The Rock. And I thought Paul Walker was fantastic in Running Scared, don't have any problems with watching him in anything else either - and yes, love the Fast and Furious movies.

Also, love Cagney and Olivier, Jeremy Irons and Cumberbatch, Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood and Peter Falk. Ben Stiller. Daniel Craig.

And just to be perfectly clear, let me say this again - I like Jason Statham.

[Richmond Clements]

Gunner always seemed a bit cocksure and not that likable: I'm sure Cruise could manage a part like that quite well.

See, that's one of the things I like about Cruise - he does not shy away from playing pretyy unlikeable characters.

[DeFuzzed]

Actually, I'd love to have seen Yul Brynner in something 2000AD.

[Danbo]

Westworld has a bit of a  2000AD flavor.

[DeFuzzed]

Westworld has a bit of a  2000AD flavor.

Absolutely. Just remembered him doing that and thought he'd probably fit in right well.

[Danbo]

Is that out on Bluray? *off to Play.nom*

[Danbo]

Is that out on Bluray? *off to Play.nom*

No but its a fiver on DVD ,purchased.Dredd's got me in an old school late sixties/seventies SciFi mood.

[CYCLOPZ]

Also, one of the best things about his Dredd was the way he moved. Predatory and cautious cuz bullets won't bounce off him - fantastic. Or when he stayed still, silent. The saying silence speaks volumes comes to mind, and it really did in his case.

Yes he does indeed move like some kind of landshark stalking a victim. First he bamboozles them with words until in one swift movement he aims for the attack.

I doubt a Statham or Worthington would be capable of that level of subtlety in their acting.

[Professor Bear]

Yul Brynner was also in The Ultimate Warrior, a low-budget post-apocalyptic thriller about a karate master with a penis that looks exactly like Max Von Sydow.

It's kind of 2000ad-ish in places, especially when characters chop off their own limbs to prove how hard they are.

RE: Jason Statham - I like to grumble and snark as much as the next man, but I still always find the snobbery about action stars not being Lawrence Olivier or whatever quite amusing, if only because it gives me the rare opportunity to be a snob to other snobs.  The action movie star's niche is a specialist one, and Statham is one of the more popular international performers right now to the point I would have thought a predominantly English message board would be proud of his being involved in a project close to their hearts.  Though to be honest, I think he's too high profile these days to be seriously interested in the low-budget end of things where a Savage adaptation (or whatever) would happen.

[darnmarr]

There's been a lot of talk about Urban 'channelling' Eastwood: but does anyone else think that  Langley Kirkwood's 'Lex' is channeling Gene Hackman?
That last 'wait...' bit really reminds me of him in 'Unforgiven'.

Yul Brynner was also in The Ultimate Warrior, a low-budget post-apocalyptic thriller about a karate master with a penis that looks exactly like Max Von Sydow...

that's funny...mine looks a bit like Yul (when he wears a polo-neck)...

[CYCLOPZ]

RE: Jason Statham - I like to grumble and snark as much as the next man, but I still always find the snobbery about action stars not being Lawrence Oliviuer or whatever quite amusing,

No snobbery about films at all, one of my favourite films is, Sleepaway Camp (1983) 
Personally I love the Crank movies, and Statham definitely can play a type in British films like the Bank Job. But if we're talking about a difficult role like Dredd with no obvious arch, it does take a different kind of actor to pull that off. Urban also has credibility in action roles, but like someone else has said, he can also fit into a variety of parts like a chameleon.

[Definitely Not Mister Pops]

Have you ever heard Statham attempt an American accent? It meanders up and down the east coast, New York one syllable, Miami the next. He may have unintentionally stumbled on the perfect MC1 accent.

[Michaelvk]

Really? I cringe every time Statham does an American accent.. Why they insist on making him do one is beyond me.. What about Tom Hardy for Rouge trooper?

[radiator]

Just got back from viewing number 3. It just gets better and better.

I saw it on one of Vue's 'Xtreme' screens, and it looked STUNNING. I know I've nitpicked a little about the look of the film before, but I'm starting to think that might have been down to seeing it the first time on a very small screen, then seeing it the second time with the screen badly configured (crummy, ineffectual 3D and sound all out of sync).

Seeing it this time it looked SO much better and the presentation was perfect. I could see so much more detail in every frame. The 3D had real definition and crunch, and a solidity I've never experienced before. I actually noticed a really weird effect in the dream/interrogation sequence where it looked like the depth of things was all out of whack - it's quite disorienting.

Girlfriend bloody LOVED it! She was on the edge of her seat the whole way through, and kept nudging me and saying things like 'he's  amazing!' referring to Dredd when he did something particularly badass. She now fancies Karl Urban too.

AMAZING film. There aren't many movies I could sit through three times in 11 days - the pacing is so good, so rewatchable. You're never more than 5 minutes away from something awesome happening.

Aaaaargh! Please do well at the box office! I can't take the thought of no sequels!!!

[Professor Bear]

She now fancies Karl Urban too.

I love the way you phrased this.