DREDD reviews. (SPOILERS!)

[CrazyFoxMachine]

Yeah it really wasn't all that violent - I'm not especially desensitized, I don't go near torture porn - the only bit that really made me wince was the final big splat (THIS IS THE SPOILER THREAD ISN'T IT) - but aside from that and maybe the odd-looking throat cave-in which is one of those effects where you just think "would it look like that? I suppose it would" that it loses a bit of shock.

As for 3D - the depth on the corridors wasn't working particular well for me, but ma-ma in the bath and the final glass shatter were actually the first time I've seen 3D where it's actually like it's supposed to look in the adverts, coming out of the screen at ye.

[Mark Taylor]

Very violent?

Just to check, it's not torture porn bad is it? as i really ought to leave the wife behind if it is, she won't like that.

If you have seen the 'Red Band Clip' that was released a while ago you're not really going to see anything worse than that in the movie.

It's on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8lMmRe6Z44

[Something Fishy]

ah that's OK then.   If that's the worst then i reckon it will be fine.

It's the torture for the sake of fun stuff that she hates.

[Steve Green]

There are some torture bits, but they're very brief flashes and not played for laughs.

[Tiplodocus]

Mrs Tips really doesn't like gore or horror* - won't go near a zombie film - so unless your missus is like that, you should be ok.

It's still all pretty grim and unless despite some good black humour and wry underplayed banter.



* insert your own joke that mocks me and my reproductive organs.

[Something Fishy]

should be ok i reckon.

she's not keen on Zombie stuff either but she'll watch Shaun of the Dead and 28 Days Later so not too bad.

[Keef Monkey]

Just back from round 4, the missus loved it and was cackling away at the 2nd hi-ex moment (she's definitely a keeper) and my non-comic-book-friendly work colleague declared it "fucking awesome" and says he'll go and see it again. He said the moment when Dredd turfs Kay and walks back into the smoke was the most badass thing he's ever witnessed.

Very reassuringly too, Cineworld have moved it to a smaller screen (understandable as this week's big movie will be using that one now) but kept the same amount of screenings, and this was the busiest showing I've been to.

In fact, 90% of the time when I go to the movies I pick the morning showing, and this was possibly the busiest I've seen the cinema at 11am. Last movie I did it with was The Bourne Legacy the Saturday morning of its opening weekend and there were about 5 people in, this morning there were about 50, all getting right into it.

There was also a pretty clear example of the word of mouth in action: On the way out I bumped into a guy who was heading in to see it because the guy I dragged along on Monday works with him and had been banging on about it all week. It's the circle of buzz!!!

[James]

I didn't find it particularly violent, I think I must be desensitised. Sure it was a bit gross, and the guy who gets shot through the cheek in the red band trailer, you can actually see his teeth through his cheek with the exit wound.

[Mark Taylor]

It was extremely violent as action movies go. I've seen far more violent 'splatter' movies but that genre is pretty much dead these days. Generally speaking, movies these days are tame compared to video games, so we've all become pretty desensitised to the level of violence seen in movies.

[The Sherman Kid]

Just back from round 4, the missus loved it and was cackling away at the 2nd hi-ex moment (she's definitely a keeper) and my non-comic-book-friendly work colleague declared it "fucking awesome" and says he'll go and see it again. He said the moment when Dredd turfs Kay and walks back into the smoke was the most badass thing he's ever witnessed.

Very reassuringly too, Cineworld have moved it to a smaller screen (understandable as this week's big movie will be using that one now) but kept the same amount of screenings, and this was the busiest showing I've been to.

In fact, 90% of the time when I go to the movies I pick the morning showing, and this was possibly the busiest I've seen the cinema at 11am. Last movie I did it with was The Bourne Legacy the Saturday morning of its opening weekend and there were about 5 people in, this morning there were about 50, all getting right into it.

There was also a pretty clear example of the word of mouth in action: On the way out I bumped into a guy who was heading in to see it because the guy I dragged along on Monday works with him and had been banging on about it all week. It's the circle of buzz!!!

You're doing sterling work Keef (seen it 5 times so far myself). It was Caleb not Kay he turfs out, and it was one of the best moments in the film for me too.

[Danbo]

Black Hawk Down is a 15 and that's more violent,in fact I would say it's the swearing and drug use that tipped it over the edge.People enjoying drugs is a big no-no to the powers that be.

[JOE SOAP]

Or shots of 3 skinned-bodies hitting the ground.

[The Sherman Kid]

Or shots of 3 skinned-bodies hitting the ground.

:lol:That would be my bet

[Goaty]

Or Ma-Ma's face, twice!

[Steve Green]

Maybe.

I thought it was more the flashback to the skinning that probably did it.