Dredd

Sylvester Stallone set the standards and most people felt that he didn't do it very well. I haven't read the comics so I have nothing to compare it to. I liked the original movie with Sylvester Stallone but then I acquired the Karl Urban film Dredd and realised that Stallone made a lot of mistakes.

Karl Urban is the master class on 'don't mess with me'. Only Liam Neeson poses more of a threat than Karl Urban on the streets and it would be very interesting to see them both in a battle, I wouldn't want to call the shots on that one!

I loved that he didn't take off his mask, ever, it made the character more threatening and the voice of Karl Urban really worked wonders.
The film had a very similar feel to that of 'The Raid', although I think that this was made first so I guess that we could say that this set the standard for other films of this genre.

Lena Headey (300, St Trinians) was solid, unquestionably fluent in her character as Ma-ma and there was even a brief moment where you thought that she might even hold her own against Karl Urban. I was actually overwhelmed by her performance, a complete transformation from her character in St. Trinians and the character really showed her versatility.

Olivia Thirlby was superly awesome as Anderson. Often when a Psychic is in a film they are portrayed really badly but this was not the case, she was perfect and her character was perfect. I was really convinced by her, more convinced that i was by the woman in the original Judge Dredd film and I can't tell you how happy I am that there was a strong female character that wasn't the evil character.