Dredd Sequel May Still Happen

[Smooth Operator]

Ya them tanking was a great combo of stupidity, no real adverts anywhere and in my area they didn't even show the 2D version so the only option was paying double price for a worse looking version... really fucking brilliant.

I also don't think the movie was particularly well executed, they had a great idea but sadly blew their budget on high speed camera rentals rather then props. So outside the fancy slow-mo shots the whole thing looked like a day in Detroit with some cheap mock up props and nothing like the ultra absurd future that Dredd is suppose to be.

 

[Metalrocks]

yes, make a sequel. this movie is just awesome and loved every moment of it. watched it 3x once i got the dvd in my hands.

 

[pearcinator]

I think the biggest problem with Dredd was its violence. You have to admit that it was a very violent movie and most R-Rated movies tend not to make as much money unless the violence is completely expected (like Saw and The Evil Dead etc.)

However, with that said. If they do make a sequel then it should definitely be as violent as the first one! Otherwise you will alienate the fanbase (Die Hard 4 anyone?) and it will get a negative reception from its fans and won't likely find a new audience.

The 3D was also unnecessary, with (in my opinion) the cartoon-like slow-mo shootout sequence early in the movie being probably the worst scene in the film and obviously done for cheesy 3D gimmick 'OMG part of the dude's cheek and blood look like they are coming at me!'

I am all for a Dredd sequel though! I didn't see it in cinemas because I swear it was only there for a week and my mate said it was too violent for him (which to be honest made me want to watch it more haha).

 

[Teoes]

I think the biggest problem with Dredd was its violence. You have to admit that it was a very violent movie and most R-Rated movies tend not to make as much money unless the violence is completely expected (like Saw and The Evil Dead etc.)

I get your point in that it can be a detriment if the film is mis-marketed, but for many (no doubt including yourself) it was one of the film's many highlights. It was refreshing to see a film not pussy-footing around with hobbled PG-13 violence.

 

[Strazdas]

It was a graet movie.
cinemas not actually picking it up and limited audience (mostly the existign fans. i saw it without reading the comics, but i see a LOT of movies that i dont know nothing, most people i know that saw it were fans beforehand) made it tank.

I would love to see a sequel as i loved the movie.

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[EeviStev]

I had my own reservations about Dredd, but my best mate got me to see it. As I was watching I was still wary, even after that first awesome slo-mo bit with the main baddie in the bath. I was thinking "it's a bit of a drop in stakes from the first movie, from the fate of the whole of Mega City One to just Dredd himself, his sidekick and the future of this one drug cartel". Then I realised it was more Dredd than Judge Dredd (1995) was. It was Dredd doing his job- that of the best Judge in the city. He was dispatched to the biggest case, the highest threat. And he dealt with every mothereffer like the no-nonsense, hard-as-brass-tacks sunnuvabich I now know him as. Though I thought the opportunity to have someone say "YOU'RE GONNA DIE, DREDD!!" and have Dredd blast them away then growl "Objection" was sadly missed.

I am optimistic of there being a sequel. Just model them on the comic and throw Dredd at the biggest case of the day, movie by movie. And this time, go see the damn things!

 

[Scarim Coral]

I certainly hoped that they do make a sequel. Dredd did justice over the Stallone version!

 

[Henkie36]

Dredd's failure wasn't due to a bad movie, more to bad marketing and bad planning. I didn't realize it was running in theaters until it was already out of screening again. And judging from the comments above, I wasn't the only one. For the ones who still care: it is also mentioned in Bob's review of Resident Evil: Retribution. It came out at exactly the same time, and is the same sort of movie: Du,b action fun. But Dredd did a so much better job that it still holds up firmly in my top 3 of 2012. It also came out at the wrong point: it was September, which usually holds the movies that are not interesting enough for the summer blockbuster crowd, and people already spent their money on going to The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises.

I distinctly remember a similar thing for another comic book movie: back in 2010 on a press conference for Iron Man 2, Kevin Feige confirmed that a Black Widow movie was in the works. It's three years later now and we haven't heard a peep from it since. Basically, this sort means nothing until we actually get an official confirmation that it will happen.

OT: So yeah, I'm pretty happy about this. But like you said, from ''Not off the agenda'' is a long way to ''Now that was an awesome sequel''.

 

[Gorrath]

I'm with pretty much everyone in the thread here. Dredd was the best pure action film I've since... since I can even remember. Too many action films now-a-days get hobbled by PG13 or spend too much time meandering around or just trying to find excuses to jump from one rediculous thing to the next. Dredd was tigtly packaged, had neat ideas, didn't have glaring plot holes and told a concise, self-contained story.

Even with all of the though, the very best thing about Dredd is that it did the thing that makes action movies truly great. Dredd had individual scenes that are really, in my opinion, iconic.

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Particularly the scene where they shoot up the whole level with the miniguns and then send their guys in to find Dredd's body. Dredd kills them with all that smoke and dust still billowing around, letting their compatriots hear, but not see how he's doing it. Then the big pay off, he comes out of the smoke and drops the last one right off the edge while they stand there, unable to touch him. Cap it off with him vanishing back into the smoke and you've got one of the most well shot action set pieces I've ever seen.

 

[antidonkey]

The recent movie was alright. I liked it well enough that I'd be down for a sequel. What I loved about it was the effects they did for the drug scenes. Those were straight up gorgeous.

 

[KiKiweaky]

Watched it and loved it saw it in the cinema with my brother who was a huge fan of 2000 AD back in the day we were both giggling like little school girls when we were in the cinema haha, the excitement you see

I got the DVD and showed it to some friends of mine and one of them hated it, for no other reason than 'It's shit', this guy isn't really a science fiction fan though so he doesn't count, the rest of them loved it. I would love to see a sequel with the badass ramped up would be great!

 

[newwiseman]

I think the biggest problem with Dredd was that The Raid: Redemption came out like 1-2 weeks before and was basically the same movie with better action.

 

[Andy of Comix Inc]

Oh I agree, the 3D was actually very good and used effectively. I'm just one of the few unfortunate bastards who gets migraines and nausea from it, which spoils my enjoyment somewhat. Still, it wasn't the 3 hour behemoth that was Avatar so I wasn't sitting there just feeling worse and worse.

Thought about investing in those 3D-to-2D glasses thingies?

 

[Lurklen]

Saw it and loved it, then bought the bluray. So yeah I want a sequal.