Sentences with phrase «sees judge dredd»

Based on the «2000 AD» comic, Alex Garland's script sees Judge Dredd (Karl Urban), totally committed yet unsympathetic law enforcer in a future dystopia, going up against a gang leader who rules from the top of a 200 storey tower block.

Multiple other smaller elements are pilfered from other stuff such as the gun (see judge dredd's lawgiver).

Do you see Judge Dredd as a more progressive or classic kind of hero in our recent comic book movie character climate?

Not exact matches

Created in 1977 by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra, Brit cult comic book character Judge Dredd was last seen on the big screen in 1995 for the Disney - produced, campy Sylvester Stallone vehicle simply titled «Judge Dredd.»

Opening in September: Kirsten Dunst and Isla Fisher take a turn in the comic bridesmaid well in «Bachelorette» (Friday); Bradley Cooper is an author whose stolen work becomes a hit in «The Words» (Friday), a thriller co-starring Jeremy Irons and Dennis Quaid (see story on Page 17); Pixar adds another dimension to one of its most popular films in «Finding Nemo 3 - D» (Sept. 14); Milla Jovovich returns for one more zombie slaughter in «Resident Evil: Retribution» (Sept. 14); Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña are Los Angeles cops in «End of Watch» (Sept. 21), which aims for a realistic look at inner - city law enforcement; Elizabeth Shue and Jennifer Lawrence are mother and daughter, discovering a horror - tinged secret in «House at the End of the Street» (Sept. 21); Karl Urban plays «Dredd» (Sept. 21), a helmeted avenger who cleans up the futuristic Mega City as its judge, jury and (wait for it...) executioner; In the animated «Hotel Transylvania,» Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) struggles to cope with his daughter's new non-vampire love interest (Sept. 28).

Though not filmed as a direct comic book adaptation, «Hardware» became a comic book movie thanks to a unique lawsuit that saw director Richard Stanley taken to court by comic book creators Steve MacManus and Kevin O'Neill, who suggested the film was based off a story they did in «Judge Dredd Annual» 1981, titled «SHOK!

Aside from having seen the awful Sylvester Stallone movie a couple of times, I have rested quite comfortably with a lack of Judge Dredd in my life.

It's interesting to compare the two lists and see how much more diverse the top one is; apparently a lot of people will read a Judge Dredd comic if you give it to them for free.