Dredd
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• It is based on the 2000 AD comic strip Judge Dredd and its eponymous character created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra
• Karl Urban stars as Judge Dredd, a law enforcer given the power of judge, jury and executioner in a vast, dystopic metropolis called Mega-City One that lies in a post-apocalyptic wasteland
• Dredd and his apprentice partner, Judge Anderson (Olivia Thirlby), are forced to bring order to a 200-storey high-rise block of flats and deal with its resident drug lord, Ma-Ma (Lena Headey)
• Garland began writing the script in 2006, although the development of a new Judge Dredd film adaptation, unrelated to the 1995 film Judge Dredd, was not announced until December 2008
• Produced by British studio DNA Films, Dredd began principal photography, using 3D cameras throughout, in November 2010
• Filming took place on practical sets and locations in Cape Town and Johannesburg
• Dredd was released on 7 September 2012 in the United Kingdom and on 21 September 2012 worldwide
• Critics were generally positive about the film's visual effects, casting and action, while criticism focused on excessive violence as well as a perceived lack of the satirical elements that are found in the source comic
• Despite the positive critical response, the film earned just over $41 million at the box office on an estimated budget of $30–45 million
• Dredd saw greater success following its home release, and has since been recognised as a cult film