Dredd (2012)

Grab your 3D glasses if you've got 'em and get your slo-mo inhaler ready, because we're closing out the month of May and our Some Guys Are Coming to Kill Us theme with 2012's ultraviolent comic adaptation, Dredd!

CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening.
(00:00:33) - Intro.
(00:02:06) - Our final film for Some Guys Are Coming to Kill Us month: Dredd!
(00:03:47) - A little history on the Judge Dredd comic and how this movie adapts it.
(00:11:17) - Talking how this adaptation came together.
(00:16:45) - Our star-studded cast.
(00:23:38) - Kicking things off with an all-timer of a future drug concept: slo-mo! And some 3D cinema talk.
(00:32:08) - The plot may be thin, but it does the job.
(00:42:15) - What sets that plot in motion (also how did we forget to mention Domhnall Gleeson).
(00:50:41) - Break!
(00:50:59) - We're back, and our judges are stuck.
(00:57:22) - A brief aside on the monumentally bad choices the tower block's medical guy makes.
(01:01:09) - Let the killing commence!
(01:05:58) - Kay is an awful, awful dude. Ma-Ma is still somehow worse.
(01:10:56) - Let's get mental.
(01:16:52) - The dumbass kids and Anderson's capture.
(01:22:58) - And here come the bad judges.
(01:26:18) - Bye bye Kay.
(01:32:13) - Wait!
(01:36:15) - If you're going to hotwire your heartbeat to demolition grade explosives, don't skimp on the transmitter!
(01:42:36) - Mopping things up after throwing Ma-Ma from the balcony.
(01:47:50) - Final thoughts.
(01:51:26) - Outro, and housekeeping notes for June and July's Watchcasts.

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