Dredd: Digest Edition

Really great short of one of the few great comic book films in the last decade. While the original Stallone flick is completely forgettable, 2012's Dredd was a fantastic film, and Rogue manages to distill all the grit and tone of the film into a short. A great watch, no noticeable cuts and very very entertaining. Excellent stuff.

I've been a Dredd fan since he was introduced in issue 2 of 2000AD (gives my age away a bit).
I enjoyed the original Dredd movie release and was interested to see how it could be shoe horned into a 30 minute package.
Well Rogue did it and it's great. The movie still flows well and the cuts are not noticeable at all, barring Anderson's sudden reappearance with Dredd after her escape. If I hadn't seen the original and this was presented to me as a short, I don't think I would have felt anything was missing.

I agree with earlier reviewers that splitting the movie into two halves was jarring and cut into my immersion. I understand that it's supposed to be a Super 8 type cut but no Super 8 effects were added and the title isn't "Super 8 Cut" so why not leave out the reel change?

Minor gripes aside I'd recommend this cut to anyone, Dredd fan or not.

Thanks Rogue ^_^

I watched this awhile ago and forgot to write a review. So I watched it again. And here's the review:

Very, very well done! Rogue set out to make a 30 minute version of Dredd, and he accomplished just that. There are no plot holes, continuity errors or anything like that. If someone who hadn't seen the original film watched this, they wouldn't realize anything was cut. Well, yeah they probably would have, because it's 30 minutes long and is divided into two parts. Normal movies aren't like that.

Anyway before I saw Dredd I was almost entirely unfamiliar with the character. Now, because of Dredd, I am a bit more familiar. Does this edit satisfy comic fans? No idea. But I'd like to think so. I don't know why it wouldn't. If you liked the theatrical version, you'll like this. I don't know if you'll like it more, though. Next time I feel like watching Dredd, I'll probably just watch the original version. But, if I'm in a crunch for time, I know I'll watch this. Because this digest is a fun fest.

Long term Dredd fan. I was really curious how you could really edit down a 90minute film into a 27....

Does he do it? Hell yes! I was really surprised and in all honesy I didn't think he'd be able to do it, but yes he does.

The editing is superior, I did watch an earlier version that did have a few holes in it, but the later version patched these all up. Things play out slightly differently in this edit from the original film, but it all works and it is seemless.

Wanna watch Dredd and only have 30 mins? Then watch this version.

Impressive. I'm amazed you were able to take a full movie and distill it down to just 30+ minutes, yet it was a completely coherent story and had a great flow. Nice work. Loved it.

Didn't really notice any sound problems or awkward cuts. Similar to "Batman Descent into Mystery" this felt like a comic, which made it very fun to watch.

My nitpick: the chapter breakdowns. Yeah I know its a Rogue thing, but it just seems to disturb the flow.

Any chance you could distill down Stallone's Judge Dredd this way and make it watchable?