I don't know if you've heard it lately, but the Marvel Cinematic Universe is getting darker. Deadpool & Wolverine Was the first R-rated MCU film, it tried to make a bloody and violent blade film to go in a decade now, and everyone behind the scenes of Disney Plus' New Daredevil Show cannot stop talking about it, How violent And dark It is. In other words, now that it is not in the highest cultural forces, the MCU is desperate to prove that it can be more than just shiny superheroes that save the day sarcastically. But now that Dredd Is on Max, it is a great time to remember how great a really dirty superhero film can be rated with R-rated and why Disney will never have the courage to pull it off.
Dredd Almost immediately after its publication in 2012 it became a cult classic and it is easy to understand why. The film follows judge Dredd (Karl Urban) when he tries to determine the law in the futuristic hell, which is known as Mega-City One. One day, Dredd is in a rookie judge candidate (Olivia Thirlby), who happens to be a mutant with mental forces when he is suddenly commissioned to examine a murder at the apartment building in peach trees. The massive 200-story building is the home of the terrible Ma-Ma clan, and Dredd and his trainee have to lead a bloody struggle to the top of the tower to take Ma-Ma (Lena Headey) and her drug-dealing rack .
Written and apparently directed from Ex Machina'S Alex Garland (although Pete Travis receives the official director), the first thing it is noticeable Dredd is the effectiveness and effortlessness of his world structure. An opening district gives us the entire setup that we need through Mega-City: the streets are full of terrible violence, and the judges are the equally violent protectors of these streets. From there, the film immediately descends into gruesome B-movie action, gnarled kills and adequate disgusting sets, all of which perfectly ensure the mood for the comic world of the film.
Every part of Dredd feels finely matched for his unique tone. The corridors of the peach trees are gross, the walls cut with garbage are lined with garbage, and the regular civilians look in the other direction as soon as gang members darken their doors. The whole film is dirty in an exaggerated way, which contributes to ensuring the stage perfectly to provide the stage for a world perfectly.
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It is an objective silly and ridiculous premise, but where Dredd It can be divided from the recent MCU offers by never having to hink to himself. Marvel films, especially in recent years, are ashamed of the comics on which they are based on and constantly joke over the costumes or the superhero names of characters in a desperate offer, cool and not Dorky. But Dredd It is not embarrassing to be a judge -Dredd film -it indulges in it. Garland never drops the film to the level of sarcastic jokes over itself, because it is clear that he wants it to invest in the grit and dirt of the world that he creates on the screen. He knows that the whole premise is silly and knows that it is part of the fun to take this stupidity seriously.
It is not surprising that shooting begins Dredd Will really be great. One thing that is immediately obvious and really wonderful Dredd'Sießerei is that they clearly in aJohn Wick Welt, draws its influences from a number of places instead of the hot new action style on the block. You will never catch me to say a bad word about John Wick, but his cinematic imitators are cheap and they are everywhere. Including Marvel properties.
Netflix Daredevil Premiere in the year after the original John WickAnd it is full of butter pond, balletical action that Keanu Reeves, Chad Stahelski and David Leitch made famous. It is undeniably excellent if it is done correctly, but if it is done wrong or too much is used, it becomes smooth and boring. The hits lose their effects and the Melees lose their danger. It stops feeling like a frenzied brawl, and more like a series of people who are a little less hard than our hero. Netflix Daredevil has drawn much more than its appropriate proportion of measures from this special well. Although we don't yet know whether or not Daredevil: Born again I will follow the same approach to his fights, it seems to be a pretty sure guess if you take into account the inheritance of the original show.
DreddIn comparison, an action buffet is more. There are shootings that end at lightning speed because Dredd is only so good, but there are also brutal melee, shootings that pull long enough to transform the set into Swiss cheese, and many slow motion of all varieties of all varieties. It is not exactly fair to say that Dredd or his partner Anderson is ever in danger, but if you send your enemies to a hundred different, equally bloody ways, the action keeps it interesting and fresh to find comic -films these days.
None of this can be said that every comic film must be Dredd. That shouldn't happen. But if Disney really works for it Dredd. And when you are looking forward to it Daredevil: Born againIn the hope that it could reveal a darker, more grim corner of the MCU Dredd While you are waiting.
Dredd Streaming on max and is also available for digital rent/purchase from Amazon and Apple TV.
