Netflix streaming – they rated it 4.0 for me, and I did give it 4 stars. The general audience gave it 3.8. It was pretty good, certainly not great.

The actor playing Judge Dredd was Karl Urban, and I don’t think we ever saw more of his face than his mouth, in a sort of permanent scowl. He seemed to be playing the role in the classic Clint Eastwood mold - strong and quiet the whole way through, not even a smile at the end. Olivia Thirlby, who was great in “The Secret”, was a good counterpoint to this dourness, as a rookie Judge partnered with Dredd. Luckily, they thought of a plausible way to make it so that she didn’t have to wear her helmet at all – I don’t think the audience would connect very well with her if she were covered up. They gave her blonde hair to accentuate her innocence and inexperience.