Sat Feb 15 2025

Welcome to another episode of Death Don’t Do Fiction, the AIPT Movies podcast! The podcast about the enduring legacy of our favorite movies! This February we’re celebrating “Dreddruary,” where we cover movies based on the British comic book character, Judge Dredd! In this week’s episode, Alex, Tim, and Matt discuss Karl Urban’s 2012 dark dystopian action massacre, Dredd! Impressive use of a low budget! A near-future that seems (unfortunately) believable! Quick and effective world-building! Really cool helmets! A very dangerous atrium! A simple, contained story inspired by the action classic, The Raid! A surprisingly stripped-down comic book movie, especially when compared with modern examples! Absolutely brutal slow motion violence! Absurdly large buildings! A solid cast that includes Olivia Thirlby, Wood Harris, Harry Potter’s Domhnall Gleeson with blue cyber eyes, an uncomfortably cruel Lena Headey, and the lower half of Karl Urban’s face doing some of the greatest frown-acting y...