Best action movie i've seen in a long time: Dredd

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  • Dirty F
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    • Jul 2001
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    #1

    Best action movie i've seen in a long time: Dredd

    Watched it recently at home.
    Awesome flick! Just non stop action! No character development, no stupid love stories, just extreme action! Isn't that what an action movie should be about? Weird how you rarely see it like this.
    It kinda reminded me of the last Rambo movie. Which was great as well.
    Oh and the surround sound was insane! Best i've heard in a while.
  • Deej
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    • Jun 2005
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    #2
    really? ive been avoiding it because i figured it sucked... If youre being sarcastic I will blame you for my mass homicide shooting afterwards for the let down.

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    • Deej
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      #3
      BTW... best movie to date that impressed me from surround sound... Constantine

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      • Dirty F
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        • Jul 2001
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        #4
        Originally posted by Deej
        BTW... best movie to date that impressed me from surround sound... Constantine
        Love that movie. Haven't watched it with surround. Will do so soon.
        And i wasn't being sarcastic.
        It's 90 minutes of action...from the first to the last minute. It was awesome!

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        • Some Guy
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          #5
          I've actually heard from a few people that Dredd was awesome. Sucks it did so lousy at the box office because it was tainted by the original "Judge Dredd" with Stallone back in the 90's. For the record, I didn't think that one was as horrible as everyone made it out to be.

          Have to agree that the last Rambo was pretty fucking awesome. If Dredd reminds you of it then I'm watching it for sure!

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          • Scott McD
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            • Nov 2002
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            #6
            Hmmm, thought it would be one to avoid to be honest.

            I'll give it a try though. Sick of boring shitty movies that i usually wish all the characters would just die in the end...


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            • Fetish Gimp
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              #7
              Originally posted by Deej
              really? ive been avoiding it because i figured it sucked... If youre being sarcastic I will blame you for my mass homicide shooting afterwards for the let down.
              I'd like to confirm your misgivings.

              I thought Dredd was a below-average action flick and a total failure as an adaptation. It didn't have any of 2000 AD's sarcasm, social satire or humor. I would argue that Stallone's Dredd, as awful as it was, was still a better adaptation than Dredd 2012 was.

              And imho the constant use of slow-mo kills the flow of the action. Slow-mo should be used sparingly, like salt in cooking. If you pour it every-fucking-where then it loses its point and just drags everything down.
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              • Markul
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                #8
                I liked the new Dredd. Very good :-)
                But.... I pulled out...

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                • Dirty F
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Fetish Gimp
                  I'd like to confirm your misgivings.

                  I thought Dredd was a below-average action flick and a total failure as an adaptation. It didn't have any of 2000 AD's sarcasm, social satire or humor. I would argue that Stallone's Dredd, as awful as it was, was still a better adaptation than Dredd 2012 was.

                  And imho the constant use of slow-mo kills the flow of the action. Slow-mo should be used sparingly, like salt in cooking. If you pour it every-fucking-where then it loses its point and just drags everything down.
                  It's used 4 times maybe, for a total of 2 mins?

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                  • Dirty F
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                    #10
                    And saying the first Dredd movie is better is ridiculous and you know it.
                    You clearly have something against this movie, which is fine, but stop making things up.

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                    • ottopottomouse
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                      #11
                      Not seen it. Hadn't expected it to be worth seeing.
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                      • Fetish Gimp
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                        #12
                        Originally posted by Dirty F
                        And saying the first Dredd movie is better is ridiculous and you know it.
                        You clearly have something against this movie, which is fine, but stop making things up.
                        I'm arguing Stallone's is a better adaptation, meaning they at least tried to keep some of the humour and satire from 2000 AD.

                        Dredd 2012 didn't have any of that. It's simply a cheap action film which just happens to have Judge Dredd as a character, keeping only the most superficial bits of the source material (omfg he didn't take the helmet off epic win)

                        I'll prove it to you: you can take "The Raid: Redemption" put Judge helmets on its characters and BAM you got Dredd 2012, except it would have kick-ass action.

                        What I have against the movie is that they completely wasted Dredd.

                        They could have used any generic stoic character and it wouldn't have made ANY difference. Switch Dredd with John McClane from Die Hard, no difference at all.
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                        • Dirty F
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                          #13
                          Originally posted by Fetish Gimp
                          I'm arguing Stallone's is a better adaptation, meaning they at least tried to keep some of the humour and satire from 2000 AD.

                          Dredd 2012 didn't have any of that. It's simply a cheap action film which just happens to have Judge Dredd as a character, keeping only the most superficial bits of the source material (omfg he didn't take the helmet off epic win)

                          I'll prove it to you: you can take "The Raid: Redemption" put Judge helmets on its characters and BAM you got Dredd 2012, except it would have kick-ass action.

                          What I have against the movie is that they completely wasted Dredd.

                          They could have used any generic stoic character and it wouldn't have made ANY difference. Switch Dredd with John McClane from Die Hard, no difference at all.
                          Ok, now i know what you have against this movie. It still doesn't make it a bad movie.

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                          • HushMoney
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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Dirty F
                            Watched it recently at home.
                            Awesome flick! Just non stop action! No character development, no stupid love stories, just extreme action! Isn't that what an action movie should be about? Weird how you rarely see it like this.
                            It kinda reminded me of the last Rambo movie. Which was great as well.
                            Oh and the surround sound was insane! Best i've heard in a while.
                            Sucked. Action was pretty good, but got old real fast.
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                            • Fetish Gimp
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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Dirty F
                              Ok, now i know what you have against this movie. It still doesn't make it a bad movie.
                              "Good", "bad" are relative terms which are determined by one's personal taste.

                              Everyone enjoys different things. I'm simply giving my point of view of why I think Dredd 2012 was a failure. That's why I take the time to give arguments to support my view instead of simply saying "PIECE OF SHIT MOVIE SUCKS LOL" which is the level at which most internet discussion ends up at.

                              And just in case, I don't think Dredd 2012 failed because I saw "The Raid: Redemption" first, and I already know that Dredd was written before "The Raid", and that point has no bearing on my arguments any ways. I think Dredd fails because it's a below-par generic action film which wastes Dredd and 2000 AD's setting.

                              You wanna see some nicely choreographed action? "Universal Soldier: Regeneration". The action sequences are slow-mo-less, use a minimum of shaky-cam and the blood-mist of bullet/stab wounds is neat. Problem is the rest of the movie is an incoherent mess, but that's what the fast-forward button is for.

                              You enjoyed the movie, that's perfectly fine.
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                              • Diomed
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                                #16
                                It was ok.. Lena Headey did a good job.

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                                • dirtybaker
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                                  #17
                                  It reminded me of The Raid: Redemption on a way bigger scale. The villain, who also plays the queen in Game of Thrones, does a great job. I love how Dredd never took off his helmet during the entire movie. I am a big fan of that actor as well and we never see his face. I remember when he played Caesar on Xena Warrior Princess back in the day. It was a really good action flick and I would definitely recommend it.
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                                  • MediaGuy
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                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by Dirty F
                                    Watched it recently at home.
                                    Awesome flick! Just non stop action! No character development, no stupid love stories, just extreme action! Isn't that what an action movie should be about? Weird how you rarely see it like this.
                                    It kinda reminded me of the last Rambo movie. Which was great as well.
                                    Oh and the surround sound was insane! Best i've heard in a while.
                                    I haven't seen it. I just want to inject that it would seem that a little bit of character development would make the action a lot better, no?

                                    Compare "Transporter" movies to "Die Hard" movies - the difference is all in the sympathy for the character (and the level of credibility of the action of course...)

                                    Originally posted by Fetish Gimp
                                    I'm arguing Stallone's is a better adaptation, meaning they at least tried to keep some of the humour and satire from 2000 AD.

                                    Dredd 2012 didn't have any of that. It's simply a cheap action film which just happens to have Judge Dredd as a character, keeping only the most superficial bits of the source material (omfg he didn't take the helmet off epic win)

                                    I'll prove it to you: you can take "The Raid: Redemption" put Judge helmets on its characters and BAM you got Dredd 2012, except it would have kick-ass action.

                                    What I have against the movie is that they completely wasted Dredd.

                                    They could have used any generic stoic character and it wouldn't have made ANY difference. Switch Dredd with John McClane from Die Hard, no difference at all.
                                    Speaking of which? Die Hard had the perfect balance of character and action and narrative... doesn't sound like the swap would make "no difference"...

                                    Unless I'm reading you wrong...

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                                    • mineistaken
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                                      #19
                                      When i watch movies action scenes are the most boring for me, I usually fast forward them till the next dialogue, or I just check my phone or whatever during action scenes. So whole movie of action would not, probably, be my type of movie

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                                      • bronco67
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                                        • Dec 2006
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                                        #20
                                        That movie actually had some style. Supposedly the slow-motion was the highest frame per second in film history. Get high and watch it, really mesmerizing. The movie was just a good example of lean, simple filmmaking.

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                                        • bronco67
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                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by Fetish Gimp
                                          I'd like to confirm your misgivings.

                                          I thought Dredd was a below-average action flick and a total failure as an adaptation. It didn't have any of 2000 AD's sarcasm, social satire or humor. I would argue that Stallone's Dredd, as awful as it was, was still a better adaptation than Dredd 2012 was.

                                          And imho the constant use of slow-mo kills the flow of the action. Slow-mo should be used sparingly, like salt in cooking. If you pour it every-fucking-where then it loses its point and just drags everything down.
                                          What other movie besides the Matrix actually had a reason to do slo-mo that was inherent to the plot? It was to show the effect of the drug called "slo-mo".

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                                          • bronco67
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                                            #22
                                            Good villian too.
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                                            • bronco67
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                                              • Dec 2006
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                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by MediaGuy
                                              I haven't seen it. I just want to inject that it would seem that a little bit of character development would make the action a lot better, no?

                                              Compare "Transporter" movies to "Die Hard" movies - the difference is all in the sympathy for the character (and the level of credibility of the action of course...)



                                              Speaking of which? Die Hard had the perfect balance of character and action and narrative... doesn't sound like the swap would make "no difference"...

                                              Unless I'm reading you wrong...

                                              :D
                                              Even though this movie is called Dredd, the rookie character he has to babysit is the central character. She's the one with the arc, and is a bystander to one of Dredd's routine days on the job. Watch it and you'll see.

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                                              • Dirty F
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                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by bronco67
                                                What other movie besides the Matrix actually had a reason to do slo-mo that was inherent to the plot? It was to show the effect of the drug called "slo-mo".
                                                Yea, his argument is nonsense.

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                                                • Heath
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                                                  #25
                                                  It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either. It's definitely worth a watch though.

                                                  The new Total Recall is like that, not great, but its still good enough to watch.
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                                                  • 2MuchMark
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                                                    #26
                                                    Originally posted by Dirty F
                                                    Watched it recently at home.
                                                    Awesome flick! Just non stop action! No character development, no stupid love stories, just extreme action! Isn't that what an action movie should be about? Weird how you rarely see it like this.
                                                    It kinda reminded me of the last Rambo movie. Which was great as well.
                                                    Oh and the surround sound was insane! Best i've heard in a while.
                                                    Thanks for the quick review. I have been avoiding it but maybe I will check it out now.

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                                                    • L-Pink
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                                                      #27
                                                      Originally posted by mineistaken
                                                      When i watch movies action scenes are the most boring for me, I usually fast forward them till the next dialogue, or I just check my phone or whatever during action scenes. So whole movie of action would not, probably, be my type of movie
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                                                      • Darkhorse
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                                                        #28
                                                        It was all action, and well he did a better job then Stallone at playing the character properly. My gf watched it after I did, she liked it as well, but she was like "I spent the whole movie waiting for them to hook up" glad they didn't and it stuck to the comic book (in terms of the dude playing dredd) pretty well.

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                                                          • ColBigBalls
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                                                            #30
                                                            His rookie sidekick... dont know just why. But she was hot!

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                                                            • sojproductions
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                                                              #31
                                                              it is an awesome flick, no accompanying bullshit, just non stop action, straight out of the comic
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                                                              • MediaGuy
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                                                                #32
                                                                What? I didn't know Dredd was played by Dr. McCoy, Eomer and whatever the name of that Russian psycho cop in the Bourne Movie - Karl Urban! amazing - definitely now makes me want to watch this!

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                                                                • bronco67
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                                                                  #33
                                                                  Originally posted by ColBigBalls
                                                                  His rookie sidekick... dont know just why. But she was hot!
                                                                  Love that chick. She's been blowin up lately.

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                                                                  • John-ACWM
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                                                                    #34
                                                                    I liked better the last Rambo movie.

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                                                                    • GFED
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                                                                      It was pretty good. I liked the slo-mo scenes.
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                                                                      • karapandza
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                                                                        #36
                                                                        I watched it 3 times... great action movie
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                                                                        • candyflip
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                                                                          #37
                                                                          I bought the 3d bluray and its awesome. Best movie I've seen in a while, that I was expecting to be shit.

                                                                          Karl Urban is awesome.

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                                                                          • Grapesoda
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                                                                            #38
                                                                            Originally posted by bronco67
                                                                            That movie actually had some style. Supposedly the slow-motion was the highest frame per second in film history. Get high and watch it, really mesmerizing. The movie was just a good example of lean, simple filmmaking.
                                                                            not exactly.... the Dredd slo-mo was shot at 4000 fps. in the 80's I worked with a camera shooting 25,000 fps on 'that's incredible... '

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                                                                            • GFED
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                                                                              #39
                                                                              Originally posted by Grapesoda
                                                                              not exactly.... the Dredd slo-mo was shot at 4000 fps. in the 80's I worked with a camera shooting 25,000 fps on 'that's incredible... '

                                                                              How about ONE TRILLION frames per second...

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                                                                              • Aidoru
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                                                                                #40
                                                                                Good movie but it's very easy to make a good movie as long as you don't attach a lame hollywood love interest to the plot.
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                                                                                • Klen
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                                                                                  #41
                                                                                  I agree with everything said in thread,if only was some more story outside building,on raid movie they at least had interesting turnover on end,and also scene with corrupted female cop sucked too how she immediately figured how she is corrupted without saying a word and killing her.

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                                                                                  • georgeyw
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                                                                                    #42
                                                                                    I don't know about the best movie, but it was a decent action movie.

                                                                                    I like that they have moved away from the bs of Arnie and Stallone and have created more darker characters in action flicks these days.
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                                                                                    • Klen
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                                                                                      #43
                                                                                      Originally posted by georgeyw
                                                                                      I don't know about the best movie, but it was a decent action movie.

                                                                                      I like that they have moved away from the bs of Arnie and Stallone and have created more darker characters in action flicks these days.
                                                                                      Everyone copying dark knight style hoping to achieve their success.

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                                                                                      • Killswitch
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                                                                                        Just purchased it on Amazon Instant, if this movie sucks, I'll hate you for 3 whole minutes!

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                                                                                        • The Ghost
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                                                                                          #45
                                                                                          I enjoy the main actor (Karl Urban) in almost everything he's in.


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                                                                                          Some huge ones like the Lord of the Rings trilogy and he kicks ass playing "Bones" in the relaunched Star Trek movies.

                                                                                          DF if you liked Dredd check out Doom
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                                                                                          • The Ghost
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                                                                                            #46
                                                                                            Originally posted by KlenTelaris
                                                                                            I agree with everything said in thread,if only was some more story outside building,on raid movie they at least had interesting turnover on end,and also scene with corrupted female cop sucked too how she immediately figured how she is corrupted without saying a word and killing her.
                                                                                            Spoiler:
                                                                                            You must have missed the entire part early on explaining she can read minds.
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                                                                                            • Killswitch
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                                                                                              #47
                                                                                              Originally posted by Killswitch
                                                                                              Just purchased it on Amazon Instant, if this movie sucks, I'll hate you for 3 whole minutes!
                                                                                              Watched it last night, awesome movie!

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                                                                                              • Klen
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                                                                                                #48
                                                                                                Originally posted by The Ghost
                                                                                                Spoiler:
                                                                                                You must have missed the entire part early on explaining she can read minds.
                                                                                                Lol no,but still she could say something like "don't bullshit me" ,and then shoot her.
                                                                                                Last edited by Klen; 01-21-2013, 01:36 PM.

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                                                                                                • mikesinner
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                                                                                                  #49
                                                                                                  Kind of sucked, bad story line was covered up by excessive blood spill.

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                                                                                                  • mineistaken
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                                                                                                    #50
                                                                                                    Originally posted by KlenTelaris
                                                                                                    Lol no,but still she could say something like "don't bullshit me" ,and then shoot her.
                                                                                                    Why? She read that female cop was going to shoot her and that was it.

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