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Dredd: The Screenplay
The Future, America is a irradiated wasteland where, on its East Coast, lies Mega City - one vast, violent metropolis whose citizens live in perpetual fear. Imposing order on this urban chaos are the Judges - judge, jury and executioners rolled into one. Foremost among them is Dredd who is given a mission to road-rest a rookie Judge - the powerful psychic Cassandra Anderson.In the course of this training day, the two Judges head for a seemingly routine homicide in the notorious Peach Trees mega-block - a 200-story vertical slum run by the pitiless Ma-Ma clan.When the judges attempt to arrest one of Ma-Ma's chief henchmen, Ma-Ma shuts down the entire building and orders her clan to hunt the Judges down.The Judges are now caught in a vicious and relentless fight for survival.
177 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 7, 2012
About the author
Alex Garland
16 books1,501 followersAlex Garland (born 1970) is a British novelist, screenwriter, and director.
Garland is the son of political cartoonist Nick (Nicholas) Garland. He attended the independent University College School, in Hampstead, London, and the University of Manchester, where he studied art history.
His first novel, The Beach, was published in 1996 and drew on his experiences as a backpacker. The novel quickly became a cult classic and was made into a film by Danny Boyle, with Leonardo DiCaprio.
The Tesseract, Garland's second novel, was published in 1998. This was also made into a film, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers. In 2003, he wrote the screenplay for Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later, starring Cillian Murphy. His third novel, The Coma, was published in 2004 and was illustrated with woodcuts by his father.
In 2007 he wrote the screenplay for the film Sunshine—his second screenplay to be directed by Danny Boyle and star Cillian Murphy as lead. Garland also served as an executive producer on 28 Weeks Later, the sequel to 28 Days Later.
Garland also wrote the first screenplay for Halo, the film adaptation of the successful video game franchise by Bungie Studios.
He made his directorial debut with Ex Machina, a 2014 feature film based on his own story and screenplay.
His partner is actress/director Paloma Baeza.
Garland is the son of political cartoonist Nick (Nicholas) Garland. He attended the independent University College School, in Hampstead, London, and the University of Manchester, where he studied art history.
His first novel, The Beach, was published in 1996 and drew on his experiences as a backpacker. The novel quickly became a cult classic and was made into a film by Danny Boyle, with Leonardo DiCaprio.
The Tesseract, Garland's second novel, was published in 1998. This was also made into a film, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers. In 2003, he wrote the screenplay for Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later, starring Cillian Murphy. His third novel, The Coma, was published in 2004 and was illustrated with woodcuts by his father.
In 2007 he wrote the screenplay for the film Sunshine—his second screenplay to be directed by Danny Boyle and star Cillian Murphy as lead. Garland also served as an executive producer on 28 Weeks Later, the sequel to 28 Days Later.
Garland also wrote the first screenplay for Halo, the film adaptation of the successful video game franchise by Bungie Studios.
He made his directorial debut with Ex Machina, a 2014 feature film based on his own story and screenplay.
His partner is actress/director Paloma Baeza.
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June 30, 2022
I love Alex Garland. He wrote the story to one of my favorite video games (Enslaved: Odyssey to the West) and the screenplays to the awesome movies 28 Days Later, Sunshine and Ex Machina, which means I had to read the script to Dredd.
It is fast paced with non-stop action and overall an okay read, but nothing memorable.
In this case I prefer the movie over the screenplay. Although it's a B-Movie, it is visually stunning and doesn't take itself too seriously. And without all the excellent effects the script is lacking.
If you want to read something from Garland, I'd recommend Ex Machina.
It is fast paced with non-stop action and overall an okay read, but nothing memorable.
In this case I prefer the movie over the screenplay. Although it's a B-Movie, it is visually stunning and doesn't take itself too seriously. And without all the excellent effects the script is lacking.
If you want to read something from Garland, I'd recommend Ex Machina.
September 21, 2018
DREDD fue una agradable sorpresa para mi. Soy un fan total del personaje, sobre todo en los 80s, y aunque no me pareció tan terrible la película de Stallone, distaba mucho de mi concepción del héroe. Está vez tuve una aproximación "realista" a Dredd y con enfoque de violencia explícita, con una sólida caracterización y una historia Interesante, aunque es un obvio rip off de The Raid, excelente película de acción moderna. Este es un guión limpio, atrapante y es facil visualizarlo con respecto al corte final. No he visto hayan mayores ediciones de este guión y figura toda escena filmada y nada más. Quizás el unico cambio es sobre la apariencia física de la villana. Me gustó leerlo. Lo recomiendo para los fans de Dredd.
March 1, 2017
reading the screenplay you really see the beauty of the understated Dredd character. Who know you could use minimalism in an action/thriller!?
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