Basically we had crap bad guys that weren't even a slight threat, how many times did they take out entire groups without even being fired at. Then the minigun attack which was boring basically, as at the end they can all plainly see Dredd and no one fires because... oh wait every single one of them had another weapon on them but decided not to fire when he stood right out in the open. Then basically nothing till later on when he gets shot, there is throughout the film basically no sense of danger except in the scene he actually gets shot. There wasn't really a single scene where two sides fire at each other, return fire, etc, etc. The action, for an action film, was incredibly limited, basic, predictable and not intense at all.
The most interesting part of the film was googling after to try and work out if the psychic used a body double or not
Yes the original film was daft, but there was a proper story, it was a story that showed different sides of Dredd, had interesting enemy's and crucially established an enemy who was bad ass, showed how he became bad ass, had some drawn out fights that weren't over in three seconds a piece with no real sense of danger at all. The english chick, we got told, she was a hooker who had her face slashed, then like she runs an empire instantly. Yeah, one crazy woman who gets a her face slashed and revenge kills one guy doesn't instantly become a battle hardened criminal and take over an entire empire and attempt to take over a city... maybe she does but you need some more story to show/establish this.
I had no sense she really was a bad ass, she didn't look like a bad ass, there was no story establishing her as a badass, and everyone who worked for her was completely retarded.
I can't stand this one sided action over in three seconds, no danger stuff, its boring as hell. As this film gave in to no story in favour of action the action was terrible.
Where's your "he's being shot at so jumps over the balcony and lands 5 floors down on the other side to get away stuff... where is the surrounded and fights there way out bits, the anything except for finding a group of guys who don't know how to shoot and taking them all out in 4 seconds bits?
I'll also point out that the Judge's can plainly see where crime is worst and where they can do best, and they say the mega structure was the worst place in the City, yet they have ignored it.....
If you'd read the comics, you'd get it 