<P> Dredd is a 2012 science - fiction action film directed by Pete Travis and written and produced by Alex Garland . It is based on the 2000 AD comic strip Judge Dredd and its eponymous character created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra . Karl Urban stars as Judge Dredd , a law enforcer given the power of judge , jury and executioner in a vast , dystopic metropolis called Mega-City One that lies in a post-apocalyptic wasteland . Dredd and his apprentice partner , Judge Anderson ( Olivia Thirlby ) , are forced to bring order to a 200 - storey high - rise block of flats and deal with its resident drug lord , Ma - Ma ( Lena Headey ) . </P>
<P> Dredd is a 2012 science - fiction action film directed by Pete Travis and written and produced by Alex Garland . It is based on the 2000 AD comic strip Judge Dredd and its eponymous character created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra . Karl Urban stars as Judge Dredd , a law enforcer given the power of judge , jury and executioner in a vast , dystopic metropolis called Mega-City One that lies in a post-apocalyptic wasteland . Dredd and his apprentice partner , Judge Anderson ( Olivia Thirlby ) , are forced to bring order to a 200 - storey high - rise block of flats and deal with its resident drug lord , Ma - Ma ( Lena Headey ) . </P>
who plays judge dredd in the 2012 movie
who plays judge dredd in the 2012 movie
Karl Urban
Karl Urban