11 Comments

• EZE
  Posted September 27, 2012 at 1:15 pm | Permalink

  Dredd totally ripped off “The Raid: Redemption” it was the exact same set up.

• Mat
  Posted September 27, 2012 at 9:00 pm | Permalink

  A Fistful of Dollars ripped off “Yojimbo”. It was the exact same set up.

• Tony Bleak
  Posted September 28, 2012 at 12:14 am | Permalink

  THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN was a rip-off of SEVEN SAMURAI.

  Truth be told, though, the script for DREDD was written and developed well before THE RAID, but THE RAID made it to the screen first. This is just one of those coincidences that happen from time-to-time because of the nature of our collective experiences as a society and how creative people of the same era often extrapolate their ideas from similar sources. Gareth Evens, the British director of THE RAID, admitted he got his ideas from the 80′s action films he loved growing up, and I’ve read almost the same statement from Alex Garland, one of the writers of DREDD. Both admitted to be hugely influenced by DIE HARD and having reconstructed the plot of that film so that the building was home to the terrorist and the hero was the intruder. Neither ripped the other off. Just a coinkydink.

• Tony Bleak
  Posted September 28, 2012 at 4:49 pm | Permalink

  Thanks for the BIRTHDAY shout out, guys!!!

• EZE
  Posted October 1, 2012 at 12:03 pm | Permalink

  A “Fistfull of Dollars” didn’t come out the same year as “Yojimbo” though.

• EZE
  Posted October 1, 2012 at 12:05 pm | Permalink

  Not to mention that was pretty much a Western remake. Dredd has nothing to do with The Raid. So bad comparison Mr. Mat.

• Stevie-poo
  Posted October 1, 2012 at 6:45 pm | Permalink

  Uh oh…

• Mat
  Posted October 1, 2012 at 10:42 pm | Permalink

  My life is too good to waste time arguing with our retarded listeners, Steve. I’ve grown!

• EZE
  Posted October 2, 2012 at 11:51 am | Permalink

  This was never an argument. I was right.

• Mat
  Posted October 2, 2012 at 4:18 pm | Permalink

  I thought you died of AIDS.

• Tony Bleak
  Posted October 2, 2012 at 7:13 pm | Permalink

  http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3195021/special-feature-dredd-3-d-vs-the-raid-redemption/

  LIKE I FUCKIN’ SAID, NEITHER OF THEM RIPPED OFF THE OTHER, ASSJACKS!!!