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Judge Dredd: America

The Classic 2000 AD Graphic Novel in Full-Cast Audio

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Judge Dredd: America

By: John Wagner
Narrated by: Joseph Fiennes, Paterson Joseph, Matthew Jacobs Morgan
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Summary

In Mega-City One, the Judges are the law - acting as judge, jury, and executioner. But how do the citizens really feel about a system where they are powerless? 

America Jara and Bennett Beeny grow up as best friends, living a fairly trouble-free life in a dangerous city...bar the odd, negative encounter with a Judge. Time draws them apart, and when they are brought back together, Beeny is a successful singer and America has become involved with a terrorist organisation known as Total War, which has the Justice Department in its sights! 

This dark and complex tale is considered to be one of the best stories to ever come out of the Judge Dredd universe.

Featuring Joseph Fiennes as Dredd, and an ensemble cast including Paterson Joseph, and Matthew Jacobs Morgan, fans of Judge Dredd and newcomers to Mega City One alike will be transported to brutal dystopian world Dredd for an immersive listening experience like no other.

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Critic reviews

"It's Hollywood quality for your ears." (Mega City Book Club Podcast)

"Some of the most iconic images from the story are brought to life well, and the black humour that permeates the best Dredd tales comes through loud and clear." (Sci Fi Bulletin)

"This might be the most accurate representation of Judge Dredd's world seen outside of the comics themselves." (Pop Culture Bandit)
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so yeah now I have to write words to submit

so so so so so so so so so sorry it's good very go

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This is the most coherent Judge Dredd story on Audible in terms of performance, story & overall. Great performance of one of the best Judge Dredd stories ever. Great stuff!

This is the best Judge Dredd story I’ve heard.

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This is the third audio incarnation of Judge Dredd, so its an obvious act to compare. This Penguin version is closer to a talking book than an audio movie, with sound effects more like spot effects than a sonic landscape.
The story is superb, I can see why it is considered one of the greatest series in the strip's history. A dark tale through of shaded characters, with no easy answers. It brings the reader face to face with the reality of Dredd and what his code demands.
Unfortunately I struggled with Joseph Fiennes as Dredd. I didn't expect Christian Bale growling all the way through, but Fiennes' voice is too smooth and cultured, it just doesn't fit the picture on the cover.
America is great for the writing and decent for the performances and the production.

Superb story in a reasonable production

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I normally like these novels, but I struggled to identity with the Dredd character in this one.

Not the Dredd I know

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Great production, good music and sound effects. The story is a classic, although it does also tag a non America story on at the start. It's a good one though and is linked to the main story.

That said, whoever cast the actor who played Judge Dredd should be sacked. He sounds nothing like how he should, I can't believe they got that so wrong in what is otherwise, an excellent audio drama.

Still worth a listen though.

Excellent, except for the hopelessly mis-cast Dredd, which is a real shame.

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