Coyote Cinema: Dredd

Finally saw it. Hadn't really planned to, but positive reviews from friends. It was much better than I expected. The story definitely held me, the characters stayed interesting. I was a little disappointed that there wasn't more... satire, I guess, about the police state. I was glad that Anderson being captured didn't turn into a damsel in distress, and that she kept having things to do that were relevant to the plot. But can you imagine how fucked up a telepath judge would be, even after as little time as a year? That kind of horrible emotional shellshock either makes you a sociopath or a very badly broken case of disassociation.

A couple of frustrating things in an otherwise enjoyable viewing:
Why didn't Dredd take Chan's ammunition after killing him?
Why didn't we see Anderson using her telepathy in the last third of the film? We've seen her step inside somebody's mind and beat the crap out of them with her mental powers. The gun on the mantel shines brightly. What if, in the final confrontation, she distracts MaMa with head combat while Dredd picks her up and tosses her into the courtyard? Something.
Why does Dredd, the black and white rules are rules cop, pass Anderson after she trips two automatic fails?

Four wags, in a dirty crapsack world.