darkness_escape t1_itoscqo wrote on October 25, 2022 at 5:18 AM

He actually refuses to support Copshop. Him and Frank basically claim Butler hijacked the movie and they have distanced themselves from it.

I have never seen a better movie in my life that a director and star want nothing or little to deal with

herewego199209 OP t1_itosshz wrote on October 25, 2022 at 5:23 AM

That's strange because I think Cop Shop is the best movie he's ever made next to Narc. Sometimes directors getting control stripped from them makes for a better movie. It's like the Edward Norton story on American History X where Norton basically took over the movie and the editing and kicked the director off the movie and the movie actually got better because of it.

darkness_escape t1_itosw9g wrote on October 25, 2022 at 5:24 AM

Also Karl Urban said Alex Garland was more of a director on Dredd than the credited director

herewego199209 OP t1_itot2x2 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 5:27 AM

Yeah the Garland story is now infamous like the Spielberg actually directing Poltergeist instead of Toby Hooper, but in this case Garland is up front with being pissed about not getting a directors credit on Dredd.

bobpetersen55 t1_itowhns wrote on October 25, 2022 at 6:09 AM

I watched this for the first time last week and the ending, specifically the last five minutes, felt out of place. Maybe besides shrinking down Grillo's role, Gerard Butler had a hand in making that ambiguous ending on the highway with him and the cop waiting in the ambulance. It was just an odd way to finish a great movie and it felt like it was tacked on or reshoot in post production. That's just my take on this whole debacle.