Choke on that

Unfortunately, even when they remain close to the source material, some comic book movies just don’t appeal to the larger audience. This is the case with 2012’s Dredd, in which Karl Urban plays the titular character. Visually stunning, and with as much slow motion as possible, the movie is brutal from the get-go, when Dredd melts some unnamed villain’s brain.

And there are more scenes like that one. The one that makes this list is the confrontation with the corrupt Judge Chan, against whom Dredd seems to be fighting a losing fight. Until he wins, that is.

It’s a quick fight, which makes it even more brutal. And it ends with a very explicit throat chop and a few moments of agony.

Sometimes less is more.