Judge Dredd
In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is convicted for a crime he did not commit while his murderous counterpart escapes.
- Director: * Danny Cannon
- Genre:Action / Crime / Sci-Fi
- Runtime:92 minutes
Cast
Sylvester Stallone : Judge Dredd
Armand Assante : Rico
Rob Schneider : Herman Ferguson
Jürgen Prochnow : Chief Justice Griffin (as Jurgen Prochnow)
Max von Sydow : Judge Fargo
In a future world where people live in a single city, Mega City, ruled by The Council, crime is dealt with by a special police force, Street Judges, who have the power to act as judge, jury, and, executioner of criminals. Judge Joseph Dredd (Sylvester Stallone) goes to the scene of a block war, where two other Judges, Judge Hershey (Diane Lane) and rookie Judge Briscoe, are pinned down. Dredd leads them into the building where the main perpetrators are. After he “pacifies” one room by killing the men in it, Briscoe runs ahead against orders to clear the next and is killed. Dredd summarily executes the rest. He also arrests Herman Ferguson (Rob Schneider), a hacker just released from jail who was caught in the conflict.
A psychopathic killer and former Judge, Rico (Armand Assante) escapes from prison and goes to retrieve his former Judge’s uniform, “lawgiver” gun. He kills the man holding this equipment, and salvages a decommissioned combat killing robot. Dredd’s commander and mentor, Chief Judge Fargo (Max von Sydow), assigns him to teach a class in ethics at the academy where he tells the recruits that they must be prepared to live in isolation until they take the Long Walk, a time when a retired Judge leaves the city and goes into the “cursed earth” to take the “law to the lawless”, those who live outside the city.
A news reporter (Mitch Ryan) who has been heavily critical of Dredd and the Council is then murdered. Dredd is arrested for murder, and asks Hershey to defend him. A tribunal is ordered, during which a video is played showing the murder where the killer is seen wearing a judge’s uniform and the reporter calling out Dredd’s name. Hershey successfully gets the video thrown out, but the prosecutor then shows that the bullet came from a Lawgiver 2, a gun whose ammunition is encoded with the DNA of its user. The bullet matches Dredd’s DNA. Dredd continues to maintain his innocence.
To avoid the media learning about Fargo’s involvement in something called the “Janus” project, the existence of Rico, and to save Dredd’s life, Fargo agrees to step down as Chief Justice and take the long walk. Dredd is sentenced to life. Going through Dredd’s locker, Hershey finds a picture of Dredd with Rico, and a family photo. Judge Griffin (Jürgen Prochnow) becomes the new Chief Justice and it is revealed that he is the one who freed Rico and had the reporter killed. He has Rico begin creating “chaos” to try to force the council to reactivate Janus. Read more
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