His name is Judge Joseph Dredd.Ĭonvicted of a crime he didn't commit, Dredd is out to bring justice to the situation which has befallen him as he uncovers the nasty conspiracy surrounding the perfect criminal, Rico. The most dangerous of the Mega-Cities is Mega-City One, and to combat those dangers is the toughest of the Judges.

To combat the rampant criminal activity, a new kind of police force is created, one with the power to dispense both justice and punishment, acting as Judge, Jury, and Executioner. Law and Justice, as we know them, become something of the past. The Mega-Cities become overcrowded, giving way to wide-scale, uncontrollable crime and violence. Judge Dredd is a 1995 film adaptation of the comic book of the same name directed by Danny Cannon and starring Sylvester Stallone, Armand Assante, Diane Lane, Rob Schneider, Max von Sydow and Jürgen Prochnow.įollowing ecological and social breakdown in the 31st Century, those who survived flocked to the Mega-Cities, large urban landscapes covering hundreds of square miles.

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