crimes !
My fellow Judges,
I was barely in my teens
when I put on this badge.
When the time comes for me
to take it off,
please let me do so knowing that
it still stands for freedom...
and not for repression.
- [ Siren Wailing ]
- [ TV Reporter ] 53 hospitalized.
Nineteen dead, four of them
killed by a gang of squatters...
who were themselves killed
in summary executions by Judge Dredd.
As my special undercover
report continues,
I will take you behind the
scenes at the Halls of Justice...
for a disturbing probe into
these recent riots and block wars.
Coincidence...
or deliberate ?
Dredd !
Dredd !
[ Reporter ]
Some people think working these mean
streets has a dehumanizing effect on..
- Joseph.
- Chief Justice Fargo.
You may stand at ease,
Joseph.
So, tell me. Seven summary executions.
Were they necessary ?
navoidable, sir.
navoidable.
Life doesn't mean much
to some people anymore.
- You'd see that if you weren't always..
- If I weren't what ?
Always at the Academy,
sir.
Oh ! Don't you mean,
at the Academy wiping cadets' asses ?
That's what they say
in the squad room, isn't it ?
It's irrelevant.
You set the standard, sir.
Now you do...
at least to many young cadets.
You're a legend.
Sir.
You remember your days
as a cadet, Joseph ?
I remember what
you taught me, sir.
You were my finest student.
So, I've drawn
a new assignment for you.
Starting tomorrow, you're going to
spend two days a week at the Academy.
I'd be honored, sir.
narmed combat or marksmanship ?
Ethics.
Wait here.
[ Male Computer Voice ]
Remain still. Identify yourself.
Miller. Warden.
Voice sample recognized.
Thank you, Warden. System disarmed.
[ Man ] Why are you here ?
Did you come for another chat ?
Just a short one, I'm afraid.
Duty calls.
Ah, duty !
Feeding these parasites here
at the public's expense ?
Yeah.
You especially !
I don't cost anything.
I'm a ghost.
And we're both
prisoners here.
You're behind your desk...
and I'm behind this.
What a clever reward
from Fargo, huh ?
I mean,
considering the services.
When you started killing
innocent people, Rico,
you went beyond service.
The innocent exist only until they
inevitably become perpetrators...
like you.
Guilt and innocence...
is a matter of timing.
Your..
Our mysterious benefactor...
has sent you a package.
Deactivate shield.
Autoguns only.
[ Computer ]
Autoguns reactivated, Warden Miller.
Hmm.
- [ Warden ] What is that ?
- It's an ancient puzzle...
that contains
the meaning of life.
[ Chuckling ]
So, tell me, Rico,
what is the meaning of life ?
It ends.
[ Groaning ]
Stop ! Computer!
Activate alarm !
[ Computer ] Voice not recognized.
Guns are training.
Remain still.
Security, override and unlock !
Come on !
[ Alarm Beeping ]
[ Screams ]
Kevlar 9 helmet and body armor.
Yours... when you graduate.
Lawgiver Two.
25-round side arm with mission-variable
voice-programmed ammunition.
- Signal flare.
- [ Lawgiver Two ] Flare.
Yours...
if you graduate.
Mark 4 Lawmaster,
improved model,
with dual on-board laser cannons,
vertical take-off
and landing flight capability.
Range: 500 kilometers.
- Men.
- Yes, sir.
[ Lawmaster: Female Voice ]
Active. Malfunction. Malfunction.
Malfunction.
Hmm ?
Yours if you can
ever get it to work.
[ Cadets Laughing ]
All of these things
you see here are toys.
At the end of the day
when you're all alone in the dark,
the only thing that counts...
is this: the Law.
And you will be alone
when you swear to uphold these ideals.
For most of us,
there's only death in the streets.
For the few of us
that survive to old age,
the proud loneliness
of the Long Walk.
A walk that every Judge
must take...
outside these city walls...
into the unknown
of the Cursed Earth.
And there spend
your last remaining days...
taking law to the lawless.
This is what it means
to be a Judge.
This is the commitment
I expect.
Class dismissed.
[ P.A.