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π¬ Dredd (2012)
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Dredd is a 2012 science fiction action film directed by Pete Travis and written and produced by Alex Garland. Based on the 2000 AD comic strip Judge Dredd, the film stars Karl Urban as Judge Dredd, a law enforcer in a dystopian metropolis called Mega-City One. Dredd and his partner, Judge Anderson, are tasked with bringing order to a 200-storey high-rise block of apartments and dealing with its resident drug lord, Ma-Ma.
The film was produced by DNA Films and began principal photography in November 2010. In 2080, the United States is in a post-nuclear war wasteland called the Cursed Earth, with Mega-City One on the east coast. The Judges, who act as judge, jury, and executioner, are the only force for order. The Chief Judge assigns Judge Dredd to assess potential recruit Cassandra Anderson, who believes her psychic abilities can help in the Judges' failing war against crime.
In a 200-storey slum tower block called Peach Trees, drug lord Madeline "Ma-Ma" Madrigal has three rogue drug dealers skinned and infused with Slo-Mo. Dredd and Anderson investigate the deaths and discover Ma-Ma's drug den. They arrest Ma-Ma's henchman Kay, who is psychically detected to be involved in the executions. Ma-Ma's forces seize the tower's security control room and seal the building using nuclear blast shields to prevent the Judges from leaving or summoning help.
Ma-Ma orders residents to kill the Judges or hide, forcing Dredd and Anderson to confront armed thugs. They reach the seventh floor, where Ma-Ma and her men launch an assault, tearing apart the walls and killing numerous residents. Dredd and Anderson breach an exterior wall and summon backup. Angered by the innocent deaths, Dredd beats Kay for information, revealing that Peach Trees is the center of Slo-Mo production and distribution.
A pair of armed teens confront the Judges, and Kay frees himself and disarms Anderson, capturing and taking her to Ma-Ma's base on the top floor. Judges Volt and Guthrie arrive to support Dredd, but Ma-Ma's computer expert convinces them that the blast doors are malfunctioning.
Dredd works his way toward Ma-Ma, calling in corrupt Judges Lex, Kaplan, Chan, and Alvarez. Kay tries to execute Anderson with her Lawgiver gun, but the DNA scanner does not recognize him, destroying his arm. Anderson escapes and kills Kaplan after reading her mind.
Dredd realizes the reinforcements are corrupt and initiates a firefight, killing Chan and Alvarez. Lex corners and wounds Dredd before being fatally shot by Anderson. Anderson obtains the access code to Ma-Ma's apartment from her computer expert's mind and releases him, announcing that if Dredd kills her, a device on her wrist will detonate explosives on the top floors, destroying the building. Dredd forces Ma-Ma to inhale Slo-Mo and throws her down the atrium to her death.
With order restored, the Judges leave Peach Trees, and Dredd tells Anderson her assessment is complete. The Chief Judge asks Dredd about her performance, and she passes.