Judge Dredd: 1995 (Blog #3)

Judge Dredd (1995)

The original Judge Dredd movie was made in 1995. It was based off of the original comic books titled: 2000ad.
In the year 2080, much of the earth is a wasteland. the surviving humans move to mega-cities with populations exceeding 500 million people. the police force of the future is comprised of people called judges. these judges act as the police, judge, jury, and executioner. this gives them the power to dispense judgement at the scene of the crime. When a news reporter is killed, the main suspect is Judge Dredd, who is one of the most devout judges within the city. by using DNA evidence from the rounds fired from the his gun, which is genetically linked through only him, they frame him for the murder. The chief judge, who is surprised at this begs for Dredds life, and he is sentenced to life imprisonment. On his way to prison, his transport ship is shot down by a hillbilly group called the angel gang, who are cannibals. before he is killed though, a squad of judges tracked dredd and save his life. all of the judges die and before the last one does, he tells dread that he is the result of a genetic experiment to create the perfect judge, and their are two clones of him. he then sets off back to mega-city one to set things right.

The cyborg which is portrayed in this movie is a part of the Angel gang, a group of cannibalistic hillbilly's that live in the wastes beyond mega city 1. Mean machine angel wasn't always mean. In the comic book he was a gentle giant, his father wasn't happy with this and decided to have a kidnapped surgeon perform cybernetic enhancements on him. He is portrayed with a cybernetic arm and a metallic skull, which has a dial on it that when turned, makes him more enraged. when enraged, he tends to headbutt anything he comes across, but he isn't very bright. when dredd manages to escape, he knocks out mean machine, turns the dial all the way down, and kills the rest of the angel gang. when mean recovers, dread electrocutes him to death using his cybernetic arm.


This cyborg was once a gentle kind of guy, but had surgery on him performed against his will. this poses plenty of ethical problems. especially with the fact that when his dial is turned, he is enraged beyond control. meaning he cant control his anger.it also poses the threat of under the table cyber enhancements and how it can possibly hurt other people.