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MOVIE REVIEW J JUDGE DREDD In 2139, Lady Justice doesn’t wear robes — she wears armor! 118 www.iltanet.org Peer to Peer UDGE DREDD is a 1995 American science fiction action film, based on the strip of the same name in the British comic 2000 A.D. It stars Sylvester Stallone, Diane Lane, Armand Assante, Max von Sydow and, for comic relief, Rob Schneider. The movie opens with the voice of Darth Vader himself, James Earl Jones, reading a word crawl that makes it pretty clear that we’re not in “Munchkinland.” In the Third Millennium, the world changed. Climate, nation — all were in upheaval. The Earth transformed into a poisonous, scorched desert, known as “The Cursed Earth.” Millions of people crowded into a few Mega- Cities, where roving bands of street savages created violence the justice system could not control. Law, as we know it, collapsed. From the decay rose a new order, a society ruled by a new, elite force — a force with the power to dispense both justice and punishment. They were the police, jury and executioner all in one. They were the Judges. The toughest Judge of them all is Joseph Dredd (Stallone), whose reputation for shooting first and not asking questions afterwards is both revered and feared. Think of Dirty Harry on steroids. Despite his elevated rep and close friendship with the High Council’s Chief Justice (von Sydow), Dredd suddenly finds himself framed for the murder of