(Dredd and Ferguson takes cover outside of the incinerator vents until the fire has dispersed)
All right, you ready, kid?
What's wrong? Are you kidding? Does wearing that helmet all those year compress your brain?! You're going to get me killed!
There's a maniac loose in the city!
What a coincidence! There's one out here, too!
Great time I'm having. The shuttle crash, the Cursed Earth, cannibals, and now a fireball up my ass! This is all your fault!
Care to explain that, citizen?
If you hadn't judged me, I wouldn't be out here in the first place. Hey, Dredd, what if you just kill me now?
(Dredd and Ferguson takes cover again as another fire disperses)
That's it! I'm through schlepping. I'm gonna stay here until I'm caught or until you apologize!
That's just it. You're not the Law anymore. Now apologize. I think I deserve that.
(shaking his head)
I've never apologized before...
Justice, before your time. We should have never taken justice out of her hands.
You brought order to chaos, sir.
That we did. Solved many problems, and created many more! Being a Judge, Joseph, perhaps too much power in one person's hands. But we once tried to compensate - dreate the perfect Judge. We called it Janus. Four decades ago, DNA samples were taken from the original Council. One was chosen: Mine. We altered it to enhance the best qualities...and screen out the worst: Weaknesses, frailties. We created you.
You didn't create me, sir. I have a family.
At the Academy, you told me they were killed when l was very young.
I have a picture of them.
A fake. We lied... to both of you.
There was another infant created in that experiment, but something went wrong. Genetically mutated to the perfect criminal.
You were best friends at the Academy. Star pupils. And then he turned. And for his crimes, you judged him.
(realizing)
Rico...Rico... You let me judge my own brother? You never told me, sir.
(Dredd turns and look to the distance)
You were like a son to me.
(contemplating)
A son...my whole life is a lie...
Rico had to be executed to protect you, to protect the city.
(seething)
Rico...Rico... (turns to Fargo) He's alive!
No. I signed the order myself. I saw the report.
I didn't kill Hammond. It was him. It was his DNA that convicted me.
(realizing)
Griffin. Hmph. It was Griffin.
We've both been deceived, Joseph. I'm so sorry. Rico's killed me and destroyed you! (gasping his last breaths) Fi.. find him, Joseph.
Don't die.
(Fargo passes away. Dredd feels a tinge of grief but pity, then picks up the shotgun and stares at the Statue of Justice as thunder and lightning boomed on the horizon)
What do we do? (Dredd says nothing for a bit) What do we do?
(Dredd turns to Ferguson with a determined but angry look, cocking the shotgun in reply)
Find Rico.
Dredd, there's no way in! Hello? Are you even listening to me? We can't just knock on the wall and say, "Hello, Cursed Earth Pizza."
There is a way in. Six years ago, two refugees figured it out. The vents to the city's incinerators, there's a burst twice a minute. That means someone can run through that tube would have 30 seconds before it flames again.
And these two refugees, they made through, right?
Actually, they were roasted. But the theory is sound. Shall we?
Maybe we should consider other theories? Dredd!
MegaCity Code 7592, willful sabotage of a public droid, that's 6 months, citizen. Let's see your unicard.
Aww, give me a break, Judge... [Looks at Dredd's badge] Dredd. Dredd?!
[Reading from a display on a handheld device after swiping Ferguson's unicard]
Ferguson, Herman, hacker, illegal tampering with city droids, computers, cash machines, taxi robots...
And you haven't even been out of jail for 24 hours. He's habitual, Hershey. An automatic five year sentence. How do you plead?
Five years?! No! No! I had no choice! They were killing each other in there.
You could have gone out the window.
Forty floors? It would have been suicide!
Maybe...but it's legal. Judges!
Five years, Aspen Penitentiary. Case closed, take him away.
[Two Judges begin to leave with Ferguson]
Don't close the case! You're misjudging- you're misjudging me! Open the case! Y-you're not gonna be able to sleep tonight!
He might've been telling the truth, you know? Haven't you heard ever of extenuating circumstances?
I've heard it all, Hershey.
[Mockingly]
I knew you'd say that.
MegaCity municipal code 213, willful destruction of property, that's 2 years. Code 310, possession of illegal assault weapons, 5 years. Code 457, resisting arrest, 20 years!
(wounded thug gets up leveling his weapon at Dredd from behind but is shot dead by Hershey from the doorway)
Thank you, Hershey. And Code 3613, the first degree murder of a Street Judge...
BW Block Warlord
[pulling a gun from behind his belt]
Let me guess, Life? Yaaaah!
[turns around and shoots]
Death. Court's adjourned.
JG Judge Griffin
Rico! Dredd got away from the hunters.
Well, he's about to be seriously outnumbered. Right, Central?
C Central
Affirmative, Judge Rico. The new DNA sample has been multiplexed and the gametes are already dividing.
JG Judge Griffin
New sample?!
You left the DNA in there for over 30 years. Sooner or later, somebody's gonna clean out the fridge.
JG Judge Griffin
That sample was created from the finest specimens on the Council of Judges! What did you replace it with? (realizing) No...my God...
You should congratulate me right now, 'cause I'm about to be a daddy. You're being very, very rude.
JG Judge Griffin
You don't know what you're doing!
The next batch of Janus Judges are not going to be the puppets that you want! They're gonna be my brothers and sisters! And mine to control!
JG Judge Griffin
I can't let you do this. You're both insane! I have to stop- (turns and raise his pistol at Rico)
JG Judge Griffin
(A.B.C. Robot disarms Griffin and hangs him up by the arms)
CENTRALLLL... HELP MEEEE!!
C Central
I'm sorry, Chief Justice, the A.B.C. robot is not tied into my main processor.
That's right, Griff. You gotta get with this high-tech stuff. Robot, rip his arms and legs off.
And you save his head for last. I don't want him to miss a thing! Anything!
MM Mean Machine
You've got three strikes, Lawman!
MM Mean Machine
[Dredd swings his weapon at Mean Machine from the side] [blocks Dredd's swing with his mechanical arm]
Strike one!
MM Mean Machine
(Dredd swings his weapon at Mean Machine again from the side) [blocks Dredd's swing with his mechanical arm again]
Strike two!
MM Mean Machine
[Dredd swings his weapon down at Mean Machine's head] [unfazed]
Strike...three. [knocks Dredd away] You're out, Lawman! [swinging wildly at Dredd] You killed Link! You killed Junior! You killed all my brothers! You even killed my Paw. Yaaah!
[Swings his mechanical arm at Dredd. The knife at the end of the arm misses Dredd's head when he ducks and imbeds into the wooden post behind him.] [reaching underneath his mechanical arm and snaps free one end of his electrical line still crackling with electricity and brushes it over his mechanical arm]
Mega-City Municipal Code 4722, illegal use of city electricity. How do you plead?
MM Mean Machine
Raaaaaawwwr!
I knew you'd say that!
[Pulls the power cord back to Mean Machine's metal spine and electrocutes him with it]
S Mr. Souza
Okay, this is getting boring. What's the tab? Come on, how much is this going to cost me? You name your price.
Hmmm. Hershey, call Central for an H Wagon. (crosses the street facing the red sports car)
S Mr. Souza
What? I don't believe it. You're gonna tow me?!
Towing is for the first offense. This is your fourth violation, bar breath. You're a menace. How do you plead?
[menacingly]
I knew you'd say that. [Draws his gun]
S Mr. Souza
Hey, wait a second! What are you doing?
LG Lawgiver Gun
Grenade. vrrrrrm
S Mr. Souza
Nooooo! [Dredd destroys the car and Souza staggers over towards its remains, horrified]
You know, I never understood that. Why did you judge me? Why did you judge me?
You killed innocent people!
[Yelling]
You betrayed the law!
[Mockingly]
LAAAAW! I BETRAYED THIS! Your council's experiment, which failed in you! I was your brother, your blood, your friend. Who betrayed who? When are you going to stop being a goddamn slave and grow up? That's your birthright! That's your family! I'm your family! I'm the only family you ever had! Now choose!
The best thing you could do is kill me.
Because it's your only chance...'brother'.
SJ Street Judge Group Leader
This is Capture Team. There's no sign of Dredd—he appears to have survived the crash.
[speaking over radio]
You are in error, Capture Team. No one survived the shuttle wreck. Understand? Just find Dredd!
SJ Street Judge Group Leader
The pilot, sir—he's alive.
No one survived the shuttle wreck! Do I make myself clear?
SJ Street Judge Group Leader
[draws his weapon at the pilot]
Yes, sir!
[sound of gunfire as the Group Leader murders the surviving pilot as instructed]
