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We\u2019ve got a one-two punch of an episode for you. Today we\u2019re comparing both Judge Dredd and Dredd. One movie came out in 1995; the other came out in 2012. Which one is great and which one is a bit of a stinker? Or maybe, just maybe, we\u2019ll learn that they\u2019re both pretty dang awesome. To cap things off, this is our monthly B-movie bonus episode, so prepare yourselves for something amazing.

Most of the world has been decimated by nuclear war. Those who remain in sprawling, yet pretty cramped mega cities called\u2026 Mega-Cities. Outside the walls of the Mega-Cities lays a barren, scorched wasteland. Crime has run rampant in this new and horrifying future. No good beatniks feel emboldened to commit terrible deeds with impunity. It looks like a terrible place to live in. There\u2019s only one force that can bring some sense of order to this brutal world, and that force is the law.

The Judges are this future\u2019s peacekeepers and they don\u2019t answer to anybody\u2026 Except for the law. And they are the law, so they only answer to themselves. And the law. Better not break any laws because you could end up finding yourself staring down the business end of a voice-and-DNA-activated supergun.

You don\u2019t want to get on the Judge\u2019s bad side because they\u2019ve got itchy trigger fingers, no sense of humor, and a love for only one thing. You guessed it, the LAW.

Sylvester Stallone plays Dredd in the first film. Karl Urban plays him in the second. What we\u2019ve got going on here is a good, ol\u2019 fashioned Dredd-off, folks. Two Judges enter. They both fight over who loves the law more. One Judge leaves.

Who will it be?

When it comes to our monthly B-movie episodes, there\u2019s only one question we\u2019re trying to answer by the end of them: is this movie brilliant or a blunder? This time we\u2019ve got to aim that question at two movies. How will Judge Dredd and Dredd hold up? In this post-apocalyptic podcast world we\u2019re finding ourselves in, it\u2019s our sworn duty to determine a proper ranking for these movies.

After all, it is the law.

(Recorded on July 2, 2020)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

Judge Dredd - IMDb

Judge Dredd trailer - YouTube

Dredd - IMDb

Dredd - YouTube

Norco, California - Wikipedia

Mega-City One - Fandom

Peach Tress - Fandom

City of God - IMDb

Minority Report - IMDb

Lawmaster - Fandom

Batpod - IMDb

Reverse osmosis - Wikipedia

Demolition Man | More Movies Please! - Libsyn

The Mandalorian - IMDb

Ma-Ma - Fandom

Slo-Mo - Fandom

How Dredd 3D Shot Its Brain-Melting Slow-Mo - Wired

The Grand Budapest Hotel - IMDb