Judge Dredd (1995)
Sylvester Stallone: Judge Dredd
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Quotes
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Judge Dredd : I am the law!
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Judge Dredd : It's a lie! The evidence has been falsified! It's impossible! I never broke the law, I AM THE LAW!
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Judge Dredd : [sentencing the Block Warlord] Mega City Municiple Code, 213: Willfull destruction of property, that's two years. Code 310: Illegal possession of assault weapons, five years. Code 457: Resisting arrest, TWENTY years!
[one of the wounded squatters jumps up to shoot Dredd, Hershey quickly shoots him]
Judge Dredd : Thank you, Hershey. And code 3613... the first degree murder of a Street Judge...
Block Warlord : Let me guess, life.
[he goes for his gun, but Dredd shoots him first]
Judge Dredd : Death. Court's adjourned.
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Judge Dredd : [icily] I should've put you down myself... personally
Rico : [puzzled]
[looks to the others]
Rico : You Know I never under stood that
[demanding]
Rico : Why did you judge me? Why did you judge me?
Judge Dredd : You killed innocent people.
Rico : [abrupt] A means to an end!
Judge Dredd : You started a massacre!
Rico : I caused a revolution!
Judge Dredd : YOU BETRAYED THE LAW!
Rico : [mockingly] LAWWWWWW!
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Judge Dredd : Fergie, cover the rear!
Fergie : But I've never fired a gun in my life!
Judge Dredd : What the hell kind of criminal are you?
Fergie : A *nice* criminal!
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Judge Dredd : [pulling Fergie, by the mouth, out of the service robot he's been hiding in and slamming him against a wall] Mega City code 7592: Willful sabotage of a public droid. That's 6 months, citizen. Let's see your Unicard.
Fergie : [nonchantly] Come on, give me a break, Judge, uh,
[looks at Dredd's badge]
Fergie : Dredd. *Dredd*?
[Dredd gives a low growling Mhmm]
Fergie : God!
[shrinks back into a structure]
Judge Hershey : [scanning Fergie's Unicard] Ferguson, Herman. Hacker. Illegal tampering with city droids, computers, cash machines, taxi robots...
Judge Dredd : And you haven't even been out of jail for 24 hours. He's habitual, Hershey. Automatic 5 year sentence. How do you plead?
Fergie : [nervously] Not guilty?
Judge Dredd : [leans in closer] I knew you'd say that.
Fergie : [stunned] 5 years? No! No! I had no choice! They were killing each other in there!
Judge Dredd : [dismissive] You could have gone out the window.
Fergie : [aghast] 40 floors? It would have been suicide!
Judge Dredd : [bluntly] Maybe, but it's legal.
[nods to others]
Judge Dredd : Judges
[they respond yes sir]
Judge Dredd : Five Years Aspen Penitentiary...
[abruptly]
Judge Dredd : Case closed... Take Him Away
Fergie : [to Hershey in disbelief] What?
[gets seized by the other judges]
Fergie : Don't Close The Case
[protesting as he squirms]
Fergie : You're Misjudging Me
[struggles in vain]
Fergie : You're *Misjudging* ME
[being dragged away looks back at Hershey]
Fergie : You're Not Going To Sleep Tonight
[Hershey observers him regretfully]
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Brisco : Judge Dredd, take cover!
Judge Dredd : They're firing 20 milimetre caseless flechette rounds at 300 metres. The effective lethal range is 200 metres. You're safe... so what are you doing down there, Judge Hershey?
Judge Hershey : Waiting for backup.
Judge Dredd : It's here.
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Judge Dredd : [to a class of cadets, after shooting at a mannequin wearing the Judges' helmet and body armor] Kevlar 9 helmet and body armor. Yours, when you graduate.
[he picks up another gun]
Judge Dredd : Lawgiver 2. 25 round sidearm with mission-variable voice-programmed ammunition. Signal flare.
Lawgiver : Flare.
[he shoots a flare at the wall. The cadets flinch from the bright red light]
Judge Dredd : Yours, *if* you graduate.
[walks over to a Lawmaster bike]
Judge Dredd : Mark 4 Lawmaster, improved model. With dual onboard laser cannons, vertical takeoff and landing capability, range 500 kilometres. Men?
Technician : Yes, sir.
[they switch the bike on]
Lawmaster : Active.
[the bike starts to rise above the ground but then it splutters and sparks]
Lawmaster : Malfunction. Malfunction. Malfunction.
[the bike drops back onto the ground as the engine stalls]
Judge Dredd : Yours, if you can ever get it to work.
[the cadets laugh. Dredd doesn't]
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Judge Hershey : [as her dead partner is being taken away] Damn it! I was supposed to be watching out for him.
Judge Dredd : Don't blame yourself, Hershey. He made the mistake, not you.
Judge Hershey : Wouldn't it feel good to have an emotion once in a while, huh?
Judge Dredd : Emotions? There ought to be a law against them.
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Judge Dredd : [Dredd rips out a sparking electrical cable from Mean Machine's mechanical arm] Mega City municipal code 4722: Illegal use of city electricity. How do you plead?
Mean Machine : GRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Judge Dredd : I KNEW YOU'D SAY THAT!
[Jams the cable into Mean Machine's spine, executing him]
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Judge Miles : Judge Dredd, we have to reconstitute the Council. We'd like you to consider first position as Chief Justice.
Judge Dredd : I'm a Street Judge. And I'm very late for work.
[he walks off]
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[Dredd and Fergie are about to run down an incinerator vent which blasts flames every 30 seconds]
Judge Dredd : Right, you ready, kid?
Fergie : No!
Judge Dredd : Now what's wrong?
Fergie : What's wrong? Are you kidding? Did wearing that helmet all those years compress your brain? You're going to get me killed!
Judge Dredd : There's a maniac loose in the city!
Fergie : What a coincidence, there's one out here too!
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Rico : I'm the only one who ever loved you.
Judge Dredd : I'll be the judge of that.
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Fergie : [outside the city walls] Dredd, there's no way in. Are you even listening to me? We can't just knock on the wall and say "Hello, Cursed Earth pizza".
Judge Dredd : There is a way in. Six years ago, two refugees figured it out. The vent to the city's incinerator, there's a burst twice a minute. That means somebody could run through that tube and have 30 seconds before it flames again.
Fergie : And these refugees, they made it through, right?
Judge Dredd : Actually, they were roasted. But the theory's sound. Shall we?
[he walks away]
Fergie : Maybe we should consider other theories? Dredd?
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[repeated line]
Judge Dredd : I knew you'd say that.
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Chief Justice Fargo : The blind lady.
Judge Dredd : Who is she, sir?
Chief Justice Fargo : Justice before your time. We should never have taken justice out of her hands.
Judge Dredd : You put order to chaos, sir.
Chief Justice Fargo : Yes, we solved many problems, but created many more.
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Judge Dredd : The legendary Angel family. Cursed Earth pirates, murderers, scavengers, and of course, scumbags.
Fergie : Oh, that'll win 'em over.
Judge Dredd : [to Pa Angel] Did I leave something out, Pa?
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Judge Dredd : [Mean Machine points his robotic arm, which has multiple blades on the end, at Dredd] Does that come with a fork, handsome?
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Judge Dredd : You let me judge my own brother? You never told me sir!
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[Dredd is putting some stuff into his locker, Hershey walks up to him, quietly]
Judge Dredd : [from behind his locker door] I can hear you thinking.
Judge Hershey : Caught your lecture today. Is that really what you think the cadets need to hear?
Judge Dredd : What I told them was the truth.
Judge Hershey : Your truth, maybe. You made it sound like our lives are practically over!
Judge Dredd : Don't you think parts are, Hershey?
Judge Hershey : I have a personal life, I have friends.
Judge Dredd : You're one of the smartest of a new breed, but you've only been on the street a year. You haven't gotten used to the isolation yet.
Judge Hershey : No. No, I don't think that's right. No one should be alone all the time. I mean, is that really what it's been like for you? Haven't you... haven't you ever had a friend?
Judge Dredd : Yes. Once.
Judge Hershey : What happened?
[Dredd shuts his locker and walks away. Hershey follows him]
Judge Hershey : Dredd? I want to know, what happened?
Judge Dredd : I judged him.
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Fergie : What are you doing here?
Judge Dredd : I was convicted of a crime. Wrongly convicted.
Fergie : [laughs] Really? That's kinda weird! What are the odds? Two wrongly convicted guys sitting right next to each other?
Judge Dredd : You received the sentence the law required.
Fergie : Five years, just for saving my own ass? That was a mistake!
Judge Dredd : The law doesn't make mistakes.
Fergie : Really? Then how do you explain what happened to you? You can't, can you? Great. Mister
[mimics Dredd's voice]
Fergie : "I am the law" can't. So maybe this is some kind of typo. Maybe it's a glitch. Or maybe it's poetic justice!
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Fergie : Hallelujah, brother!
Pa Angel : Wait a minute. Can it be? Can it be that from the city of the fallen we have one of the faithful?
Fergie : Amen, brother! Praise the Lord! I'm a believer!
Judge Dredd : Fergie, don't do it!
Pa Angel : It sounds like we have a believer in the gallery. Cut him down.
[Fergie's arms are released from the ropes that have been holding him above the ground]
Judge Dredd : Fergie, you're making a big mistake.
Fergie : Well, Dredd, maybe the law doesn't make mistakes, but I'm free and you're toast!
Judge Dredd : Actually, you're toast. I forgot to mention it. Your new friends, they're cannibals.
Pa Angel : Fresh meat. Prepare the supplicant for sacrifice.
Fergie : No, wait. You can't eat me! I've got eczema! I've got warts! I've had gonorrhoea! Eat Dredd, he works out!
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[Judge Hershey has stopped a man for bumping his hovercar between two other vehicles]
Judge Hershey : [checking his Unicard on the system] Mr Souza, you have a suspended license. You've got 3 counts of driving under the influence...
Fuppie : [interrupting] Hey, you'd better listen! I suggest you walk away and bother somebody else!
[Judge Dredd looms up behind him]
Fuppie : When I said I have powerful friends, I mean powerful!
Judge Dredd : Are we having a problem here, Hershey?
Judge Hershey : Not at all, Dredd, nothing I can't handle. Suspended license, 3 DUI's.
Fuppie : [smiling nervously] Uh, this is getting boring, hey... So, uh, what's the tab? Come on, how much is this gonna cost me? You name the price.
Judge Dredd : Hmmmm... Hershey, call Control for an H-wagon.
Fuppie : What? I don't believe it, you're gonna tow me?
[Dredd crosses the road, Souza and Hershey follow him]
Judge Dredd : Towing is for a first offence, this is your fourth violation, barf breath. You're a menace. How do you plead?
Fuppie : Not guilty.
Judge Dredd : I knew you'd say that.
[Dredd pulls out his Lawgiver gun]
Fuppie : Hey, wait a sec, what are you doing?
Judge Dredd : Grenade.
Lawgiver : Grenade.
Fuppie : NOOOOOO!
[Dredd aims and fires - the hovercar explodes]
Judge Dredd : Happy motoring.
Judge Hershey : Subtle.
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Ilsa : He looks a lot like you.
Rico : He is a lot like me.
Judge Dredd : I am nothing like you.
Rico : The only difference between us, Joseph, is you destroyed your life to embrace the law. And l destroyed the law to embrace life.
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Judge Hershey : He might have been telling the truth, you know. Have you ever heard of extenuating circumstances?
Judge Dredd : I've heard it all, Hershey.
Judge Hershey : [sarcastically] I knew you'd say that.
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Rico : [points all around him]
[exclaims]
Rico : I BETRAYED THIS? Your Councils 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?
[snorts]
Rico : That's your birthright, that's your family. I'm your family,
[close to tears]
Rico : I'm the only family you ever had. Now choose!
Judge Dredd : The best thing you can do is kill me.
Rico : Why?
Judge Dredd : Because it's your only chance... brother.
[looks close to breaking down but instead becomes enraged]
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Fergie : We're a team. Granted, you do most of the work, but we're still a team.
Judge Dredd : I'll handle it, kid.
Fergie : I bring you luck.
Judge Dredd : Luck?
Judge Hershey : You are still alive, Dredd.
Judge Dredd : Hmm.
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[Dredd and Fergie are about to run down an incinerator vent, which blasts fire every 30 seconds]
Fergie : Great time l'm having. The shuttle crash, Cursed Earth, cannibals, and now a fireball up my ass! This is all your fault!
Judge Dredd : My fault?
Fergie : Yes!
Judge Dredd : You care to explain that, citizen?
Fergie : If you hadn't arrested me, I wouldn't be here in the first place. Hey, Dredd, what don't you just kill me now?
[they pin themselves against the wall as the vent releases another burst of fire]
Fergie : That's it! I'm through schlepping. I'm gonna stay here until I'm caught or until you apologize!
Judge Dredd : The law can't apologize!
Fergie : That's just it, you're not the law anymore. Now apologize. I think I deserve that.
Judge Dredd : [humbly] I've never apologized...
[another burst of fire from the vent]
Judge Dredd : NOW RUN!
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Chief Justice Fargo : So, tell me, seven summary executions. Were they necessary?
Judge Dredd : Unavoidable, sir.
Chief Justice Fargo : Unavoidable.
Judge Dredd : Life doesn't mean much to some people anymore. You'd see that if you weren't always...
Chief Justice Fargo : If I weren't what?
Judge Dredd : Always at the academy, sir.
Chief Justice Fargo : Oh, don't you mean, at the academy, wiping cadets' asses? That's what they say in the squad room, isn't it?
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Judge Dredd : [to a class of cadets, after demonstrating the Judges' body armor, Lawgiver gun and Lawmaster motorcycle] All of these things you see here are toys. At the end of the day, when you're all alone in the dark, the only thing that counts is this.
[holds up the Mega City One Book of Law, which resembles a bible]
Judge Dredd : The law.
[he slams the book down]
Judge Dredd : And you will be alone, when you swear to uphold these ideals. For most of us, there's only death in the streets. For the few of us that survive to old age, the proud loneliness of the Long Walk. A walk that every Judge must take outside these city walls into the unknown of the Cursed Earth. And there spend your last remaining days taking law to the lawless. This is what it means to be a Judge. This is the commitment I expect. Class dismissed.
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[last lines]
Judge Hershey : Feels good to be human, don't you think?
Judge Dredd : I knew you'd say that.
