IN THE YEAR 2139 AD. THE LEGAL SYSTEM HAS MERGED WITH AN OVER BURDENED POLICE FORCE. CREATING AN ALL-POWERFUL AND COLDY EFFICIENT HYBRID OF LAW AND ORDER. THE JUDGES. THE MOST RESOLUTE AND FEARED KEEPER OF THE LAW IS JUDGE DREDD. IN A FIENDISH PLOT TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT. DREDD IS FRAMED FOR MURDER.