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Judge Dredd (1995)
★ 5.9 · 2,721 ratings on TMDB
In the future, one man is the law.
In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is convicted for a crime he did not commit while his murderous counterpart escapes.
DirectorDanny Cannon
The emergence reading
Judge Dredd keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing law, authority, control, justice, cloning.
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Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009)E8/E10 · authority, justice
The Trial (1962)E8/E10 · authority, justice
PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie (2015)E8/E10 · authority, control
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)E8/E10 · authority, justice
A Clockwork Orange (1971)E8/E10 · authority, control
Minority Report (2002)E8/E10 · authority, controlSame subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
