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Two Big Plot Flaws

posted 5 years ago by jamesuk (2)
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1. You do not send your most psychic law enforcement officer into the field. When doing so is very dangerous. When you can bring instead bring witnesses/suspects to her in order to extract information.

2. There is almost no way Dredd should be able to get the drop on the corrupt judges trying to kill him based on the information given in the film (i.e. no back story on corruption, or suspicion of Ma-Ma having judges on the payroll), and without the help of his psychic colleague. The corrupt judge makes a small slip of the tongue which is vastly more likely to be innocent than reveal anything significant and Dredd is immediately willing to kill him for it. He has nowhere near enough information to make that call. The corrupt judges do a terrible job of trying to kill Dredd given they know he doesn't know they are trying to do so.

[–] wearsalan (5554) 4 years ago

He has nowhere near enough information to make that call.

Since he is by definition Judge, Jury and Executioner you are wrong. The Judge has every right to make that call.

[–] ExTechOp (2770) 4 years ago

I don't think the OP was questioning Dredd's right to make that call, but rather whether Dredd had enough evidence to conclude Judge Chan was corrupt.

OP argues the answer is no. I'd agree with wearsalan; he's an experienced judge -- he knows something's off right away and Chan doesn't try to argue his way out of it. Chan goes immediately on the offensive, meaning he, too, knows he's somehow "blown his cover."

I don't think that's a plot hole. It's shorthand exposition showing how quickly judges think and react.

As for sending Anderson into the field, it's also clear that Mega-City One isn't friendly to mutants. The council's willing to overlook her "flaw," if it proves useful in the field, but I'm totally OK with them NOT wanting to make a big deal about it, or worse yet come to depend on her for anything, especially interrogation.

It's a prejudice thing.

[–] acidraindrop (3055) 3 years ago

1. That isn't a plot flaw. That's your opinion. And most likely the most efficient way to do things, but I could easily make up a few other reasons why this was a reasonable choice.

2. This conclusion is flawed for a few things.

-Dredd was not immediately willing to kill him for it. He merely hesitatated instead of going along with the corrupt judge. The corrupt judge's immediate reaction for backup (instead of acknowledging the slip) is what made Dredd act.

-Dredd's hesitation itself in conjunction with the way both Dredd and the corrupt judge aim their gun at each other for several seconds before very slowly moving it down speaks worlds about the environment that they're in. I think it's safe to assume that corrupt judges are not rare in this world.