Later on, America is a dystopian wasteland. The scourge is a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a medication that is brand, mama and plans to takeover the city. The sole possibility of stopping is an elite band of metropolitan police called Judges, who combine the duties of jury, judge and executioner to deliver a brand of justice that was accelerated. However, even the top-ranking Judge, Dredd, finds that taking Ma-Ma isn't as easy as it seems in this variant of the popular series.