History Heartwarming / Dredd

** On a similar note, the perp holding Rosa hostage had just shot and killed multiple people, something Dredd [[BerserkButton does not take kindly too]]. Despite this, Dredd is still willing to try and negotiate with him for Rosa's safety, he only resorts to lethal force after the perp makes it clear he won't cooperate.

'''Anderson''': [[HesitationEqualsDishonesty ...Yes, sir.]]\\

* Dredd taking down two teenagers shooting at him with stun rounds, even after telling them they were headed for body bags if they didn't surrender. Considering the wake of destruction he leaves without a wink of remorse, this is a particular mark of mercy.

** On a similar note, the perp holding Rosa hostage had just shot and killed multiple people, something Dredd [[BerserkButton does not take kindly too]]. Despite this, Dredd is still willing to try and negotiate with him, he only resorts to lethal force after the perp makes it clear he won't cooperate.

* The homeless guy. When quizzed, Anderson tells Dredd the sentence for vagrancy, but also correctly states that murders take priority over taking in a vagrant. Dredd tells the homeless guy not to be there when they return.

* It's a very understated moment, but after Dredd takes down the last perp at the start of the movie and calls Control for a cleanup crew, he takes a moment to check on the hostage, a food court worker named Rosa. She's understandably shaken, but unharmed and grateful to him for saving her.

* Dredd's ending narration, which ends the film on a slightly more optimistic note than at the beginning.

-->'''Dredd''': "Can't execute a perp on 99%."

--> '''Dredd''': You ready?\\

''(before the finale)''\\

-->'''Dredd:''' Make a difference? To a block like this?
-->'''Anderson:''' I was born and raised in a block like this, until the Justice Department took me. I know there are good people inside. Good families, just... trying to get by. Yes, I believe I ''can'' make a difference.
--> *beat*
-->'''Dredd:''' [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism Admirable]].

-->'''Anderson:''' "I already picked up the fail when I lost my primary weapon. I'm not going to be a Judge, and I don't need to be a mind-reader to know it. He's a victim, not a perp, and until my assessment is formally over I'm still entitled to dispense justice and that's what I just did by letting him go. Maybe that'll be the one difference I do make."

-->'''Dredd''': Mega-City One. 800 million people living in the old and the mega structures of the new one. Only one thing fighting for order in the chaos: Judges.