Demolition Man

10/8/19931h 55m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ The future isn't big enough for the both of them. ~

Overview:

In 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to decades in a cryogenic prison as punishment for a rescue mission gone wrong. When Phoenix escapes 36 years later to wreak havoc on the future, Spartan is awakened to capture his nemesis the old-fashioned way.

Director:

Marco Brambilla

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$57,000,000.00

Revenue:

$159,055,768.00

Key words:

future
martial arts
helicopter
police
psychopath
crime fighter
dystopia
museum
social control
cryogenics
utopia
fistfight
prison escape
product placement
betrayal
shootout
cyberpunk
explosion
foot chase
warden
subterranean
totalitarianism
censorship
culture shock
knitting
2030s

Cast

Sylvester Stallone

~ as ~

John Spartan

Wesley Snipes

~ as ~

Simon Phoenix

Sandra Bullock

~ as ~

Lt. Lenina Huxley

Nigel Hawthorne

~ as ~

Dr. Raymond Cocteau

Benjamin Bratt

~ as ~

Alfredo Garcia

Rob Schneider

~ as ~

Erwin

Bob Gunton

~ as ~

Chief George Earle

Glenn Shadix

~ as ~

Associate Bob

Denis Leary

~ as ~

Edgar Friendly

Bill Cobbs

~ as ~

Zachary Lamb - Aged

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Reviews (2)

Gimly
Written 7 year(s) ago
6
Demolition Man may not exactly be the perfect movie, but the core idea behind the plot is something I've never ever seen done before or since. It's pretty mindless and fairly hammy, but it's fun and enough of an experience to get me across the finish line, no worse for the experience.

Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go.
CinemaSerf
Written 2 year(s) ago
6
Wesley Snipes ("Simon Phoenix") is deep frozen in 1996 for heinous crimes - as is the police officer who apprehended him (Sly Stallone) who also managed to kill 30 innocent folks in the process. When Snipes is thawed out for his parole hearing 35 years later, he discovers that his former playground is now a crime-free utopia, designed by Sir Nigel Hawthorne ("Dr. Cocteau") and the new citizens have no way to combat the crime spree his can easily inflict upon them all... What to do? Well, they defrost Sly ("John Spartan"), of course, and together with Sandra Bullock ("Lenina") they set about tracking down and stopping the destruction. It's got a few twists and turns - all is not as it seems in this peaceful, law-abiding city - and Snipes is actually quite good, with his tongue firmly in his cheek and his 90's style dyed blonde coiffure as the baddie, but the dialogue is pretty ropey and the film frequently suffers from a lack of imagination as it rumbles along for almost two hours.