Demolition Man (1993)
Simon Phoenix, a violent criminal cryogenically frozen in 1996, escapes during a parole hearing in 2032 in the utopia of San Angeles. Police are incapable of dealing with his violent ways and turn to his captor, who had also been cryogenically frozen after being wrongfully accused of killing 30 innocent people while apprehending Phoenix.
- Marco Brambilla
- P.R. Tooke
- Louis D'Esposito
- Joseph J. Kontra
- Charlie Picerni
- Xochi Blymyer
- Daniel Waters
- Robert Reneau
- Peter M. Lenkov
- Robert Reneau
- Peter M. Lenkov
Rating: 6.7/10 by 3671 users
Alternative Title:
El demoledor - AR
Damangreveli - GE
Ish Ha-Heress - IL
Purustaja - EE
O Demolidor - BR
데몰리션 맨 - KR
Demoliční muž - CZ
Homem Demolidor - PT
越空狂龍 - HK
越空狂龍 - TW
超级战警 - CN
Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 55 minutes
Budget: $57,000,000
Revenue: $58,055,768
Plot Keyword: 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
_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._
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.
