Just so...so bad

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

This was a pretty good movie. Enjoyed the pinball machine, so I wanted to see the movie. When I first saw what the "future" was, I thought it was stupid and corny, but it definitely got better. There were some genuinely funny moments. I don't think it was as bad as people say it is.

In 1996, a terrorist named Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes) has been causing mayhem in L.A. until a renegade police officer named John Spartan (Slyvester Stallone) captures him but Spartan is framed for a crime he didn't commit during duty as both are convicted and suspended in cyrogenetic freezing suspension animation for a long time as Spartan has been sentenced for a long time, in the year 2032 36 years later, Los Angeles has changed into San Angeles which is a fusion of San Diego, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles is now ran by Dr Raymond Cocteau (Nigel Hathrowne) with his associate Bob (Glen Shaddix). The City has become a peaceful brainwashed loving society of people where things like chocolate/meat/pregnancy without a license/bad language (there's even machines where people are fine credits instead of money for using a swear word in public or anywhere)/gasoline and other stuff is banned and Taco Bell becomes the main restaurant for the city as it owns other restaurants. Simon has been unfrozen as he is on the loosing robbing and murdering others even stealing guns from a museum of violence. Chief George Earl (Bob Gunton from Shawshank Redemption) has worried about this as the police don't know how to handle this kind of violence which the cops have become non-violent, Lt. Lenina Huxley (Sandra Bullock) who is nostalgic about the 20th century along with Zachery Lamb (Bill Cops) whom he was once a pilot for Spartan comes up with an idea to thaw out Spartan from his suspended animation slumber then thaw him out to help take care of this maniac. Spartan has awaken to find everything is different as he is trying to adjust to this new life he has now, there's also a radical group of rebels who live in an underground city called the Scraps lead by Edgar Friendly (Denise Leary) who believes in freedom of choice/speech as he wants to take down Cocteau once and for all but there is also something behind Cocteau unlike the citizens of San Angeles thinks he is.A very entertaining, well paced, action packed and fun Science Fiction action satire that is basically like the story of Brave New World with a hint of Blade Runner and Orwell's 1984 with a satire on what would it be like if the future went politically correct and if Taco Bell owned every restaurant. Originally Jean Claude Van-Demme and Jackie Chan were considered for the role of Simon Phoenix but the role went to Wesley Snipes, which i am very happy he took the role and this is my second fave role of his after Blade and nice to see him play a bad guy than a good guy like usual. Simon Phoenix with his dyed yellow hair and 90s jumpsuit reminds me of Duke Nukem only black and has mismatched colored eyes one blue and one hazel which was used by contact lenses. Stallone is fantastic as John Spartan whom is one of the most badass sci-fi characters around who is trying to fit in this watered down PCed society where real music is gone only underground when commercials are used for music even TV show themes are used for music plus when Cocteau thinks his Utopia is paradise and heaven when it's actually more like hell if you ask me. There's also a thing where people use 3 seashells instead of toilet paper, look online to see how the 3 seashells work.The movie is still relevant with the way things are going nowadays in the SJW/PC culture and is almost like a warning and statement. Plus the action is bold and thrilling, the future is well designed even the costumes and nice use of some practical effects with some interesting ideas/satire thrown in even about a commercialized future going PC and the dangers of it when freedom is needed. A must see.

Demolition Man is an action classic. Great characters, and actors that fit them perfectly, good sets and futuristic scenery, hilarious dialogue all throughout (as per my title), great interesting plot with very few holes, and never a boring moment. Plenty of action, violence, laughs, and even romance. Stallone and Snipes are great as cop-villain enemies. Haven't watched this in many years but gave it a view tonight and thought it was well worth a review. Few movies do I have no complaints about, and this is one of them. Excellent film.

The opening scene feels like a typical late 1980s/early 1990s action sequence. At least until we realize that there's not going to be a happy ending for the hostages that Spartan is trying to save. Once we arrive at the future, a lot of viewers might misjudge the performances of the principal cast besides Stallone and Snipes. Sandra Bullock, as Lieutenant Lenina Huxley (a reference to Aldous Huxley's book Brave New World)at first seem to be turning in bizarrely incompetent performances. It's only later that we realize they are spot on for the film's "brave new world", which is basically an imitation of a staunchly moralist cult run by Dr. Raymond Cocteau (a reference to famed director Jean Cocteau combined with Cocteau's friend, novelist Raymond Radiguet). This is almost a spin on if the world turned into a very soft world and excuses world.Demolition Man is one of the funniest, most action-packed and most poignant social satires of at least the last 30 years. It's not necessarily the easiest film to appreciate, as it makes its points through extremely over-the-top "mindless" action and tongue-in- cheek, purposefully cheesy plot and dialogue, but it's well worth trying to acclimate oneself to the style if you're not an action or sci-fi fan, as the satire cuts deep.Stallone does an excellent job as over the top old school police cop in a very soft future. He is pretty great at doing action/ comedy