![]() ![]() ![]() I don't think I've seen Demolition Man since it came out in 1993 watching it today, I was amazed at how accurate some of its predictions of the future were (in essence, at least): in the film, digital transactions have replaced real money, there's a guy holding what could be considered a digital tablet (albeit a tad chunkier than an iPad), there are self-driving cars, non-contact social greetings (a must during these pandemic days), a board room where a virtual meeting takes place (although Zoom it ain't), and it's not hard to imagine how our current overly-PC/snowflake/cancel culture might eventually go so far as to make swearing illegal. When 20th century violent criminal Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes) breaks out of cryogenic prison in the year 2032 and wreaks havoc in a seemingly peaceful utopian society, wrongfully convicted cop John Spartan (AKA The Demolition Man) is thawed out to bring the maniac to justice. ![]() ![]() Only one man can possibly stop him: the also cryogenically frozen John Spartan.Reviewed by BA_Harrison 8 / 10 Explosive action and scathing satire. Obsessive San Angeles mayor Dr Raymond Cocteau thaws out history's most dangerous cryogenically frozen super-criminal and brainwashes him into hunting the charismatic leader of an underground group of outlawed nonconformists. We then try to improve upon the villain’s diabolical plan for the honour of choosing next week’s film and hosting the pod.ĭirected by Marco Brambilla and starring Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock and Sir Nigel Hawthorne (!), they certainly don’t make them like this anymore. The panel of peril have convened once again to discuss the dystopian sci fi, action film Demolition Man (1993). “I’m wearing more kimonos now than I was in 1993” ![]()
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