Demolition Man (1993)
Average Rating: 5.6/10
Reviews Counted: 36
Fresh: 23 | Rotten: 13
A better-than-average sci-fi shoot-em-up with a satirical undercurrent, Demolition Man is bolstered by strong performances by Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, and Sandra Bullock.
Average Rating: 4.7/10
Critic Reviews: 10
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 5
A better-than-average sci-fi shoot-em-up with a satirical undercurrent, Demolition Man is bolstered by strong performances by Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, and Sandra Bullock.
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Movie Info
The plot of this action film begins in 1996, with Los Angeles in a violence-crazed conflagration. One of the LAPD's most notorious cops, John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone), known as "the demolition man," is in hot pursuit of blonde-haired psychopath Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes), who is so nasty he even kills sometimes just because he feels cranky. John captures Simon, but not before Simon kills innocent hostages. John is blamed for the deaths of the hostages, and both he and Simon are
Oct 8, 1993 Wide
Sep 30, 1997
Warner Home Video
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Cast
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Sylvester Stallone
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Wesley Snipes
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Sandra Bullock
Lenina Huxley -
Nigel Hawthorne
Dr. Raymond Cocteau -
Benjamin Bratt
Alfredo Garcia -
Bob Gunton
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Glenn Shadix
Associate Bob -
Denis Leary
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Grand L. Bush
Zachary Lamb "Young" -
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Paul Bollen
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Andre Gregory
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John Enos III
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Troy Evans
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Don Charles McGovern
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Bill Cobbs
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Stephen Kahan
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Kristopher Logan
Troubled Guy -
Paul Perri
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Susan Lentini
TV Reporter -
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Brett Jones
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Dan Cortese
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Pat Skipper
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Lara Harris
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Toshishiro Obata
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Alex Chapman
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Ken Baldwin
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Michael Tennessee Le...
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Jack Black
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Carlton Wilborn
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Brandy Sanders
Fiber Op Girl -
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Billy Lucas
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Rhino Michaels
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Jesse Ventura
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Vanna Bonta
Computers -
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Rob Schneider
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All Critics (36) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (23) | Rotten (13) | DVD (4)
Ultimately the script's often sharp social satire is drowned out by the noise and confusion. It is also undercut by casting virtually all the psychopathically murderous criminals as minority-group members.
Nearly all the SF premises are accorded the status of Andrew Dice Clay one-liners -- which means that they, along with the characters, keep changing from one scene to the next.
A noisy, soulless, self-conscious pastiche that mixes elements of sci-fi, action-adventure and romance, then pours on a layer of comedy replete with Hollywood in-jokes.
Forget your preconceptions, but not your brain cells and sense of irony.
Top CriticDemolition Man is a significant artifact of our time or, at least, of this week.
Demolition Man is sleek and empty as well as brutal and pointless. It feels computer engineered, untouched by human hands. A real pod movie.
Not for nothing does the film open on a screen-filling image of the Hollywood sign in flames, for it torches almost every supposition that a film made to showcase Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes whomping on each other can only be brain-dead.
Doesn't quite go far enough, instead settling for cheap gags and cheap thrills, but it tickles fairly well for a couple of hours of crashes and fireballs. [Blu-ray]
...a sporadically amusing yet pervasively underwhelming bit of early '90s cheese...
The pleasant surprise about Demolition Man is that both the script, and Stallone, are funny; the film blends big-budget action and tongue-in-cheek humor in the way that Last Action Hero tried, and failed, to do.
This futuristic comedy depends on your opinion of Stallone and his unapologetic popcorn-pleasing action no-brainers. To be fair, this one is one of his better ones.
An inspired mix of high-octane action and futuristic satire.
cool as ice
Not a bad mid-90s sci fi flick - and with a young Sandra Bullock in spandex to boot!
Stallone and Snipes are a great double-act
Featuring intense action, exceptional special effects, and a healthy sense of humor, it is the film Last Action Hero wanted--and failed--to be.
Enjoyable pop-culture junk actioner.
A great villain goes a long way toward making an action movie successful and Snipes certainly does more than his share to make this an enjoyable film.
Chock-full of obnoxious dialogue, terrible acting, and oh-so-clever product placement.
Stallone is surprisingly good in this fast, funny and violent futuristic action film.
Audience Reviews for Demolition Man
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Movies Like Demolition Man
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- Simon Phoenix: Blast from the past!
- Sergeant John Spartan: You should have stayed there Phoenix!
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- Simon Phoenix: Greetings, whats your bogle?
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- Edgar Friendly: God, I love to hate this place!
- Simon Phoenix: Play ball!
- Sergeant John Spartan: Somebody put me back in the fridge.
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- Lenina Huxley: Let's go blow this guy!
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- Simon Phoenix: This is the best day of my life!
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- Simon Phoenix: You're dead Spartan.
- Sergeant John Spartan: Speak for yourself!
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