![]() ![]() It earned $159 million worldwide, and was considered a successful film for Stallone. The film was released in the United States on October 8, 1993, to mixed reviews from critics. The story makes allusions to many other works including Aldous Huxley's 1932 dystopian novel Brave New World, and H. Unable to deal with a criminal as dangerous as Phoenix, the authorities awaken Spartan to help capture him again. Society has changed and all crime has seemingly been eliminated. ![]() Phoenix is thawed for a parole hearing in 2032, but escapes. After a failed attempt to rescue hostages from evil crime lord Simon Phoenix (Snipes), they are both sentenced to be cryogenically frozen in 1996. Stallone is John Spartan, a risk-taking police officer who has a reputation for causing destruction while carrying out his work. It stars Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, and Nigel Hawthorne. Of course, neither utopian socialism (which this film accurately exposes), nor anarchy are the answer–rather, a free and responsible society governed by biblical principles, like the United States once was.Demolition Man is a 1993 American science fiction action film directed by Marco Brambilla in his directorial debut. In all, DEMOLITION MAN is a violent, anarchistic diatribe packaged in humor which will teach children that cursing, rebellion and violence are the marks of a real man–a DEMOLITION MAN, who will destroy to get want he wants. However, the writing and directing are very good, the supporting cast is great, the action is fast and furious, and Stallone and Snipes are hot. The rest of the film is action-packed and bloody, following Stallone in his relentless pursuit of Wesley Snipes.Īside from the physical violence and the bad language, the most disturbing aspect of this film is the libertarian worldview that promotes anarchy and mocks morality and authority. Cryo Prison: Phoenix for taking 30 hostages Spartan for blowing up the building (and, allegedly, the hostages held therein) during his apprehension of Phoenix. Spartan is sentenced, along with deranged killer Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes), to frozen jail time in the L.A. DEMOLITION MAN opens in the year 1996 with Sylvester Stallone as John Spartan, a Los Angeles cop who always gets his man, but usually at the expense of the surrounding terrain, thereby garnering his nickname–DEMOLITION MAN. ![]()
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