Demolition Man

So after viewing the first half of this film the other night for the first time in some years, it reaffirmed to me that I was right. It is awesome. And look at the up and comers it produced. Sandra Bullock and Benjamin Bratt for instance. This movie single handedly catapulted them into stardom. Its funny to me how the film portrays the legal system. If you are guilty and punished, then you are frozen for length of the sentence. I don't like it. If you are frozen for 50 years, you basically got a non aging 50 year refreshing nap. It kind of negates the point of punishment. I mean, unless you have horrible aging side effects like Mel Gibson in "Forever Young" then its just stupid. If you were thawed 20 years later and you aged that 20 years in a matter of a week then dies of old age, it would actually be considered cruel and unusual and then I could get behind it. This story follows a super cop, John Spartan (Stallone)(Sylvester not Frank) who is a great cop in the 20th century. His nemesis is Simon Phoenix (Snipes). After years of trying to get him, he finally does. Unfortunately several hostages are accidentally blown up in the process and not on does Phoenix gets "iced" but so does Spartan. When Phoenix is accidentally paroled early, he goes on a rampage. Good for him, bad for everyone else. You see, crime is all but non existent in this new century. The police force cannot subdue him, or even slow him down, so they must now thaw the old school Spartan to apprehend him once again. The future cracks me up. Citations for swearing, no physical contact, you wipe your butt with sea shells, and Taco Bell is the premier restaurant to eat at. Denis Leary is in charge of the underground community of thieves and beggars. These petty people are the real reason Phoenix was thawed out. Its a great action movie that depicts a future I would not want to be a part of. No guns or sex or cursing? You can keep it. I do love this film. We were talking about the transition from cheesy action movies to the point when they got more real and seriously good. Demolition Man may have been one of the last great campy action films. I will research it further and give a more definite answer at a later time.


NBM rates Demolition Man - Awesonomenal