Should you watch Demolition Man?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Demolition Man
Film · 1993
In 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to decades in a cryogenic prison as punishment for a rescue mission gone wrong. When Phoenix escapes 36 years later to wreak havoc on the future, Spartan is awakened to capture his nemesis the old-fashioned way.
The sides of Demolition Man
- A cop frozen and thawed in 2032
- Wesley Snipes as an escaped killer
- A future where swearing is fined
Demolition Man is good for you if…
- you like Stallone and Wesley Snipes fighting through a future city.
- you like jokes about the three seashells and Taco Bell.
- you like a satire of a polite society that bans everything.
Demolition Man is bad for you if…
- you can't stand shootouts and brutal fights.
- you find nineties action films dated.
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