Phoenix immediately commits the first murders in decades with the police proving to be completely ineffective against his ultraviolent methods. However, in 2032 Phoenix escapes from a parole hearing into a seemingly utopian society that’s been sanitized to the extreme and is mostly populated by effete weaklings. As a result, both are placed in suspended animation for decades in a newly implemented cryo prison. In the near future of 1996, Los Angeles supercop John Spartan (Stallone, nearing the end of his peak), who’s also known by the moniker of “Demolition Man” because of his property damaging tendencies, fails to rescue thirty hostages while apprehending the brutal crime lord, Simon Phoenix (a deliciously over the top Snipes). Featuring a strong supporting cast, some solid comedy, high production values, and great fight sequences, I enjoyed the hell out of the film after upgrading from VHS to blu ray this week.
In any case, the Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes starring sci fi actioner with a satirical bite still holds up. Director Marco Brambilla somehow wasn’t able to parlay much of a career out of the success he found with his 1993 debut, DEMOLITION MAN.