Spartan was, at worst, guilty of omission.Īs a comedy, however, Demolition Man works somewhat better, but it truly depends on your sense of humor. One of them is the warehouse at the beginning of the movie, which was actually set on fire by Phoenix.
Sure, he breaks down some windows at a museum and a restaurant, but there are only two buildings that are actually brought down because of his actions. As a matter of fact, it’s even hard to understand how Spartan got the nickname of Demolition Man, considering that he doesn’t even demolish that many things throughout the film. As for the explosions, they aren’t even that big a part of the film. The film relies way too much on gun fights, but, in reality, its best action moments are when Stallone and Snipes are putting their fists to work. Perhaps Demolition Man’s greatest crime is that its action sequences just aren’t exciting enough. Apart from these brief allusions, Demolition Man is an extremely silly movie, an action film pastiche that is much more concerned with cracking jokes and blowing things up than with any proper social critique.īut does the movie do its job right? Well, that depends. Nods to the classic sci-fi book appear in the conditioning of prisoners at the cryogenic facility, in the genetic selection of embryos made in labs, and, of course, in the name of the 20th-century-obsessed Lieutenant Lenina Huxley ( Sandra Bullock), who serves as Spartan’s partner and love interest. The closest you will get to an actual dystopian narrative in Demolition Man is a series of not-so-subtle references to Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. It’s an outlandish premise, and Bambrilla doesn’t make any effort to hide its absurdity beneath a veneer of seriousness. After all, it takes “a maniac to catch one." Their only choice is to bring back Spartan.
In an ultra-conformist society in which everything from curse words to sex has been made illegal, cops just don’t know how to deal with the likes of Phoenix anymore. And, in the new city of San Angeles, there is no one that can stop him. During a parole hearing, Phoenix manages to escape and is ready to reclaim his place as the California king of crime. RELATED: ‘Rocky’ Review: Sylvester Stallone’s Boxing Classic Is More of a Gritty Melodramaįast-forward 36 years.
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