Demolition Man

R

1993

1h 54m

Sci-Fi

Action

List

63%

Tomatometer

43 Reviews

67%

Audience Score

250,000+ Ratings

With innocent victims caught in the crossfire in Los Angeles' intensifying war on crime, both cop John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone) and violent thug Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes) are sentenced to a state of frozen incarceration known as "CryoPrison." When Spartan is finally thawed 36 years later, it's 2032, and Los Angeles is now a pacifist utopia called San Angeles. But with Phoenix again on the loose, Spartan must team up with future cop Lenina (Sandra Bullock) to apprehend the killer.

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Critics Consensus

A better-than-average sci-fi shoot-em-up with a satirical undercurrent, Demolition Man is bolstered by strong performances by Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, and Sandra Bullock.

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David Ansen

Newsweek

Demolition Man is a movie that should have been fun, and isn't.

Jan 29, 2019

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: B-

Sep 7, 2011

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Richard Schickel

TIME Magazine

Ultimately the script's often sharp social satire is drowned out by the noise and confusion. It is also undercut by casting virtually all the psychopathically murderous criminals as minority-group members.

Jul 25, 2010

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Elisa Guimarães

Collider

Still, dialogue-wise, the screenplay of Demolition Man is quite a thing to behold. The movie is full of extremely quotable one-liners and absurd exchanges that are made all the funnier by its performances...

Jan 31, 2024

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Mikel Zorrilla

Espinof

An essential action comedy with unforgettable performances from Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes. [Full Review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

May 17, 2021

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

It starts with explosions, gunfire, characters smashing through windows, careening down staircases, and lunging through five foot flames - all before the opening credits roll.

Rated: 9/10

Sep 11, 2020

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Simone C

What can I say about this one? Sly did not disappoint, quite the opposite. Wesley Snipes was great and Sandra Bullock of a stunning beauty. How not to mention Denis Leary? Great movie, it reminds me of a simple life, when staying at home on a Saturday night watching this was still "cool".

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/21/24

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Lawrence S

Stallone and Snipes are great in this movie. A perfect blend of action and comedy. Eerie that this movie was made in 1993 and predicted a bunch of social issues from 2016 onward especially with trying to censor what people say.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/10/24

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Jason M

This is a fantastic movie and has been entertaining, even now. It does draw interesting parallels to current year 2024

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/14/24

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Alec B

Its great that the dystopian elements are played mostly for laughs as it helps distinguish the movie among these types of thrillers and makes the commentary more palatable. Stallone is fine (he's just very Stallone but he isn't asked for too much by the script thankfully) but Snipes is incredible, giving exactly the right kind of energy for the villain.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/03/24

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Daniel C. M

Really enjoyed the satire on this one, Stallone's character and the villain also have a perfect chemistry. Though this movie does not deserve to be 2 hours long and it's script fails hard some few times. I still wish for a prequel about the Demolition Man's previous adventures before he was frozen. A Die Hard-esque movie about that mall kidnapping case could be perfect.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/06/24

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Benjamin L

A forgetable action flick. It doesn't "predict" nearly as much as many people say it does. It has forgetable characters, a convoluted plot alongside a setting which frankly doesn't make much sense. The fight scenes, Stalone's quips and the villain carry the movie on their back.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/22/24

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Marco Brambilla

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Sylvester Stallone

John Spartan

Wesley Snipes

Simon Phoenix

Sandra Bullock

Lenina Huxley

Nigel Hawthorne

Dr. Raymond Cocteau

Benjamin Bratt

Alfredo Garcia

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Synopsis

With innocent victims caught in the crossfire in Los Angeles' intensifying war on crime, both cop John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone) and violent thug Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes) are sentenced to a state of frozen incarceration known as "CryoPrison." When Spartan is finally thawed 36 years later, it's 2032, and Los Angeles is now a pacifist utopia called San Angeles. But with Phoenix again on the loose, Spartan must team up with future cop Lenina (Sandra Bullock) to apprehend the killer.

Director: Marco Brambilla
Producer: Joel Silver, Michael Levy, Howard G. Kazanjian
Screenwriter: Peter M. Lenkov, Daniel Waters, Robert Reneau
Production Co: Warner Bros., Silver Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 1, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $57.2M
Runtime: 1h 54m
Sound Mix: Surround

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