Rotten
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.
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
Demolition Man
The future isn't big enough for the both of them.
1993 · 1h 55m · R
Action, Crime, Science Fiction
Directed by
Marco Brambilla
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Marco Brambilla Director
- Sylvester Stallone as John Spartan
- Wesley Snipes as Simon Phoenix
- Sandra Bullock as Lt. Lenina Huxley
- Nigel Hawthorne as Dr. Raymond Cocteau
- Denis Leary as Edgar Friendly
- Benjamin Bratt as Alfredo Garcia
- Bob Gunton as Chief George Earle
- Glenn Shadix as Associate Bob
- Bill Cobbs as Zachary Lamb - Aged
- Brandy Ledford as Fiber Op Girl (as Brandy Sanders)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
60%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Nearly all the SF premises are accorded the status of Andrew Dice Clay one-liners -- which means that they, along with the characters, keep changing from one scene to the next.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten
A noisy, soulless, self-conscious pastiche that mixes elements of sci-fi, action-adventure and romance, then pours on a layer of comedy replete with Hollywood in-jokes.
Emanuel Levy, Variety
Fresh
Demolition Man is a significant artifact of our time or, at least, of this week.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten
Demolition Man is sleek and empty as well as brutal and pointless. It feels computer engineered, untouched by human hands. A real pod movie.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
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