Demolition Man
The future isn't big enough for the both of them.
The future isn't big enough for the both of them.
Action, Crime, Science Fiction
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1993
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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.
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Runtime:
115 min
Release date:
8 Oct 1993
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$57,000,000
Revenue:
$159,055,768
Awards:
1 win & 7 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
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,
25 Jul 2010
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,
30 Apr 2008
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,
30 Apr 2008
fresh:
Demolition Man is a significant artifact of our time or, at least, of this week.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
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,
12 May 2001