Demolition Man is a stylish action sci-fi film starring Sylvester Stallone, but its downfall is that it can get really annoying. Serial killer Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes) and pursuing cop John Spartan (Stallone) are both entered into cryo-prison in 1996. Thirty six years later, Phoenix escapes on a parole hearing, and Spartan is thawed out to go after him. The action scenes are really well done, and the special effects are fantastic. Stallone and Snipes both turn in really entertaining performances. The problem is the utopia society they've woken up to: it's a society of wimps. The "future" dialogue is unbelievably cringe-inducing. I understand the filmmakers were aiming for satire, but good god was it annoying! To add to this ilk is Sandra Bullock playing a cop whose eagerness is equal to how annoying she is. Demolition Man is flawed, but if you can get past the annoying utopia and terrible dialogue, then it's really quite fun.
7/10
PS: Rob Schneider
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