Just what I expected

Best movie of this year hands down!

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

In the 90's when action films where big and loud, filled with explosions and usually had one of the Planet Hollywood super owners in them (Sly, Bruce, or Arnie) films a plenty were made. "Demolition Man" was carved out in that era. Stallone plays John Spartan; a cop from the 90's who is framed for mass murder while he attempted to bring down Simon Phoenix's (Wesley Snipes) reign of terror to an end. Rather than the death sentence, both are cryogenically frozen and left to be forgotten for the duration of their sentences. Fast Forward to the year 2032 where crime has been eradicated and society is happy happy nice nice, Spartan is unfrozen. With a police force ill equipped to handle a 90's villain, Office Lenina Huxley (Sandra Bullock) - obsessed with 90's culture - suggests bringing Spartan out of cryogenic retirement to fight Spartan. The battle begins, both men out of their own time, fighting in a world that isn't ready for them - unbeknown to them, there is a sinister and secret plot unravelling for which they have been used as the fuse, bait and blame. The cheesy action film is more than just an action film; it's funny and satirical too. While being OTT and very in your face, it's also clever and sly too. The cast all deliver, and it's an odd and jumbled cast at that - but it works, from Nigel Hawthorne and Dennis Leary, all the way to Stallone and Snipes. Visually and narratively, the film is clever enough to not take itself too seriously and it's that which makes it a very approachable film. I'd put this in the same category as 90's "Total Recall" or "Starship Trooper" as they all offer a satirical look into life and the future of society - it's just that "Demotion Man" does it in a friendlier way. I remember when this first came out at the cinema and it didn't receive the best reviews, I've never been able to see a reason why - I think it's a lovely film which is easy to watch and very entertaining. 7 out of 10.

Demolition Man is an action classic. Great characters, and actors that fit them perfectly, good sets and futuristic scenery, hilarious dialogue all throughout (as per my title), great interesting plot with very few holes, and never a boring moment. Plenty of action, violence, laughs, and even romance. Stallone and Snipes are great as cop-villain enemies. Haven't watched this in many years but gave it a view tonight and thought it was well worth a review. Few movies do I have no complaints about, and this is one of them. Excellent film.

Demolition Man is a great movie to just pop in and unplug from the world. This movie in my opinion has a great mixture of action and comedy, sprinkled with some Sci-Fi. If you are unfamiliar with Demotion Man the summary of this movie is as follows; Demolition Man is a 1993 American science fiction action film directed by Marco Brambilla his directorial debut, and starring Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes.Stallone is perfect in his role as the tough 'old fashioned' cop who is released from Cryosleep to help the new SAPD. A blonde Wesly Snipes is also brilliant in his role as the heartless criminal Simon Phoenix who starts a meaningless rampage through the city. Originally Stallone wanted Jackie Chan to play this role, however he turned it down as he did not like playing bad guys.However both stars work very well together, producing some very exciting fight scenes, Snipes being a black belt, and Stallone's experience from the Rocky films helping them. In fact Wesley Snipes was so fast on camera that the producers had to ask him to slow down as he was too much of a blurr. Of course, lets not forget Sandra Bullock who replaced Lori Petty after a few days filming, and is very well suited to her role as Lenina Huxley, and helped to bring that vital mixture of comedy into the film with her studies of the past. Both her and Stallone work well on-screen together with the scene in her apartment being a great laugh.Overall rating: 7 out of 10.

If one takes a closer look at Sly's Vita, one will notice a certain wave-pattern (which is something that the careers many of our favourite 80's action-heroes share). For every "Rocky", there was a "Stop! Or my Mom will shoot", for every "Rambo" there was a "Rambo III"; in short, despite being one of the most recognizable (action)-heroes of his time, his career had distinct ups-and-downs."Demoliton Man", in my personal opinion, would be the perfect epitaph for Stallone's career of the 1990's (until he would sort-of resurrect that career during the mid-2000). Actually, I consider this flick among my Top-10 Stallone-films. For various reasons: Stallone is still in great shape, Sandra Bullock cute as a button and Wesley Snipes is excellent as psychopathic villain (whereby it must be mentioned, in the synchronized German version I first saw, Snipes is given the same squeaky Mickey-Mouse-voice that almost all black actors were given at the time, including Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor. Though it sounds unlikely, that voice makes the villain Phoenix sound even crazier and psychotic than the original-language-version). Then you have a cast that is equally fitting, from a suitably annoying Benjamin Bratt to Shakespearian actor Nigel Hawthorne.Apart from the action, which is cream of the crop, suitably violent without being downright gory, I might add, the movie is witty and funny, without being silly or pretentious. Safe to say, lines like "Murder-Death-Kill" and the "Three Sea-Shells" have made it into popular culture. And yes, Sly's tribute to "President Schwarzenegger" made the audience cheer, probably a bit more (and in retrospect way more prophetic) than Arnie's slightly similar kiss-off in "The Last Action Hero".A few years later, I went to watch "Judge Dredd", which did seem like a good idea. Or rather, the concept seemed like a good idea. Most viewers will remember how that ended: a vanity-project for Stallone that, apart from the settings and costumes, had little in common with the comic-book and turned out a complete disappointment. Throughout the film I could help but to think how the "Judge Dredd"-movie would have turned out, had it been filmed by the same crew as "Demolition Man" – it would have turned into the perfect adaptation of the "2000 AD"-comics! In short: "Demolition Man" – again, this being my personal opinion – remained the last enjoyable Stallone-flick until Stallone, after a hiatus of being labeled an aging has-been and producing cinematic and straight-to-video-schlock, regained some of his former status with films like "Rocky Balboa", "Rambo" and, to an extent, "The Expendables". As it is, it's great popcorn-cinema and Sly's last fine offering in his prime-time.7/10