Demolition Man

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Years before the fast-food chain hired a talking chihuahua as its official spokeshound, Taco Bell got some high-profile product placement in this dopey thriller set in the year 2032, when the sprawling megacity of "San Angeles" has banned violence and profanity, and where virtually all the restaurants are Taco Bells. (So much for democracy!) Sylvester Stallone plays an ex-cop who's been thawed out after 36 years of imprisonment for manslaughter, and Wesley Snipes plays his nemesis who also emerges from deep-freeze and proceeds to wreak havoc. It's not nearly as funny as the similarly plotted Austin Powers,; but this special-effects-laden comedy-thriller does have a few highlights, including the pre-stardom Sandra Bullock as the cop-trainee who teaches Stallone proper behavior (and sexual etiquette) in the future's conservative society. Co-starring is Rob Schneider as a frantic sidekick who matches Stallone's one-liners with idiotic wit. --Jeff Shannon

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dinner and dancing at the taco bell.......2007-09-07

This movie is quite the futuristic hoot. Taco Bell has won the fast food wars and is now a fine restaurant. Arnold Schwarzenegger was once president of America. If you curse, you get a ticket violation, no matter where you are. The outfits that people wear on a typical occasion are more like costume robes. Physical touch is no longer allowed between partners, and is only done by virtual means instead. And lastly, the Los Angeles area is now clean and all the suburbs have formed a new city known as San Angeles. Well, its all just a part of the humor added to this film, which surprisingly is a highly entertaining B action movie, with some of today's above average B movie stars.

While Sly Stallone is our main man and cop hero, Wesley Snipes and Sandra Bullock steal the show too with their abundant screen time. Snipes is the villain in this movie, and his character is completely opposite than want you would typically see in his most popular films, the Blade series. Though he is the hero in Blade, it is obvious he has a very dark, villainous side in those films. But in Demolition Man, he is more like a Dennis Rodman charcater (and looks like him too), who jokes at everything and everyone while either killing them or blowing up the place. Sandra Bullock is the young cop, who's passion is for nostalgia L.A. She is the cop who wants something to actually go wrong in this perfect future, and her wish comes true when Simon Phoenix (Snipes) is brought back after about 30 years of cryo-freeze, once again wreaking havoc on the city. John Spartan (Sly) is brought back to catch him, since he is the only one who knows how to tame a criminal of the past.

This movie has quite a bit of action, and just about everything you could ask for - guns, explosions, car chases, and fist fights. Its basically Stallone vs Snipes throughout this film, and their presence alone in the action scenes kicks it up a notch compared to most action actors. Their final fight in the film is less than 2 minutes, but it is fast and hard-hitting and I still enjoyed it quite a bit. In addition to the action, there is plenty of humor in the film too. The plot is not extensive, but this kind of movie just doesn't need it.

Demolition Man comes off as very silly at first, but it does have a way of engaging you. Whether its the humor or the fun characters, action fans might just want to add this to their collection.

Projecting present trends into the future.......2007-07-15

The future: A split has developed between the uptight politically correct media-academia fascists on the one hand and the hippies, and the latter have literally been driven underground where they are free to do and think what they want except that, since everybody in the world above has been implanted with a microchip to enable the society has keep tabs on them, there is no money and the hippies cannot get any food except by raiding a food truck now and then.

The designer and hence Leader of this Santa Barbara - Los Angeles - San Diego megalopolis is annoyed with the hippies and thaws out an old-style psychopath to get rid of them. The psycho, however, has megalomanical plans of his own. We are not told what the rest of the United States is like, but it is certainly indicated that this megalopolis is independent, so we can guess that other megalopolises formed to deal with the urban riots of the past and have developed various other totalitarian societies. Perhaps the more rural States still have some semblance of American democracy. It would have been nice to have more information on this society of the future, but such appears to have exceeded both the knowledge and the interest of the filmmakers.

Yes, there is the usual action, but it is not as well motivated as when Sly writes part of the script. (See The Specialist which came out the same year.) The only other flaw in the action aspect was that the end (the defeat of the bad guy) was too abrupt.

If the Amazon reviewer had watched and listened to the audio commentary, he would have known that even for the Hispanic filmmaker, this is "political correctness run amok", not a picture of a "conservative" society, as the Amazonian so naively remarks.

Sandra Bullock adds a dash of comic spice to the mix.

In sum: an entertaining reflection on some future possibilities if present trends continue.

Take out your Aggression.......2007-06-21

The only reason I own this is for the times I want to see a great kick b*&t sequence, and Wesly Snipes definitely provides several!

barely mediocre.......2007-05-08

This is the only Sylvester Stallone movie I ever saw in its entirety, and that was because I was stuck on a bus trip between Chengdu and Chongking. It is pure formula junk, with not a jot of originality or anything that rises about banal violence, simplistic good guys and bad guys, and spectacular effects. I would not recommend this to anyone who wants more than the crudest, most brainless Hollywood entertainment, but then, that is why I have avoided Stallone films.

Amazing.......2007-03-31

This movie offers an amazing and stunning view of a totalitarian society in the future. Wesley snipes does a great job at playing the villain. The story is told with a comedic twist that makes it so enjoyable to watch.

The Police - LIVE - Ghost in the Machine

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More PLEASE!
Good DVD for big fans...
Only a Transitional Period for The Police!...
For Die-Hards Only
Much better performance than the Synchronicity concert

The Police - LIVE - Ghost in the Machine

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One of the greatest rock bands ever, The Police are at their very best in a RARE Live concert performance recorded at Gateshead, England on July 31, 1982. It features Sting on bass guitar and lead vocals, Andy Summers on lead guitars, and Stewart Copeland on drums. Over 90 minutes of Live Footage!! TRACKS: 1) Message In A Bottle; 2) Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic; 3)Walking On The Moon; 4) Spirits In The Material World; 5) Hungry For You (J'aurais Toujours Faim De Toi); 6) When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around; 7) The Bed's Too Big Without You; 8) De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da; 9) Demolition Man; 10) Shadows In The Rain; 11) Driven To Tears; 12) Bring On The Night; 13) One World (Not Three); 14) Invisible Sun; 15) Roxanne; 16) Don't Stand So Close To Me; 17) Can't Stand Losing You - Reggatta De Blanc- Be My Girl, Sally 18) So Lonely. ++++ DVD FEATURES: This officially released DVD from South Korea is All-Region NTSC Code 0 (plays worldwide), provides Full Screen display and Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Sound in ENGLISH with optional (removable) Korean subtitles.

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More PLEASE!.......2007-09-02

With the Police reunion in full swing (albeit unaffordable for me, even on a physician's salary!) those of us who worshipped the Police in the 80's can only hope that Sting and the boys will dig into the boxes for some old live footage and bring us some new DVD's. A redone "Police Around the World" would be nice and some pre-Synchronicity live shows would be awesome. I have a poor quality recording of the Police in Chile from the Ghost in the Machine tour that is just awesome from a concert standpoint, though the quality is awful (I compiled it from YouTube videos and burned it myself). Which brings us to this DVD...the quality is pretty good. I agree with others that the instrument mix was a failed experiment...the horns and Sting's footpedal organ are more distracting than helpful to the music. Sting was obviously tired of what he could accomplish with a 3 piece band, and trying to see what he could come up with. My Chile concert shows that he could make it work...and it certainly worked fine when I saw them in Greensboro during this tour. Speaking of annoying, Sting takes a bite of something like a powdered donut during the show and the lingering powder at the corner of his mouth is funny and annoying. Even rock gods can look silly. Then again, maybe this is why this video is not in wide production...I'm sure Sting was quite pissed that they payed for a video crew for this show and ended up with powdered sugar on his face! Overall, with no other DVD's readily available, I am glad to have this one. While I thought the Synchronicity concert was awesome when I saw it live, looking back at the DVD, the earlier iterations of the Police were much more organic in terms of the music and the band's interactions on stage.

Good DVD for big fans..........2007-08-04

This probably wouldn't be the biggest hit with the more casual fans, but it is a nice show to have for the bigger fans who want as much as they can get from a favorite band. Being one of the people who want to see and hear all that I can, I loved it. However, if you're more of a casual Police fan, go for the Synchronicity concert first, and then try to catch the bootlegs and such.

Only a Transitional Period for The Police!..........2007-07-27

It's been said that The Police is coming in August to play again in Mexico, but the first time was in 1980 when I saw a concert of The Police Live in the city of Mexico, playing the songs of their then latest album "Zenyatta Mondatta". The gig was a real spontaneous magical moment. Everybody were exited as the songs gone bye with the high driving energy of a ¡trio!: Stewart Copeland, a maravellous rhythmic drummer owner of a great technic; Andy Summers, a creative guitarist who's powerful cool chords where the perfect asset for the band's arrangements; and Gordon Summer (who is known better as "Sting") with an enigmatic personality, amaze for his bass lines that gave good melodies to the Rock Genre.

The Ghost in the machine concert is a transitional musical stage for The Police Guys; it's a little strange gig for the way that sting performs in the stage while he's eating a pineapple or playing the taurus pedals out of time in the first track "Message In A Bottle" (the Taurus pedals' idea is good) or the adition of a keyboard next to Andy Summers' side that he almost never played, but overall the music is really fantastic and well played by the band. The horn section is a great asset for the support of the songs, and it's a more natural way to enrich the music of a Rock group. I really prefer to see The Police this way than in the last Atlanta's concert with less Rock and roll feel. I'm not a die hard fan, but at least in this concert their effort is more apreciated in songs like "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic", "Spirits In The Material World" or "Invisible Sun", where we can realize about the difficulty to present and perform overdubbed studio material that It's not the same in a live situation. Great!... By the other side the perform of songs like "Don't Stand So Close To Me", "When The World Is Running Down..." or "The Do Do Do The Da Da Da" are amazing without forget the classic songs of their first and second albums like "Roxanne" or "Walking in the moon". So Good Luck!...

For Die-Hards Only.......2007-03-28

I was actually at a show from this tour and it seemed a lot better than represented here.

This is cool for a time capsule, and there are some okay performances of some songs, but they're undercut by the bad mix and iffy camera work.

Oh, and then those horns. Thank God THAT idea never took hold after this tour. Eeesh.

The only thing worse than the horns was Sting's foot-synth which he uses on a couple of songs. The effect, in a word: tragic. It sounds more like a car alarm than a good musical idea.

Far, far superior is the Synchronicity concert--buy that.

AND wait for "Police Around the World" to come out on DVD. That is the best document of early Police and has killer performances from all over the world.

Much better performance than the Synchronicity concert.......2007-03-09

Excellent performance, I especially liked how the last song (So Lonely) came out. One of the best live versions I've seen /heard of this song. Although the sound quality is not as good as that of the Synchronicity DVD, overall I think this is a much better performance (at least Sting's voice does not sound hoarse in this one).

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Love Over the top.
Both movies are great!
Demolition Man? Over The Top

Demolition Man/Over the Top
Starring: Sylvester Stallone , Wesley Snipes , Sandra Bullock , Nigel Hawthorne , and Benjamin Bratt
Director: Marco Brambilla , and Menahem Golan
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Release Date: 2006-08-22

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When master villain Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes) emerges from decades in CryoPrison, he finds a serene society of 2032 ready for the taking. To stop him, officials turn to a cop (Sylvester Stallone) doing time in Cryo because of an earlier run-in with Phoenix. And when he thaws out, the action heats up! Sandra Bullock co-stars in Demolition Man (Side A), "the most entertaining futuristic action film since the original Terminator" (Ralph Novak, People). Next, Stallone stars as hard-luck big-rig trucker Lincoln Hawk and reaches out to grasp the World Armwrestling Championship in Over the Top (Side B). Relying on wits and willpower, Hawk tries to rebuild his life by capturing the first-place prize money - and the love of the son (David Mendenhall) he abandoned years earlier. Grab hold for rip-roaring fun!

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Love Over the top........2007-06-13

I love Over the top, a oldie but goodie.

Both movies are great!.......2007-05-19

Ignore the other review about some guy talking over the movie. This film has a commentary track in addition to the movie soundtrack & the guy didn't know how to turn off the 2nd track.

Demolition Man is great. Haven't seen Over The Top yet but I'm sure I'll enjoy it. Oh & this is a flipper disc with one movie per side of the disc.

Demolition Man? Over The Top.......2006-11-05

Demolition Man was bad. It wasn't like the movie should be. You had someone explaining everything through the whole movie and could not hear the actors. That ruined the movie. I wanted the movie to replace my old VHS, but I can't now with that crap I bought.

The Wesley Snipes Collection: Demolition Man/Murder at 1600/Passenger 57

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The Wesley Snipes Collection: Demolition Man/Murder at 1600/Passenger 57
Starring: Wesley Snipes
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Assassins/Demolition Man
Starring: Sylvester Stallone , Wesley Snipes , Sandra Bullock , Nigel Hawthorne , and Benjamin Bratt
Director: Marco Brambilla , and Richard Donner
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Release Date: 2003-11-18

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LAST MAN RUNNING

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Wesley Snipes Collection: Passenger 57/Murder at 1600/Demolition Man

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All Great Wesley Snipes Movies

Wesley Snipes Collection: Passenger 57/Murder at 1600/Demolition Man
Starring: Wesley Snipes , Bruce Payne , Tom Sizemore , Alex Datcher , and Bruce Greenwood
Director: Kevin Hooks , Marco Brambilla , and Dwight H. Little
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Release Date: 2003-05-13

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A trio of Wesley Snipes's action flicks. Demolition Man; Murder at 1600; Passenger 57

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All Great Wesley Snipes Movies.......2003-07-25

The best probably being "Demoliton Man". Great DVD set.

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SANDRA BULLOCK STEALS THE SHOW...

Demolition Man [Region 2]
Starring: Sylvester Stallone , Wesley Snipes , Sandra Bullock , Nigel Hawthorne , and Benjamin Bratt
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SANDRA BULLOCK STEALS THE SHOW..........2006-05-29

This is an enormously entertaining film that is slyly intelligent, chock full of action, and quite humorous. The time is the future, 2032 AD. The location is California, and the police just ain't what they used to be, as the future is a sanitized, politically correct world, where only the most benign behavior is the standard by which all live. Even bad language is a no no. The police of the future have nothing in common with the police of the past. Guns are outlawed, as is all physical violence. Los Angeles is no more, having merged with San Diego into a new entity known as San Angeles, which is ruled by the architect of the new society, Dr. Raymond Cocteau, who is played with sage aplomb by the late Nigel Hawthorne. He is not, however, all that he seems.

This is, indeed, a "brave new world" and Lenina Huxley, played with delicious comic abandon by Sandra Bullock, is a police woman who waxes nostalgic for the past. The LAPD is now the SAPD. Her colleague, Alfredo Garcia, played with Eagle Scout earnestness by Benjamin Bratt, epitomizes the new order of things. He is a Dudley-do-right without the wherewithal to set right what is soon to go wrong. His is a future where everyone's whereabouts are known to the police, as all are tagged with a device that allows the police monitor their whereabouts. His is a future where all obey instantly, and civility is the standard of the day. His is a future where all address each other by their full names. His is a future where meat is no longer a food item, the use of salt is illegal, and corporate franchise wars have left Taco Bell to reign supreme as THE restaurant of the time. His is a future where sex is a non-contact activity.

The violent past intrudes on this sanitized future in the persona of Simon Phoenix, played with over-the-top abandon by a blond Wesley Snipes, who, like a phoenix arising out of the ashes, is freed from his cryogenic prison and unleashed upon an unprepared SAPD. Clueless in the face of such testosterone charged violence, the SAPD arrange to have twentieth century super lawman John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone) released from his own cryogenic prison in hopes that he will be able to deal with the chaotic nature of Simon Phoenix and stop his senselessly violent rampage. Lenina Huxley is teamed up with Spartan in order to help him adjust to this brave new world. She is over-the-top with happiness at this development, as her fondness for nostagia will be sated by the opportunity to get up close and personal with a blast from the past.

Needless to say, Spartan and Phoenix clash, as old warriors are wont to do. There is enough violence, mayhem, and action to satisfy the most die hard fans of this genre. What happens will not disappoint the viewer, as old scores are settled, inequitable situations are righted, and a brave new world gets a little fine tuning for the better. This action flick, sci-fi crossover does not fail to entertain, and it does so more intelligently than most films in this genre. Make no mistake, however, while Wesley Snipes gives her a run for her money, it is Sandra Bullock who steals the show with her drolly delivered dialogue, her deft comedic timing and innate charm. Sylvester Stallone, as wooden as ever, is not even a blip on the radar

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dinner and dancing at the taco bell
Projecting present trends into the future
Take out your Aggression
barely mediocre
Amazing

Demolition Man [Region 2]
Starring: Sylvester Stallone , Wesley Snipes , Sandra Bullock , Nigel Hawthorne , and Benjamin Bratt
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Searching for new directions, Sylvester Stallone starred in this farcical, 1993 SF piece about an ex-cop (Stallone) freed from 36 years of forced hibernation to help catch a criminal (Wesley Snipes) who released himself from a similar incarceration. The futuristic story finds Los Angeles a sea of Taco Bells and enforced peace, and within that satiric overview Stallone's character becomes a gun-toting fish out of water. The film plays like a live-action cartoon, and while there is nothing particularly wrong with that, Demolition Man is a rather flat experience. The irony of a peaceable society that both requires and despises its bloody saviors has been captured far more profoundly in movies like Dirty Harry. Sandra Bullock costars. The DVD release has optional full-screen and widescreen presentations, production notes, theatrical trailer, Dolby sound, optional Spanish soundtrack, and optional French and Spanish subtitles. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews:

dinner and dancing at the taco bell.......2007-09-07

Projecting present trends into the future.......2007-07-15

Take out your Aggression.......2007-06-21

The only reason I own this is for the times I want to see a great kick b*&t sequence, and Wesly Snipes definitely provides several!

barely mediocre.......2007-05-08

Amazing.......2007-03-31

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dinner and dancing at the taco bell
Projecting present trends into the future
Take out your Aggression
barely mediocre
Amazing

Demolition Man [Region 2]
Starring: Sylvester Stallone , Wesley Snipes , Sandra Bullock , Nigel Hawthorne , and Benjamin Bratt
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Customer Reviews:

dinner and dancing at the taco bell.......2007-09-07

Projecting present trends into the future.......2007-07-15

Take out your Aggression.......2007-06-21

The only reason I own this is for the times I want to see a great kick b*&t sequence, and Wesly Snipes definitely provides several!

barely mediocre.......2007-05-08

Amazing.......2007-03-31

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