Demolition Man BD

Still baffled by how the 3 seashells work. But they pulled out all the stops to put together this 4K set of a pretty under-rated 90's action flick when Stallone was at his full power. Snipes is great as the villain. Cool idea for a movie, nice FX....an enjoyable popcorn action flick. It's not the Godfather, nor is it meant to be. Sometimes it's good to just turn your brain off and enjoy entertainment without some political message or agenda wedged into everything, like it is today. Will someone create those 3 seashells before 2032 though!?!?! We're getting close to the time portrayed in the movie. Crazy to think that it's set in the future in 1993, and here we are, right around the corner. Yikes. Read more

Classic movie by Stallone and Snipes. Hilarious! Read more

Very good movie Read more

Imagine a future where everybody is smiling and nothing could go wrong. No foul language, no unhealthy foods, no sex, no music other than TV jingles, no contact sports, no drug use…wow…That’s a lot of no’s for a utopian society. John Spartan, Simon Phoenix, and Edgar Friendly don’t fit into this new future’s plans. So what do they do about it? Edgar Friendly leads an underground rebellion, Simon Phoenix causes violence wherever he goes, and John Spartan does pretty much the same as those two, but under the guise of police work. So much for Dr. Cocteau’s perfect society. Taking the fun completely out of life isn’t utopian at all. It’s dystopian. Already this movie is sounding like the libertarian’s bible, right? But let’s not forget that most left-wingers don’t have a problem with so-called “degenerate” behavior either. We like sex. We like marijuana. We like good food. We like heavy metal music and hip-hop. Everybody has their own interpretation of what Demolition Man means to them. I’ll speak for myself and say that this is generally a fun movie that takes place in a boring society. That’s it. That’s all it needs to be. We don’t need to have bloodbaths across the aisle over this fine piece of cinema. Let’s just sit down and watch it with a bucket of popcorn on our laps. And by the way, that popcorn is going to swim in butter and salt until it’s unrecognizable. Be well indeed. But of all the major food groups this movie represents, none are more heavily pushed upon the audience than cheese. Good old fashioned cheesy goodness. Enough cheese to open a few Pizza Huts in this world of Taco Bells. I’m of course being metaphorical when I talk about how much cheese this movie has. You can hear it in the dialogue, whether it’s ordinary citizens, police officers, Cocteau’s obese assistant, or the socialites hanging out at Taco Bell. First and last names are used so bloody often. The elite vocabulary sounds awkward and clumsy and it’s enough to make the audience cringe. The TV jingles that are on the radio could drive someone insane if they hear it long enough, let alone in the short screen time they’re given. I get that this cheesy dialogue is supposed to be representative of a new future with a new brainwashed culture. Foul language is banned, so that’s a huge part of it. But after a while, it can grate on the audience’s ears. It’s so noticeable that it keeps the movie from being pitch perfect. But hey, when you’re watching a movie with Sylvester Stallone in the starring role, you can expect a little cheese every few seconds. Which feels weird to say, because Sylvester Stallone plays John Spartan perfectly. He’s gritty, profane, ultra-violent, and loves to have fun even at the expense of a perfect and pretty future. Instead of using the three seashells once he’s done in the bathroom, he wipes his butt with the tickets he accumulates for swearing so much. He eats a rat burger when it’s the only meat available (and he loves it). He constantly has to correct Lelina Huxley after she butchers a 20th century idiom. You know who else likes to have fun at the expense of the future? Simon Phoenix, who’s played by Wesley Snipes. He can make even the most mundane insult sound intense with his delivery. He comes off like a psychopath loony toon not just in his constant laughter, but also in his movements, be it martial arts or otherwise. Couple these things with a terrorist mindset and you’ve got the most dangerous criminal in the movie. And then there’s Edgar Friendly, played by politically incorrect rapid-fire comedian Denis Leary. When he says he wants to eat salty, fatty, and buttery foods while smoking a cigar in the non-smoking section, you’ll believe he’s like that in real life. Denis Leary could start a revolution right now if he wanted to; that’s how convincing he was as Edgar Friendly. The only other character with halfway decent dialogue was Bob Gunton’s character, Captain Earle, who can be strict and aggressive without breaking the 21st century’s new laws. If he wasn’t a brainwashed pacifist, he could take on Simon Phoenix himself. Yes, this movie was made in 1993, but it has aged like fine wine. Demolition Man sounds like it predicted the future in a lot of ways, but make no mistake, it was a satire turned up to eleven of things going on at the time. Whether you see it as a “libertarian manifesto” or not, the very least you can do is have fun while watching this movie. It’s action-packed, it’s witty, it’s dramatic, and an all-around good movie if you’re not too bothered by the cheesiness of the futuristic characters. You don’t even have to be drunk or stoned to watch this movie; it can be enjoyed at face value. But if you want to be drunk or stoned in the privacy of your own living room, I’m not going to try and stop you. I don’t want to turn your home into a Dr. Cocteau dystopia. Give this movie any grade you want and have no regrets. Me? I’ll give it a solid B. Read more

I saw this movie at the theater when it first came out. The premise and storyline were both unique. The cinematography was done well, and included a number of recognizable Southern California locations. The actors were also popular, at the time. Warning: This movie is full of profanity, which is humorously played upon with incessant audible background alerts of penalties of the Verbal Morality Code. The 2011 Blu-Ray release looks really good. This 2025 repackage of the 2024 initial 4K UHD release looks like the same pristine-looking 4K UHD Native remaster that inlcudes an equally clean-sounding soundtrack that translates into Dolby Atmos/7.1/5.1. It includes 2 release versions: 1) US, and 2) International... the latter seeming to just be over-dubbing and graphically replacing any reference to Taco Bell with Pizza Hut, which was more internationally known at the time. . What is missing from the this 2025 package, compared to the more expensive 2024 release is a case sleeve and companion "Bonus Disc". If you are into those extras, you may want to consider purchasing that version. Read more

A society that looks perfect on the outside has forced all of it's poverty and criminality to live underground in the sewers tucked away where no one can see them. Meanwhile, the futuristic nonviolent utopia above cannot defeat a terrorist from the 90's because the population is so passive. They thaw out a police officer who was sentenced to a cryogenic prison in order to face the terrorist. The leader of the utopia, then sides with the bad guys in order to get more power. The lesson is not to leave society toothless under the oppression of psychopaths and corrupt institutions. Read more

The movie is definitely a product of its early 90s time, but the disc looks terrific and the seller sent the item promptly with good communication and packaged expertly Read more

It’s good to have this in my collection the 4K transfer of Demolition Man is definitely worth it. Read more