![]() In ‘Demolition Man,’ patrons dress in futuristic formal (and oddly Asian inspired) wear when dining at Taco Bell, the only remaining restaurant chain.īeyond making up the bulk of the forbidden substances list, food plays other important roles. Sex has been replaced with a technological substitute and all babies are created in a laboratory. Anything remotely “bad for you” has been banned, namely a slew of of foods and ingredients, including chocolate, meat, spicy foods, salt, alcohol, and caffeine. ![]() In a world without crime, an antiseptic peace is ensured in the city of San Angeles by strict laws, which govern behavior, personal expression, and sensual experiences. When Phoenix escapes at his parole hearing and starts a killing spree in the post-apocolyptic future of 2032, the current police force has no choice but to turn to Spartan for help.īrutal in any time, Phoenix is an extreme menace in this imagined future. After Spartan’s attempt to arrest Phoenix goes wrong in 1996, both men are sentenced to be cryogenically frozen, which, yes, was somehow already a best practice in prisons before the end of the twentieth century. In this film, directed by Marco Brambilla, hero John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone, ripped and a bit punch drunk as per usual) battles his violent nemesis, Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes, donning a startlingly blonde flat top). It is from this latter set that today’s subject matter emerges: the sci-fi action flick, Demolition Man (1993). ![]() When my husband and I moved into our new apartment in Providence one month ago, we split our time between building Ikea furniture during a minor heat wave (which was somewhat-less-than-delightful) and watching movies that ranged from beloved cult classic ( Slap Shot with 1977 Paul Newman) to awesomely bad.
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