Requested by the far-off future of 1996
Friday, September 23, 2016
Demolition Man
Demolition Man is a 1993 action film staring Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes. In the not too distant future of 1996, the city of Los Angeles is kind of a shithole. Simon Phoenix (Snipes) is a crazy criminal who has kidnapped a bus full of people and LAPD Sgt. John Spartan (Stallone) wants to save them. Unfortunately for Spartan, Phoenix is batshit insane and blows up his own hideout. Spartan takes the blame for the hostage death but arrests Phoenix in the process. Because this is 1996 and therefore the future, criminals aren't placed in prison. They are cryogenically frozen for their prison sentence. Both Spartan and Phoenix get 70 years without parole. Fast forward to 2032. Things are much better in the city of San Angeles, where crime is practically nonexistent and everyone is a giant pussy. Phoenix somehow gets a parole hearing and escapes. Not having any experience with dangerous criminals the SAPD defrosts Spartan to catch Phoenix. Spartan happens to get paired up with the only cop who happens to like shit from his time period, Lenina Huxley (Sandra Bullock). Spartan corners Phoenix at a museum where they have a shootout with guns that are technically 40 year old museum pieces. Because the future doesn't have guns. Phoenix escapes and runs into the leader of SA, Dr. Raymond Cocteau (Nigel Hawthorne). Phoenix tries to kill Cocteau but can't, because while he was on ice, Cocteau had him reprogrammed. He did this because he wanted an assassin to kill the only threat to his power, the leader of the Scraps resistance group, Edgar Friendly (Dennis Leary). Spartan shows up and Phoenix runs off, leading Cocteau to thank Spartan for saving his life by inviting him to Taco Bell. According to Huxley, Taco Bell won the Franchise Wars, and therefore all restaurants are Taco Bell. During that dinner the Scraps attack. Spartan singlehandedly defeats them, but he notices that they only wanted some food. He snaps ant Cocteau and Huxley takes him home. She then askes him if he wants to have sex. Caught completely off guard, Spartan says yes so Huxley brings out her sex helmets. In the future "fluid transfer" is bad because fear of AIDS or some shit so these sex helmets are how people bang. It freaks out Spartan and he leaves to go watch security footage of Phoenix and Cocteau talking. The next day he takes Huxley and some other officer who has a name that I forget intothe sewers in an attempt to find Friendly before Phoenix can get to him. By this time Phoenix has convinced Cocteau to unfreeze some of his old crew. In the underground area where the Scraps live, Spartan eats a rat burger and finds an old car that looks pretty good for being 70 years old. He meets up with Friendly and saves him from Phoenix, but phoenix escapes again. Deciding to action hero for a bit, Spartan and Huxley take the old car and chase after Phoenix,who stole their squad car. The chase ends at the police station where Phoenix gets away. He then gets one of his crew to kill Cocteau. Phoenix then heads back to the cryo-prison to release everyone. Spartan puts Huxley to sleep to keep her safe and goes after Phoenix. A huge climactic fight takes place and Spartan kills Phoenix. Friendly and the police chief get together and try to figure out what to do next, but Spartan is too busy kissing Huxley to give a shit. Then the credits roll. But we never find out how to use the three shells.
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