The best Stallone movie that doesn't involve Rocky.
I watched this movie again with a few of my buddies, and man, I still love this movie. For a 90s popcorn flick the writing in this movie is way better than it has any right being. The jokes are funny, the action segments are well done, the acting is good in the sense that everybody seems into the movie and nobody phones in performances, all of the main characters have pretty clear motivations and driving forces, the plot is fairly simple and straight forward which in my opinion is a plus because it doesn't bog itself down trying to be something more complicated than it needs to be. I'm probably over-analyzing a summer Stallone movie, but I'd say its a movie that pretty much accomplishes everything it sets out to do.
What I enjoy about Demolition Man most is that, despite being an action movie first, it seems to 100% commit to its comedy aspects as well. When it introduces something funny about the San Angeles world it never lets up or forgets about that funny thing it introduces. For example, every sound effect that would normally be a vivid attention-grabbing sound in the "normal" world is replaced with a very passive non-offending sound in the future. Alarms are now very soft sounding, the police's stun batons make a very un-threatening sound when used, the computer voice for the police says "Murder Death Kill" in a very calm soothing voice. The only harsh sound effect present in that world is the profanity alarm, which is a joke in itself. Speaking of going all-in on jokes, I love that once they introduce that silly profanity alarm anytime someone swears you always hear it in the background somewhere (except for the sewers and the finale).
Great movie, will obviously watch again. Maybe I'll check out a copy from the Schwarzenegger Library.
Be well.
I watched this movie again with a few of my buddies, and man, I still love this movie. For a 90s popcorn flick the writing in this movie is way better than it has any right being. The jokes are funny, the action segments are well done, the acting is good in the sense that everybody seems into the movie and nobody phones in performances, all of the main characters have pretty clear motivations and driving forces, the plot is fairly simple and straight forward which in my opinion is a plus because it doesn't bog itself down trying to be something more complicated than it needs to be. I'm probably over-analyzing a summer Stallone movie, but I'd say its a movie that pretty much accomplishes everything it sets out to do.
What I enjoy about Demolition Man most is that, despite being an action movie first, it seems to 100% commit to its comedy aspects as well. When it introduces something funny about the San Angeles world it never lets up or forgets about that funny thing it introduces. For example, every sound effect that would normally be a vivid attention-grabbing sound in the "normal" world is replaced with a very passive non-offending sound in the future. Alarms are now very soft sounding, the police's stun batons make a very un-threatening sound when used, the computer voice for the police says "Murder Death Kill" in a very calm soothing voice. The only harsh sound effect present in that world is the profanity alarm, which is a joke in itself. Speaking of going all-in on jokes, I love that once they introduce that silly profanity alarm anytime someone swears you always hear it in the background somewhere (except for the sewers and the finale).
Great movie, will obviously watch again. Maybe I'll check out a copy from the Schwarzenegger Library.
Be well.
