Demolition Man (film)

Demolition Man
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMarco Brambilla
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Peter M. Lenkov
  • Robert Reneau
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAlex Thomson
Edited byStuart Baird
Music byElliot Goldenthal
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • October 8, 1993 (1993-10-08)
Running time
115 minutes[3]
CountryUnited States
Budget$45–77 million[4]
Box office$159.1 million[5]

Demolition Man is a 1993 American science fiction action film directed by Marco Brambilla in his directorial debut. It stars Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, and Nigel Hawthorne. Stallone plays John Spartan, a risk-taking police officer with a reputation for causing destruction while carrying out his work. After a failed attempt to rescue hostages from evil crime lord Simon Phoenix (Snipes), they are both sentenced to be cryogenically frozen in 1996. In 2032 Phoenix escapes and the authorities awaken Spartan to help capture him. The story makes allusions to many other works including Aldous Huxley's 1932 dystopian novel Brave New World[6] and H. G. Wells's The Sleeper Awakes.[7]

The film was released in the United States on October 8, 1993, to mixed reviews from critics. It earned $159.1 million worldwide, and was considered a successful film for Stallone.

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  2. ^ Demolition Man at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
  3. ^ "DEMOLITION MAN (15)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  4. ^ Galbraith, Jane (October 12, 1993). "Hoping for a Box Office Blowout on 'Demolition Man'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
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  7. ^ Lambie, Ryan (November 20, 2016). "Demolition Man: It's 20 Years Since Stallone Was Frozen". Den of Geek.