Demolition Man is a blast. So good in fact, that it's mix of science fiction, action, cops and social satire is way, way better than Stallone's Judge Dredd movie, made 2 years after this.
The film looks great...the Mad Max underworls and the sleek, utopian designs jar perfectly. The cast is supurb...Stallone sends up his action-man persona better than he did in Oscar or Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot. Nigel Hawthorne, Bob Gunton, Rob Schneider, Benjamin Bratt all bring the world to life. Snipes shows what a great villain should be (why carry on making crap, our Wes?)
Bullock, replacing the lackluster Lori Petty in the role, is a star waiting to be discovered. Tough, sexy, naive and skatty...a movie star was born right here.
Stallone's other 1993 movie was Cliffhanger. Sly was at his 90's peak this year, only for it to slide, as it had so many times before, into mediocre dross like The Specialist and Assasains.
He's back next April with his action enemble, The Expendables. The Man doesn't know when to give up...thank god.
