Demolition Man (1993) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!!
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- Demolition Man (1993)
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It's hilarious to me how well the movie has aged, to the point where it's WAY more relevant today than it was back then.
Right the police are what I find the most hilarious. Because that's exactly how some people want the cops to be
@@pdcrump08 Well, also the fact society is run by a bunch of narcissistic tools that can't take a joke and refuse to look outside their bubble because reality will shatter their image of the world.
@@freedantheeternal but this is not reality
it's hilarious and scary at the same time, in 5 or 10 years we'll all be fined for saying "offensive" words. this movie to me represents the extreme of "cancel culture" and an infantilizing society. also, even if there are good sides like a clean city, it's not for everybody, there will be people in power abusing the system and poor people marginalized. it's not an utopia, its a dystopia, the society presented in this movie is a nightmare, and we are not very far from becoming it.
@pelgervampireduck But if you pay attention, the city below is the exact opposite and has all the freedoms the surface lacks and none of its rules... and is JUST AS MUCH OF A NIGHTMARE. Unbound freedom is easily JUST AS BAD as extreme order. They are each strong where the other's weak and weak where the other's strong and only by WORKING TOGETHER did the day get saved.
The point of the film's social lesson is stated by Spartan. "You need to get a little dirty. And you need to get a lot clean. And somewhere in the middle, we'll make it work."
BOTH societies don't work and for different reasons. Only toeing the line along the middle, not the extremes, is the way forwards. SOME rules. SOME freedoms. But not nothing but one or the other. That is the only society that functions.
They don't make films like this anymore and it's a shame.
It's crazy how this movie has in some ways become almost prophetic.
This films taked some ideas from adous Huxley's book.
@WVR Spence (WestVirginiaRebel) 100% agreed. Ironically driving my mom to Huntington WV in a few days.
it was very prescient
So true
amen pc especially
Wesley Snipes must have LOVED playing Simon Phoenix... I figured this was his interpretation of the Joker. And Sandra B. was quite easy on the eyes too.
Everyone in this movie looked like they were having the best time ever 😀
Yeah Joker came straight to mind too.
Fun fact: This role of Wesley Snipes inspired Basketball Star Dennis Rodman to dye his hair.
Yeah, Wesley Snipes also kick the police car front glass himself.
He said that he did. Most fun he ever had (at that point, at least).
The little girl's in the clip offended, "F* you lady!", is still my favorite part of this movie! It has literally become the voice in my head whenever anyone gets condensending with me. Lol😅
If you're gonna do Stallone movies, I gotta bring up Tango and Cash. Stallone, Kurt Russell, Teri Hatcher, Jack Palance and one of the most ridiculous stories I've ever seen. It's a broken mess and I love it!
And his arm wrestling silly hit!
@@tiananesbitt7156 Over the Top!!!
Blade & Rocky!
YES!!!! I Love that movie!!!!
Great suggestion. I love Tango & Cash.
This film is not only really fun and hilarious, but its actually kind of deep, showing the downsides of extreme order and chaos through its two antagonists.
Movie predicted the soft ass society we have today
@@Gogetta80 Calm down John Kreese.
@@sgt1terrence Once again someone misses the point of the film. Its cleary a hyper controlled conservative nanny state.
@Sound Logic I mean, Glenn Beck certainly seemed to want to make a safe space for people like him
@Sound Logic Yet conservatives are the biggest snowflakes ever, and liberals/progressives need the safe spaces? Give me a break already with the spin you guys splooge out.
22:19 This aged so well, especially when Arnold become Governor of California in ‘03. As a bonus, this came out the same year as Last Action Hero, where there is a Terminator 2 poster with Stallone on it.
and don't forget the "political correct nice speak" that we have now
@@76marex I think it’s also a societal message. The elites are have the healthy food and left the rest of us with garbage which ironically tastes better. They’re more high class, while we have trucker mouths.
Yepp, both Arnold and Sylvester are frienemies. In private friends, in movies competition.
They bounced ideas off each other during shooting their respective movies in 92/93 and included their respective cameo jokes for their own movies.
Last Action Hero had the terminator 2 poster with Stallone, Demolition Man has the Schwarzenegger Presidential Library. So cool.
@@zackcross7190 It seems to me that part of that was the people underneath the city were there by choice, kinda. They would rather have freedom and struggle financially than join a controlled, restricted, restrictive "society" were no one was truly free. It was super regimented and the more upper class people sold their freedom for safety and wealth, which was all an illusion
Don’t forget the self-driving cars.
This is one of those rare cases of a smart action movie. Normally you're supposed to turn your brain off and have fun. With this, we got to have fun while keeping our brains on. To this day, we still wonder how those 3 sea shells are supposed to work.
You don't wanna know.
*One scoops fecal matter from the sphincter area with a hard, soft-edged washable tool - smooth stone, ceramic shard. Supposedly, if one does it right, it only takes three swipes (scoops?) to have a clean bum.*
My favorite theory from all the comments I've seen on the 3 seashells is that they're control knobs for bidet functions. Apparently, the reason they picked seashells for the script is because someone had some as bathroom decoration and they went with it. Perhaps some time after bidets became more of a standard, someone made a seashell themed knob set and that just took off.
@@Henchman_Holding_Wrench *Some peoples in ancient times used pottery or seashells to clean their backsides.*
@@Henchman_Holding_Wrench That would be much better. Although, aren't they all running out of fresh water in future California?
Talk about an absolute childhood classic, this movie was quoted to no end in my school around the time it hit hbo and home video.
"He doesn't know how to use the three seashells."
@@jkhoover Can someone enlighten us?🤔
@@frankgesuele6298 It's the ultimate question.
@@frankgesuele6298 imagine it like a three step cleanup, with scrapping or "clamming", or maybe its better not to imagine it.
@@xXBlackIce7Xx Or they could be three buttons to hose off the crap in three stages.
This movie is even more relevant today given how much the future society in it mirrors our own.
It’s not too far off. Canada has an absurd bylaw that would fine those who cuss people out. That’s just a mad plan to incite violence. Police in this movie are equally as competent as the Canadian government at all levels.
"Looks like Blade's back on the menu, boys!"
Definitely one of Stallone's best!
Then assassins Antonio Banderas plays a good villain
"Cliffhanger" is another great Stallone stand alone movie.
John Lithgow as the lead baddie upstaged by Craig Fairbrass Leon and him from CSI Miami.
With one of the most terrifying intros ever. That lady acted the hell out of that scene.
Forgot about Cliffhanger! Great movie and visually beautiful!
That was my very first recommendation...Cliffhanger was so good
loved cliffhanger. lock up is another forgotten Stallone classic
If you're doing Stallone, "Copland" is a great film, and very un-Stallone like.
Nighthawks (Stallone & Rutger Hauer) is also a different movie from what he usually did, and seemingly pretty unknown now. Plus, how can you not like a movie featuring Stallone with a beard!
I agree!
Yes, this! No real humour more like First Blood in it's tone, but loaded with top tier actors, Harvey Keitel, Robert De Nero, it's awesome!
What we need is "Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot" 😁
@Krister L Not that I know of, albeit he seems to have occasionally taken to beards again in his older age, along with goatees...
Funny note, the fancy gun Simon had is actually a super futuristic conventional combat rifle that was developed in Germany in the 70’s
Also, Taco Bell is Pizza Hut in international cuts of the movie
HK G11 for anyone wondering.
This is such a cheesy, hokey movie, but in the very best of ways. I love that they poke fun at Arnold & even Stallone himself.
I disagree, I think it's an extremely clever, intelligent action movie that knows exactly what it's doing at all times.
@@tanelviil9149 The left is against sexual freedom?
@@davidmeadows5627 Kissing is not exclusive to straight sex. Whatever side the movie makes fun of, it made sure to start out going extreme on the other as well. With Spartan and Phoenix coming from an era that was going to hell.
@@davidmeadows5627 no one but crazy people actually think like that.
You wouldn’t want me associating the KKK or nazis with you...
They got the soft society correct in the future sci-fi action movie.
"You can't take away people's right to be assholes."
- In 2021, Simon Phoenix has looped all the way back to being the hero. Jeez.
Yeah, it's kinda terrifying that Simon Phoenix could be a role model in modern society if it wasn't for the mass murders.
@@MoostachedSaiyanPrinceLive long enough to see yourself become the... hero, I guess?
You might well know this already the film is based around the Aldous Huxley dystopian novel 'Brave New World'. Sandra Bullock's character is named after the author.
No, he's a murderous sociopath who only cares about causing chaos for the hell of it. He's the joker without the makeup and green hair.
@@Avenger85438 But when he defended peoples right to offend the moral puritans he was spot on
Wesley Snipes was the goat, I miss him chewing up the screen these days. Total cartoon character here.
Same haircut and fighting style as Blade.
Wesley did some sick action movies. Love him.
Goat? Really? Rhetorical, because just no.
@@filyblunt2572 90s goat
Completely agree Snipes is a goat he can still pull off blade now physically he has the acting chops for it but everybody wants to go Oscar winner newer guy younger I understand but the point is Wesley right now is in Noah's Bill doing a&b time you know b and c type a b and c type movies he needs to do more mainstream movies he's not in enough stuff but he's awesome he's still awesome to this day
Demolition Man is such a classic action movie. The mystery of the 3 seashells will always be hilarious.
Wesley Snipes is a great actor. Always plays good characters but Phoenix is my favorite by far. One of my favorite villains period actually.
I like Snipes best as Blade.
So much personality.
I remember seeing this back in 93. No one knew who Sandra Bullock was. The only thing I saw her in was a TV movie where she was the new bionic woman. She made a big impression and I knew she'd be in more movies and wasn't surprised when she became an enormous star after co starring with Keanu in Speed.
That was her breakout role
This was one of Sandra's first starring roles. She was in another favorite of mine called Love Potion #9. It was this movie and Speed that made her into a star.
Most people love WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING though I am not those people!
Sandra Bullock was a last minute replacement when Lori Petty was fired from this film because of creative differences of her character.
@@toothlessrick3970 I guess Lori didn't like the idea of playing Stallone's estranged daughter; understandable considering that mind meld sex scene they share!
@@mobiusbelts3607 Estranged daughter? Did we watch the same movie?
@@Yggdrasil42 Old Demolition Boy!?
This movie is such an underrated gem! Most people think its just a brainless action flick, but its so so much more. The comedy is top notch and the chemistry among the cast, especially Stallone and Bullock is intoxicating. Then you add in the ingenious social commentary and you have something truly special.
This movie was supposed to be a forgettable but good 90s action flick. But because of the times in which we live, Demolition Man is an enduring classic that'll live forever. Great reaction!👍
While Judge Dredd 'purists' seemed to not like Stallone's version, I have to say Demolition Man / Judge Dredd both feel cut from the same production company. Maybe it's just Rob Schneider.
I have no idea what you mean by "the times we live in", were things not much the same when this movie came out? Unless you're one to exaggerate how bad things have gotten like so many fearmongers and cultural doomsayers.
@@SoaringTrumpet Ummm, get a clue and perhaps watch the news.
True, this movie is even more accurate nowadays, it show us a possible future If we let PC crap spread and infect the next generations.
Weakness, ignorance, compliance, altho this would not be the worst result, as a country like that wouldn't last long against a totalitarian regime like China or North Korea or other people who don't give a damn about human lives or rights...
@@victorfatalys1076 EXACTLY! 💯 I've always loved this movie, but I forgot all about it, until last year. We can't let our future become like the world in Demolition Man because we're 2 steps away from this awful reality.
Your channel is truly one of the top movie reaction channels. You react to a lot of movies no one else has done and even when others have done it your analysis and commentary is top notch and genuine. I have seen Demolition Man more times than I can count and I loved watching you two react to the future presented to us in this super fun movie!
the look on your faces when you found out about the commercials...
the museum fight is one of the best and funniest action sequences ever... they are throwing more one liners at each other then bullets and it has the feel and timing of two guys making it up as they go and it is hilarious... in fact all their encounters are amazing and humorous (it goes to show you that this is not mindless and anyone can do it, especially now it is a lost art)
"Okay Wesley. We need you to kick up your inner Joker to an eleven."
Wesley turns up his inner Joker to 21......
I was 8 years old when I saw this movie for the first time and it was instantly one of my favorites and still is one of my favorite.
Do you like Jack Black?
I love how she said "I want to know what the three sea shells are".
Keep in mind..... Wesley Snipes is a martial artist so those moves you seeing 100%. When you see the blade movies you going to see how good he is in terms of his fighting technique
@Krister L I'd imagine a sword being very effective in the UFC if they allowed it.
@Krister L I think the Noisy Cricket will do.
@@jp3813 ahh yes; J's personal favorite
@AB he ducked out the fight vs joe rogan
@@josephamoraz7990 to be fair I wouldn't willingly fight Joe Rogan either lol. And Wesley aint young anymore.
It's so long ago I forgot. There's a connection between this movie and "Last Action Hero". Both came out in 1993 and Stallone and Arnold make fun of each other via references in their movies: Here we have the Schwarzenegger Presidential Library and in "Last Action Hero", Stallone played "The Terminator" (The best movie of his career, according to Danny).
Demolition Man is my favorite Stallone movie. It's the peak 90s action comedy. People have been wondering for almost 30 years how the three seashells work.
Just a few more years and wr get them
Do you like Jack Black?
@@republicofcasuals not typically
When I found out I was repulsed.
I am convinced the seashells are buttons for a bidet. Since it is so commonplace, there is no label for this, and pressing them down activates the toilet for cleaning and drying.
Another great 90s action movies of his is Cliffhanger.
Yes. Cliffhanger is a must.
Love that film but always have to watch it with the Heating on
Filmed in Colorado and Italy.
@@Papadoc1981 Yes, the opening was tense.
I don't know if anyone remembers this, but Sting wrote a song called "Demolition Man" back when he was with his band, the Police. He remade a version of it for this movie.
"Oscar" from 1991 was an entertaining and constantly underrated Stallone comedy.
YES!!!! 💘Marisa Tomei 😊
Came here to recommend Oscar. One of my all time favorite Stallone movies.
Seconded. Oscar was great.
Yes, I feel like Oscar was so misunderstood back in the day. It was a John Landis's nod to old Marx Brother's farces, but it was like no one got that, while at 10 years old when it came out, I totally did. So slept on! Great cast, great jokes, and yes, the best of Stallone's movies for me!
Amazingly tight comedy script, love Oscar so much
Fun fact: When they said Taco Bell I had my infancy crushed!
When I watched it back in the day, it wasn't Taco Bell, it was Pizza Hut.
I had to check and apparently, as Taco bell wasn't a well known brand in several countries, some releases they dubbed it Pizza Hut.
I thought went crazy for remembering Taco Bell and Pizza Hut as a merged brand, but I guess I saw both versions... so in a way I did go a little crazy.
I was annoyed when I saw they dubbed Pizza Hut over Taco Bell, thank god I bought the dvd which had the original Taco Bell version
@@Pickersgill48 At the time this movie was released (1993), they only had two Taco Bells in the UK, and they didn't have them at all in some countries like Australia, which didn't get its first Taco Bell until 2019! So a lot of people outside of North America wouldn't have recognized Taco Bell. But the first Pizza Hut in Australia opened in 1970, and in the UK in 1973, so that's a restaurant they would've recognized. THAT is the reason they dubbed in Pizza Hut.
My uncle loved this movie and would quote from it all the time. He died last year and when I found it in his DVD collection I just had to watch it again cuz it reminds me of him so much. Love your vids, guys!
My mom liked breathing before she died. I don't fucking post that on every video and website on the internet.
@@promontorium Wow.
@@promontorium Somebody shit in your cornflakes and called it Raisin Bran?
I remember when this movie came out when I was a young lad and MTV did a lot of behind the scenes and previews for this movie so I was excited to see it when it came out. It was amazing to see the futuristic depiction of technology like the self driving cars and also the comedy and satire that the movie had all wrapped up in an action movie.
Wesley Snipes started learning martial arts at 12 and holds many black belts in various disciplines. Interesting that their fight scenes are basically boxing vs martial arts!
Sandra Bullock stole the movie. She is funny and energetic.
Yep. Wesley is one of the best martial artists in Hollywood
Nah, Jack Black stole the movie! 😁
@@republicofcasuals Ha! Blink and you'll miss him. Actually, keep your eyes wide open and you'll miss him. :D
Great reactions as always, it's fun to know that here in the UK, references to Taco Bell were changed to Pizza Hut, as Taco Bell was virtually unknown in many foreign countries at the time. So they had the actors, including Sly, dub the words 'Pizza Hut' over the Taco Bell lines, plus changing the logos on the windows of the restaurant. Hilarious, well worth watching this version to see how badly dubbed it is!! 🤣
Sam: "I don't think I've ever seen a Wesley Snipes movie."
Wesley: "See, no money here, IRS!!"
Then please do the Blade movies!!
Money? talking about money🤔 okay, time to watch a Wesley Snipes movie "Money Train"
Definitely recommend Blade, Money Train, and US Marshals (see The Fugitive first).
They definitely need to watch White Men Can't Jump.
Oh wait a minute. I forgot about Major League.
I can't watch this movie without laughing. Went to see it in the theater with my best friend, his brother, and stepfather. I had such bad gas that the people sitting behind us moved seats. 😂
The profanity fine gag is hilarious. You can hear the buzzer in the background in so many scenes.
Fun fact Spartan's daughter side story was cut from them film. When in the underground Spartan talks with the leader Spartan's daughter is in the back ground
Fun fact: here in Europe where Taco Bell was largely unknown at the time Taco Bell was replaced by Pizza Hut in post - "Pizza Hut" was poorly dubbed over the existing footage of people clearly saying "Taco Bell" and all logos etc were replaced digitally with Pizza Hut logos. Not the food though so it definitely didn't look like pizza in any way shape or form. :)
How is that fun?
Ugh. I really hate alternate versions of movies going out to other countries, it ruins the shared experience. I like to see other cultures, and don't need to have everything tailored to where I live. It's insulting to the intelligence of people, and takes away a learning opportunity.
I was going to comment this. Fun fact indeed.
@@garysmith3037 I hate the phrase "fun fact".
While true its actually extremely hard to find now. I first watched this film in the late 90s and I have never seen a "pizza hut" version shown anywhere in the UK. I had to look up the dubbing on the internet, just like the PG Robocop dub.
Filmed partly here in San Diego, CA! The Convention Center, Train Station and the Pyramid where all used in our town! Plus, during Comic Con, they dressed up a couple of Taco Bell stores to resemble the movie version, it was pretty cool! I still have my San Angelels Police badge they where giving away at Comic Con!
Stallones BEST acting performance (other than OG Rocky) was in "Copland" Siskel and Ebert were hoping he would get nominated for an oscar, but it didnt happen. If you like Scorcese films like Goodfellas and Casino you will love "Copland" . Stallone put on like 50 pounds for the role to look overweight. Try and find the version with the deleted scenes.
Yup, that was really under the radar great movie
Copland is utterly brilliant.
I'll back this one. "Copland" has an awesome cast doing really good work with a pretty good story. It's a film that is worth watching.
Copland is excellent. The first Rocky and Rambo movies are also excellent imo
This is a classic! so much fun, so many well crafted one liners that fit naturally within the story that I can't give enough praises of how God damn good this film is
This movie feels like the result of a bunch of screenwriters chatting and one asks "what if we used that novel 'Brave New World' as the basis for an action film?"
Pretty spot on
@Krister L Nah, they would be more subtle, like make that character's first name the name of one the characters from the novel
1:02 - "I don't think I've ever seen a Wesley Snipes movie"
Well then add Major League (1989) and Passenger 57 (1992) to your list.
1:58 - "So...a. dystopian future for them (LA)?" - Future?
25:25 - "Not his daughter! Not his daughter!" - LOL
40:25 - The reason Bullock was cast because at the time, she was a rising star. Speaking of buddy cop movies, add Speed (1993) to your watch list as well. And yes, this movie was a blockbuster hit when it came out.
John Spartan is still one of the most kick ass name in action cinema
Only beaten by Arnie as _John Matrix_ in Commando
Awesome reaction and movie! What I've come to realize with all these older films is that you don't need a air-tight premise to have fun, the movie is ridiculous but in the best of ways! At the end of the day we watch them to have a good time and smile rather for their philosophical value. And lastly, Sandra Bullock as Lenina is a great example of strong female leads or characters done correctly, she can kick ass and be feminine at the same time. The best to you both and all my fellow watchers in the comments.
When you get around to really good Stallone films, I highly rate "Oscar". Proof that Sly can carry a movie without having to blow something up.
Guilty pleasure of mine. So good!
An absolute classic!!!
I love Oscar. Sadly it seems to be one of the movies that time forgot. Plus, it also contains one of my favorite performances by Tim Curry.
The cast had a blast making this movie, and it shows. Clever, fun and action packed..one of Stallones best films, and Snipes was fantastic :)
I think Nigal Hawthorne was the only one who wasn't entirely thrilled with the film. He only took the role to help his chances with getting cast as King George, which, as it turned out, was already his.
Thr Dr (Cocteau) was played by the brilliant (Sir) Nigel Hawthorne.
He was Oscar nominated for the eponymous role in The Madness of King George and played one of the greatest ever comedic characters, Sir Humphrey Appleby in the 1980's TV comedies Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister
I am enjoying your reactions 🙂🙂🙂
With Brexit there's been a surge of reactors watching Yes, Minister clips, because frighteningly, they haven't really aged a day.
Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister are best political documentaries
The hairstyle Wesley Snipes had when he portrayed psychopathic criminal Simon Phoenix in this movie was a near mirror image of the one he sported 5 years later, portraying the vampire/human hybrid superhero Blade!!!!!😄
Fell in love with Sandra Bullock in this movie!
Same here. It was my first time seeing her in anything and I was smitten. She was a big reason I saw Speed opening day the following June(thank God they didn't cast Ellen Degeneres as originally intended!).
I love this movie! It was huge with my friends when I was a teen. Between Sly, being the action hero he was/is, Wesley being in a bunch of movies we enjoyed between 1991 and when this came out, and Dennis Leary's song "Asshole" having just been a massive hit here in Australia, we were already hooked but the movie is just so much fun it became an instant favourite.
I just wish there was more Dennis Leary in it. His rant about the ratbugers and what he and his people want is a thing of beauty (the man can rant like no other!). Plus this was my first Sandra Bullock movie, and then Speed came out a couple of years later so that cemented my love for her.
If you ever want to do a side quest from the new Stallone-athon, can I suggest White Men Can't Jump. This is the movie I first noticed Wesley, it also co-stars Woody Harrelson
and just those two together alone are worth the watch!! You think Wesley's dialogue in this was good, just wait till he has Woody to bounce off of...
The three seashells is an iconic movie meme, I guess in pair with sharks with freaking laser beams attached to the heads. Speaking of which, have you watched Austin Powers?
The three seashells question has been debated for almost thirty years now.🤔
@@Skrubb_Lord Yepp, and it still hasn't been solved. Love a good conspiracy theory for a movie aspect that is totally useless otherwise.
I think the seashells thing is in the same league as what's in the suitcases in Pulp Fiction and Ronin.
Don't ask anyone who worked on this movie what the three seashells mean. They probably won't punch you, but you'll get a tired death glare for sure. They've been asked a question that doesn't have an answer for 30+ years. It's like Gary Larson and his Far Side comic "Early Cow Tools".
According to an interview with Sylvester Stallone: "It was explained to me by the writer is that you use two seashells together like chopsticks, pull gently, and scrape what's left with the third."
You gotta love how the guns in the museum have live ammunition close by for quick use. Even today no one mounts guns for display with live ammo around like that.
Check out Sylvester Stallone in Cobra!!
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
@Retro Mania 22 I literally read "Asians" and LOL'd for real. Knew what you meant tho👍👍
Fun fact, the "space age" gun phoenix gets in the museum is actually just a g11, an experimental firearm using caseless ammunition which started its development in 1968. Since it looks pretty sci fi it's often used as a futuristic weapon in video games, but demolition man is the only movie ever to use one, since it's so rare.
Check out an early Stallone movie called Nighthawks starring Sly as a cop, Billy Dee Williams as his partner and the outstanding Rutger Hauer as an international terrorist.
That movie was verry underrated. Great action thriller with Keith Emerson great music score.
So good
Love this movie!! "Do you see any cows down here!!!" Favorite line from this movie!
This is a very good movie. I'd recommend Cliffhanger next.
This was one of Stallone's best, reminds me of last action hero, and the 3 sea shells are one of the greatest movie mysteries ever
According to Stallone, the first two seashells are used to clamp and pull the waste, whilst the third is used to clean up! So now you know, and you probably wish you didn’t.
It's important to remember that when this movie was made, the US was at the end of the crime surge of the 70's thru 90's. In 1993 when this was released, the murder rate was 9.4 per 100000. That's double our current rate. There was a fear that the society was teetering on the edge of complete breakdown.
@Krister L Freakonomics! In addition to the leaded gasoline, Roe v. Wade was early 70s ... and 20 years later, a smaller proportion of young adults had endured neglectful and abusive childhoods from being unwanted pregnancies ...
The LA riots after the Rodney King verdict in 1992 didn't help people's outlook, either (notice how the instinct wasn't to sympathize with those committing violence, but rather to double down on demanding more policing and punishment ... hence the increased incarceration rate over the rest of the 90s)
@@secularmonk5176 Yea because we need to be soft on violent crime like the bleeding heart liberals.
@@secularmonk5176 That certainly didn't work but what about no cash bail that we have now? Basically anything short of outright premeditated murder and you just get to go free.
One of my favorite scenes in this movie is when Simon Phoenix goes to the museum "My boggle" gets me every time...lol
Dennis Leary in Judgment Night is a pretty good old school flick to check out. Emilio Estevez is in it too
Judgment Night is a guilty pleasure movie of mine. I love it. Nice to hear someone else appreciate it too. Feels like it's a forgotten movie.
A personal favorite is Leary in The Ref.
@@Caseytify Agreed. One of my favorite Christmas movies. "What am I, Oswald here?" LOL
Don't move, don't whisper,....don't even breathe!
This movie is so much smarter than people think. It's a great satire, action movie, sci-fi and only continues to gain classic status. So many movies these days just rely on spectacle without having a good script.
How classic is it ?
BTW, speaking of Wesley Snipes, you guys need to react to White Men Can't Jump. :)
Definitely, probably my favourite Snipes movie!
I love how the characters’ names are references to Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World.”
Now comes the real fun part, where you start noticing in everyday life how elements of today’s world were predicted by Demolition Man’s future. 😁
The 'no touching hands' part hits pretty hard now.
Agreed it's a very prescient movie. Critical Drinker's review of this movie points it all out.
For the technology, I think a lot of that is just due to mostly being extensions of what was already available or expected soon in 1993. Touch screens, flat screens, holograms, VR, self-driving cars, gps, mini CDs, etc for example had all been done to some extent. Even the cars were apparently built up from concept cars.
If you can't see the paralell to this and the year 2020...you're really asleep
For my money, Cliffhanger is Sly's best action film, but make sure to watch Copland, possibly his best dramatic film!
That movie does not get the originality recognition it deserves. Seriously with todays deritive crap the 90s were wild enough someone said "hey lets make climbing based government heist film with evil terrorists set deeo in the mountains!"
Todays idea of "originality" is "why dont remake that but with women as the lead characters".
This is one of my favorite movies. It ain't cinema, but it sure is entertainment. There's just enough substance and depth under all the camp and tomfoolery, and the action is well paced. And of course, the performances are all on point - everyone had a clear understanding of the tone the director and writers were shooting for, and everyone played their part. So much fun. A grossly underrated film.
So glad you watched this one. I love this movie and it is my favorite character that Wesley Snipes plays. Truly great choice to start Stallone's movies.
Wesley is great in this movie! He’s really great in all his roles. New Jack City is a great gangster movie, and White Men Can’t Jump is a must see with Woody Harrelson. Dennis Leary (Edgar) thing when this came out was little rants. He had 30 second skits on MTV where he would talk about different topics, usually while smoking a cigarette like the speech he gives them by the car.
And he almost wasn't in it, he initially turned down the role but producer Joel Silver finally convinced him to do it. I'm really glad that he did because I agree, he really is great in the film.
@Krister L Ever hear the story of how he stole the premise from Louis CK? It’s Louis talking about it, but it sounds legit.
New Jack is a FANTASTIC movie with him and Ice-T!
@@michaelriddick7116 Chris Rock!! Pookie!!!
He is like a Black Joker in this film
21:38 i just freaked out for a moment when he said "taco bell" 21:56 and when Stallone also said it
i watched this movie for the first time just a few days ago and they said "pizza hut" and there was a pizza hut logo too
i almost thought the mandella effect was real. i checked the movie again and realized it was dubbed over.
they changed it for non-american releases. but you can still see the taco bell logos on the windows.
One of my favorite campy movies. Judge Dredd is also filled with it and it also stars Stallone and Rob Schneider.
I greatly prefer Karl Urban as Judge Dredd.
Judge Dredd is not nearly as good as Demolition Man. Plus, for someone like me, who grew up reading Dredd comics every week, it really pisses on source material and does not at all understand it. Karl Urban' s 2012 Dredd was 1000 times better, and really understood sho and what Dredd was supposed to be. Before that movie, Robocop was really the closest that we got to Dredd, without actually being Dredd.
I didn't grow up reading Spiderman comics, but i guess that my reaction to Stallone's Dredd is that similar to that of Spiderman fans to Venom, or X-Men comic fans to Deadpool in X-Men Origins.
sandras character has the last name huxley intentionally its an homage to author aldus huxley who wrote the distopic/utopic novel brave new world
Man I love Sandra Bullock's misquotes😂😂
welcome to one of the greatest, most enduring mysteries in cinema history: how do you use the three seashells.
and now that you've been clued in to the reference, you'll see it everywhere.
One of Stallone's best IMO. Awesome action and supremely silly. And we always like Sandra. So good! :)
It's the most fun/entertaining of any of his movies and he has the most personality in this movie. Way too many movies the characters are too serious to be entertaining. The whole world in this movie is pretty interesting to explore as well.
@@parker469a I totally agree. :)
ALSO, DON'T FORGET!!! MANY THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THIS MOVIE, ACTUALLY DID (in real life) OCCUR YEARS LATER!!
It's great that you're gonna do Sly's movies! I'm already looking forward to "Rambo - First Blood", arguably Stallone's best role.
And Rocky 😉
His best role(or his best acting at least) in my opinion, would be in Copland.
@@Manu-rb6eo Rocky IV too, my guilty pleasure; DDDRRRAAAGGGOOOO!!! lol
I remember the first time I saw this movie. I thought ALL action movies were as good as this, and I was gravely disappointed.
The humor of this movie gets me every time, even now almost 30 years later. Every time the swear alarm goes I just cannot stop cackling. The three seashells gag too. It's just such a BLEEEP good funny movie.
Always loved this movie - "Be well!"
FUN FACT: Wesley Snipes was asked to slow down his fighting scences because he was so quick, the camera struggled to keep up.
It's crazy how they're aren't any action movie stars now that are trained martial artists.
Still the time line is a bit off , 40 years is too short to that progress and that lot of people would not remember , are there no over 50 year olds at all ?
Like most of us alive today dont have personal experience of WW 2 , we still know what happened 80 years ago .
They should have had this happen at least 140 years laters , then we would be in situation like with US civil war , with that we are totally depending on written records .
@@pete_lind It does stretch logic, but some elements are explained as the conditions are only implied to be within that specific area ('San Angeles'), it implies that they're pretty much in their own bubble. His older colleague does remember the past, and is shown in the movie.
Technologically, it's entirely reasonable, too slow if anything.
The 2010 earthquake in the movie was quite a clever way to explain the old stuff underground, and entirely new buildings on top.
@@zerocool5395 There are still martial arts movies, just not many big ones like this one, but that has always been the case.
Besides, we have UFC and other stuff we can watch which is the real deal.
Wesley snipes "Simon says die"
Daniel: " oh, he has a catch phrase "
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Fun fact: The fight scenes Wesley did in the movie? His movements are so fast the cameras back in 93 couldn't keep up and it looked choppy. So the director asked him to slow it down a bit
That's wild! It was always great seeing his martial arts skills.
Same thing with Jackie Chan and several other martial artists. Their movements were way too fast for the cameras and they were told to slow it down by A LOT.
Want another fun fact about the movie, pause this reaction at 31:41 and look to the left behind Edgar Friendly.... yep, that's a young Jack Black 😁
The cameras back in 93 were just as fast(in terms of capturing an image) as cameras before & after. 24 frames a second was the standard for a very long time, and seemingly still is for most movie releases at the cinemas.
Likewise the film stock etc was excellent in 93.
I think reports have retold the story & fuzzed the details. For example there's a post elsewhere stating that his movements 'blurred on camera and had to be asked him to slow them down' - every moving object is typically blurred with movement, otherwise it often looks bad in motion. They could've just used fast film & lenses to take shots with little or no blur(high shutter speed) but it would've looked unnatural.
Even when recorded & played back at high fps(where high shutter speed would likely be fine), I'd imagine they'd still slow down the action, just for the viewer to keep up.
@@DoubleMonoLR - That's most likely the case. Viewers who are used to watching 'slower moving' punches and fight choreography probably needed Jackie and others to slow down their movements so that Western audiences could keep up.
The almost prophetic satire of this movie was so unappreciated by most critics back in the day.
This future is loosely based on the book Brave New World. There are several references in the movie. The most obvious is Huxley is the last name of the author.
And Lenina is one of the main female characters in the novel (It's a feminized "Lenin" ... lots of references to communism in BNW)
Simon also Says "it's a Brave New World " also someone calls John a Savage and John the Savage was a character in a Brave New World.
If you're keen on Sandra Bullock and you like courtroom dramas, PLEASE go for 'A Time To Kill'. Fantastic film with a stellar cast: Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Donald and Keifer Sutherland, Patrick McGoohan, Kevin Spacey, Samuel L. Jackson, Oliver Platt, etc. One of my all-time favourites: great story, fabulous cast at their best, what more could you ask?
I really like this movie. It's crazy to think that a dystopian movie from not even 30 years ago is so close to reality in many ways today
Not close enough.
Yep. And I don't like that at all.
11:37 "Sounds like a Bop-It" ROFL!! I literally howled out loud when she said that.
Snipes was one of the best action villains of the whole era in this movie.
“Sound like a Bop-It.” Bop-It was actually the successor to the toy Simon. Likely that’s why those sound effects were chosen.
The greatest Dennis Leary rant of all time.
Ahhh… Demolition Man, aka when I fell in love with Sandra Bullock. A love that still endures to this day. I have the Region B version of this on Blu Ray (I’m Australian) and the scene where they’re discussing Taco Bell is different - it was Pizza Hut instead. Taco Bell is not as well known internationally, especially back then, so they had to overdub Pizza Hut references. It’s worth a watch, if only for the laughs.
First Blood, Rocky, Assassins, Cliffhanger and Over the Top are all great Stallone movies that need to be reacted to