


Maybe then they will come up with some middle ground between toilet paper and the three seashells. Will society go back to what it was before the earthquake or will the leaders of San Angeles take into consideration some of the merits of the life so many of them view was barbaric and unruly? If John Spartan stays around and Edgar Friendly and the Scraps become part of society (more on Friendly in a bit) then they will have to create some weird amalgamation of the two different cultures and create a new and improved San Angeles. This is something that has to be addressed in Demolition Man 2, right? But with his death by the hands of one of Simon Phoenix's henchmen, the great architect is no longer around to help guide and control the pacifist society. Raymond Cocteau orchestrated the whole societal shift following the "Great Earthquake" of 2010 and create the ultra-safe and sanitized society in which the movie takes place. Raymond Cocteau Out Of The Picture, Does Society Go Back To Normal?ĭr. The film starred Stallone and Snipes alongside Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne, Benjamin Bratt, Denis Leary and Rob Schneider.With Dr. RELATED: Did Sylvester Stallone Star in Rocky Due to a Case of Mistaken Identity?ĭespite receiving mixed reviews at the time, Demolition Man has since gained a cult following for its sociopolitical satire, lampooning ideologies of both the American Left and Right. With the police now ill-equipped to subdue violent criminals like Phoenix anymore, Spartan is thawed out to capture his old enemy. However, Phoenix escapes custody in the far future of 2032, a crime-free society whose utopian success has come at the expense of restricting anything deemed offensive, including swearing, drinking and even physical intimacy. over four films, including Demolition Man.ĭemolition Man starred Stallone as John Spartan, an LAPD officer from 1997 who, following a hostage crisis gone wrong, is cryogenically frozen as punishment alongside the criminal who committed it: Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes).

This announcement comes almost a year after Stallone settled a profit dispute with Warner Bros.
