


The hostages' corpses are later found in the rubble, and Phoenix claims that Spartan knew about them and attacked anyway. When a thermal scan of the area reveals no trace of the hostages, he raids the building and confronts Phoenix, who sets off explosives to destroy it. LAPD Sergeant John Spartan, nicknamed "The Demolition Man" for the large amounts of collateral damage he often causes in apprehending suspects, mounts an unauthorized assault to capture Phoenix. In 1996, psychopathic career criminal Simon Phoenix kidnaps a busload of hostages and takes refuge in an abandoned building. It earned $159 million worldwide, and was considered a successful film for Stallone. The film was released in the United States on October 8, 1993, to mixed reviews from critics. The story makes allusions to many other works including Aldous Huxley's 1932 dystopian novel Brave New World, and H.


Unable to deal with a criminal as dangerous as Phoenix, the authorities awaken Spartan to help capture him again. Society has changed and all crime has seemingly been eliminated. Phoenix is thawed for a parole hearing in 2032, but escapes. After a failed attempt to rescue hostages from evil crime lord Simon Phoenix (Snipes), they are both sentenced to be cryogenically frozen in 1996. Stallone is John Spartan, a risk-taking police officer who has a reputation for causing destruction while carrying out his work. It stars Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, and Nigel Hawthorne. Demolition Man is a 1993 American science fiction action film directed by Marco Brambilla in his directorial debut. The story is also set in a future where folks don't use toilet paper - they use some device known as the three seashells. Sandra Bullock co-stars as a future cop who helps Sparta navigate the new reality. Spartan is then put into prison, alongside Phoenix, and after the pair are cryogenically frozen, they wake up in 2032 to a world with no crime. The original Demolition Man starred Stallone as a Los Angeles Police Department officer called John Spartan, who organises an unauthorised attack on infamous criminal Simon Phoenix - played by Snipes - which leads to the death of a number of hostages. So that should come out, that's going to happen.Īs of the time of writing, no further details about the sequel are known. We're working on it right now with Warner Bros, and it's looking fantastic. To which he responded: I think there is one coming. The 73-year-old actor starred alongside Wesley Snipes in the 1993 sci-fi flick, and has now confirmed he's working on the highly anticipated sequel.Īnswering fan questions on Instagram, Stallone responded to one film buff who asked: Can we get another Demo Man'? Sylvester Stallone has confirmed plans for Demolition Man 2.
