{"id":1717,"date":"2009-09-23T23:44:50","date_gmt":"2009-09-24T03:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/?p=1717"},"modified":"2009-09-27T09:20:58","modified_gmt":"2009-09-27T13:20:58","slug":"demolition-man-judge-dredd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/2009\/09\/23\/demolition-man-judge-dredd\/","title":{"rendered":"“Demolition Man” & “Judge Dredd”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On September 23, 2009<\/strong>, Starpulse.com<\/strong> posted a piece called “Spotlight On Films In Which Technology Has Gone Awry: Our Grim Future Awaits”<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 They look at seven films [“The Surrogates”, “Demolition Man”, “Judge Dredd”, “I, Robot”, “Minority Report”, “The Matrix”, and “Blade Runner”<\/strong>].<\/p>\n

Here’s what they said about “Demolition Man”<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Welcome to a future where a sissy in flowing robes rules a land free of crime, swearing, sex, and worst of all: red meat. The benevolent leader Dr. Cocteau (<\/strong>Nigel Hawthorne<\/strong><\/a>) presides over California like a pillar of morality, but uses his influence and power to unfreeze a violent 20th century criminal Simon Phoenix (<\/strong>Wesley Snipes<\/strong><\/a>) from cryo-stasis.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Phoenix’s newfound freedom comes with a price. He is given the assignment to kill Cocteau’s rival Edgar Friendly (Denis Leary), a man who leads an underground movement to preserve the freedoms Cocteau bans in his technologically advanced society.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A wimpy police force unsure of how to handle the violent criminal unfreezes the former lawman and nemesis of Simon Phoenix: John Spartan (<\/strong>Sylvester Stallone<\/strong><\/a>), codename “The Demolition Man.” It’s up to Spartan to <\/strong>save<\/strong><\/a> the 21st century from Phoenix and from itself, by bringing back some 20th century bad-assery. With Spartan’s brawn and Friendly’s brains hopefully the future can find a happy medium between the two centuries.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Here’s their take on “Judge Dredd”<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

The second movie on the list starring Sylvester Stallone, this story takes place in the year 2139. In this future, the Earth has become a virtually uninhabitable rock where the populous is crowded into cities across the planet called “Mega Cities.” Crime in these overcrowded cities became so powerful, that the justice system collapsed completely.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rising from the ashes, was a new set of law enforcement officers that became three justice systems in one: police, jury, and executioner. These officers of the law known as Judges, were given the authority to dispense their own brand of violent justice if the punishment fit the crime.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The strictest judge in Mega City 1 history, Judge Dredd (Sylvester Stallone) is framed for murder by the former Judge Rico (<\/strong>Armande Assante<\/strong><\/span><\/a>). Rico seeks to create a chaotic world, with an army of clones under his control. It’s up to Dredd to recover his reputation, save Mega City 1 from Rico’s tyranny, and reform the harsh justice system.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can check out the whole article by clicking here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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