Demolition Man Page #24

Synopsis: With innocent victims caught in the crossfire in Los Angeles' intensifying war on crime, both cop John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone) and violent thug Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes) are sentenced to a state of frozen incarceration known as "CryoPrison." When Spartan is finally thawed 36 years later, it's 2032, and Los Angeles is now a pacifist utopia called San Angeles. But with Phoenix again on the loose, Spartan must team up with future cop Lenina (Sandra Bullock) to apprehend the killer.
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Production: Warner Home Video
  1 win & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
34
Rotten Tomatoes:
61%
R
Year:
1993
115 min
2,622 Views


The three move along taking in the curious but

unfrightened glances. More than one person recognizes

Spartan from the battle the night before. You can feel

the buzz work down the street.

SPARTAN:

Thugs and hooligans, huh?

HUXLEY:

I had no idea... we've always been

told the only people down here were

savages, who wanted only to...

Spartan, Lenina, and Garcia find themselves starting to

sniff the air. Spartan grins, while the others look

ready to vomit.

GARCIA:

What is that emanation?

SPARTAN:

Oh, yeah, oh yeah...

The trio drifts toward a large, square hole in the sewer

wall in front of which a smiling OLD WOMAN is smoking up

some meat and tortillas on a makeshift grill. Other

Scraps sit in the space square behind, smoking cigarettes

and eating on ratty armchairs between shabby travel

posters.

SPARTAN:

Thank God, a real burrito...

Smokes.

HUXLEY:

I think I'm going to...

Salivating, Spartan silences Lenina by taking off her

watch and giving it to the woman. He snatches up a

burrito and a cigarette.

OLD WOMAN:

(to Garcia)

Buenos dias, senor....

GARCIA:

Uh, no thank you...

Spartan methodically switches back and forth from eating

and smoking like a machine.

SPARTAN:

Best damn burritos I ever had.

HUXLEY:

Just don't ask where the meat

comes from.

SPARTAN:

What do you mean?

HUXLEY:

Did you see any cows down here,

Detective?

Spartan's got one bite left. Turns to the old woman --

SPARTAN:

Que esta esso carne?

OLD WOMAN:

Esta carne de rodentia.

Beat.

SPARTAN:

Rat burritos. I'm eating a rat

burrito.

Spartan thinks about it. Eats the last bite.

SPARTAN:

And it was good. Damn fine salsa

too.

OLD WOMAN:

Gracias, Senor.

Huxley is nauseous.

GARCIA:

Oh my...

They turn and walk on. Ignoring the very disreptuable

looking cantina tucked into a carved out section of

landfill. As they go by, we PUSH IN with a seedy-

looking patron to find --

INT. WASTELAND - BAR

It's as low life a place there is down here. It's

further dragged down by the presence, in the furthest

back, darkest corner, of Simon Phoenix and Six Cryocons,

freshly defrosted and each the size of a major appliance,

ALBERT, BEPPO, CHARLIE, DANZIG, ELVIN and FRANCIS. All

a little groggy. Phoenix, very execu-criminal, sits at

the head of the raggedy bar table.

PHOENIX:

Gentlemen, let's review. It's

2042. That's two oh four two, as

in the Twenty-First Century. The

world is a p*ssy-whipped Disney

Channel version of itself and all

we gotta do to run the whole place

is kill this guy, named Raymond,

who put it all together. Then

as an added bonus, you get to kill

the man who put most of us in the

freezer, your pal and mine, John

Spartan.

(this goes over big;

now for the plan)

We can rape, loot, pillage, all

the fun things you remember.

This place is gonna be like a

theme park, but with our kinda

themes. Let's get busy.

BEPPO:

(fixated on this

previous point)

We get to kill John Spartan?

PHOENIX:

(knows his clientele)

Over and over and over, if you'd

like.

Beppo does like. Nods. Sounds like a good plan to

everyone else as well.

PHOENIX:

(throwing back his

drink)

Salud.

INT. WASTELAND - LARGE CAVERN - NIGHT

Spartan, Huxley and Garcia step in. A meeting place

of sorts. A machine shop. Off to one side, a giant

belt driven machine shop out of 1900, taking its power

from a water wheel, attached to an enormous transmission

spinning furiously. Mechanics fix and combine various

vehicles into working fashion. Blow torches, bellows.

Another flume feeds a wildly churning wheel running the

fans.

We can see stalls and houses around the rim. Out of date

cars are being used as homes. Spartan takes it all in.

His eye catches a bright red 1969 Pontiac GTO beside the

machine shop. He's drawn to it in admiration, Huxley and

Garcia in his wake.

SPARTAN:

Nice... A 1969 Pontiac LeMans GTO

convertible with rear spoiler and

hot wheel mags... Seriously beyond

the standard package.

A very large caliber revolver appears alongside Spartan's

head.

VOICE (O.S.)

So are these. Why don't you put

down the glow rods.

Spartan does. The man with the gun is Payne. Six other

SCRAP TOUGHS have the drop on Lenina and Garcia with

giant crude shotguns. One of them wears a familiar

periscope around his neck.

PAYNE:

Your friends too.

(they do)

You got ball balls, cop, coming down

here after the show you put on...

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