   demolition man is a 1993 american science fiction action film directed by marco brambilla in his directorial debut. the film stars sylvester stallone and wesley snipes. the film was released in the united states on october 8, 1993. the film tells the story of two men: an evil crime lord and a risk-taking police officer. cryogenically frozen in 1996, they are restored to life in the year 2032 to find mainstream society changed and all crime seemingly eliminated. some aspects of the film allude to aldous huxley's dystopian novel, brave new world. ==plot== in 1996, lapd sgt. john spartan leads a special operations unit on an unauthorized mission to rescue hostages taken by the psychopathic career criminal simon phoenix and his henchmen. after a thermal scan reveals no sign of the hostages, spartan enters phoenix's stronghold, and engages phoenix's men and captures phoenix himself, who before his arrest has detonated several barrels of c4, destroying the building. the hostages' bodies are found in the rubble, phoenix "pleads his regard", and spartan is charged with their deaths. both men are frozen in "cryoprison" and exposed to
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