15 Most Underrated Movies Of The 90s

14. Demolition Man

Demolition Man
Warner Bros

Few movies satisfy on such a dumb, preternatural level as Demolition Man.

Forget any semblance of pathos, acting or even a believable world. Instead, we’ve got Stallone playing a cop called John Spartan, Wesley Snipes as Simon Phoenix, and a future-scape where saying “ass” is a criminal offence.

This overly sanitised backdrop is the sort of future 90s RADICALS thought all us SQUARES might end up creating, and if you can get on board with how utterly stupendous the entire production is, it’s a whole lot of fun.

Boiled down to a fugitive thriller with underground cults, oversized weapons and “what would 90s attitude be like a cyber-future?”, at one point Stallone freezes a man, shouts “Heads up!”, and boots his head into a million pieces.

Case. Closed.

[Scott Tailford]

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