Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
The story
In 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to decades in a cryogenic prison as punishment for a rescue mission gone wrong. When Phoenix escapes 36 years later to wreak havoc on the future, Spartan is awakened to capture his nemesis the old-fashioned way.
- future
- martial arts
- helicopter
- police
- psychopath
- crime fighter
- dystopia
- museum
- social control
- cryogenics
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Sylvester Stallone
John Spartan
Wesley Snipes
Simon Phoenix
Sandra Bullock
Lt. Lenina Huxley
Nigel Hawthorne
Dr. Raymond Cocteau
- Benjamin Bratt — Alfredo Garcia
- Rob Schneider — Erwin
- Bob Gunton — Chief George Earle
- Glenn Shadix — Associate Bob
- Denis Leary — Edgar Friendly
- Bill Cobbs — Zachary Lamb - Aged
- Grand L. Bush — Zachary Lamb - Young
- Pat Skipper — Helicopter Pilot
- Steve Kahan — Captain Healy
- Paul Bollen — T.F.R. Officer
- Mark Colson — Warden William Smithers - Young
- Directed
- Marco Brambilla
- Written
- Daniel Waters, Robert Reneau, Peter M. Lenkov
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 4,244 ratings
- Studio
- Silver Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
If this stayed with you
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