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He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither, to paraphrase Benjamin Franklin is a quote that I have wrestled with for many years. At times, I subscribe to the idea that I’d be willing to shed some of my freedom for some societal control to make the nation safe. The G8 countries seem to support this since 2001. At other times, I find myself disenchanted with this, particularly when I see the abuse some of our citizens have to endure while politicians wrap themselves in the flag and pontificate about how this control makes us safer. Extend this to more facets of day-to-day life and you get the California of Lt. Lenina Huxley (Sandra Bullock) of th SAPD. So that when a psycho blondie like Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes) shows up, they are hapless to act. They need a imprisoned rogue cop like John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone) who finds that civilization had gotten very strange. He’s been in stasis undergoing genetic-based skills rehab for 30+ years. But he now knows how to sew, tat and knit a sweater like a pro.
- Director: Marco Brambilla
- Writer: Peter M. Lenkov; Robert Reneau; Daniel Waters
- Cast:
- Sylvester Stallone - John Spartan
- Wesley Snipes - Simon Phoenix
- Sandra Bullock - Lt. Lenina Huxley
- Nigel Hawthorne - Dr. Raymond Cocteau
- Benjamin Bratt - Alfredo Garcia
- Bob Gunton - Chief George Earle
- Glenn Shadix - Associate Bob
- Denis Leary - Edgar Friendly
- 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)
- Andre Gregory - Warden William Smithers (Aged)
- John Enos III - Prisoner
- Troy Evans - Tough Cop
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