It’s Die Hard in a future shock satire!For this week’s episode, Phil and Liam are joined by special guest Nick De Semlyen, editor of Empire magazine and author of the excellent book THE LAST ACTION HEROES. Together they unfreeze DEMOLITION MAN – a deceptively sophisticated sci-fi movie that explores, deconstructs and satirizes action movie archetypes.In a dystopian LA, renegade cop John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone) apprehends his psychotic arch nemesis Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes) during a chaotic assault, but Spartan is wrongly blamed for a large number of civilian deaths, and both men are placed in a new cryogenic-penitentiary. When they are awakened 36 years later, Spartan and Phoenix find themselves in a peaceful and seemingly utopian future society, where they quickly resume their violent feud…exposing the sinister truth about this brave new world in the process. Stallone is one of the central figures in Nick’s book, and together the guys analyze the disparity between Sly’s screen persona and who he is in real life – something that Nick can speak to from personal experience. Nick also discusses the insights gained when he interviewed the film’s director, the mercurial Marco Brambilla, a wildly talented artist who seems to have an interest in exploring weighty philosophical themes, and there’s some beefy discussions about the rest of the film’s eclectic cast, that includes Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne, Denis Leary and Jack Black, who appears briefly as ‘Wasteland Scrap #2’! The boys grab a quick Taco Bell before heading over to ‘Die Hard Oscars’ in their futuristic tuxedos, and Liam and Nick collaborate to great effect in the ‘Double Jeopardy’ trivia quiz! So alleviate your boggles, enhance your calm and listen now! DEMOLITION MAN trailerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B5v6QZ5R3g(“That looks like a good movie…”)At the time of release, DEMOLITION MAN is streaming on Max and is available to rent or buy through Amazon Prime Video, Apple/iTunes, YouTube, Vudu, DirectTV and all the usual platforms.

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