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More Rambo would be awesome. First Blood is by far the best, but R2 is fab 80s action. Three is the weakest for sure, I'd say. But 4 and 5 are *big* faves, love them, I don't care what rotten tomatoes says.
You got the UK Version! haha. The whole "Pizza Hut" joke was specifically for the UK at the time. In the original cut, the restaurant is Taco Bell, but Taco Bell didn't exist in the UK at the time (and still sort of doesn't, in most places) so they thought that the joke wouldn't translate. In the UK cut they changed it to something we'd know (Pizza Hut). However, in some scenes you can still see the Taco bell logo in the background.
This movie has aged remarkably well, and I have to give Wesley Snipes credit for possibly my favorite villainous performance in an action film behind Alan Rickman in Die Hard.
I love it when Stallone says "Hurting people is not a good thing! Well,sometimes it is, but not when it's a bunch of people trying to get something to eat." I say Stallone instead of Spartan because that line was a deliciously self aware poke at his own career as an action movie icon.
Sylvester Stallone preceded this with Cliffhanger, then followed this up with The Specialist. Sandra Bullock followed this up with Speed, while Wesley Snipes preceded this with White Men Can't Jump. Arnold Schwarzenegger released Last Action Hero the same year as this
Actually, Stallone was filming this movie at the same time he was filming "Cliffhanger" In fact, in some interview footage where he's talking about Cliffhanger, Sly did the interview while in his costume for "Demolition Man"
In the US, Taco Bell won The Franchise Wars! Which is why it looked dubbed. They actually said Taco Bell, and that's why they had fancy Taco Bell food on their plates. They changed it for the European market because in 1993, Taco Bell was unknown over there at the time. Sucks they felt they had to change it.
I live in Europe (Denmark) and except for in this movie, Taco Bell is still unknown to me, I have never seen one anywhere (But then again, I haven't seen a Pizza Hut since the 90's, and that wasn't here in Denmark) 🙂
it is still basically unknown. In my country Austria the only Taco Bell restaurant closed a couple of years ago. Even in Germany the only 2 Taco Bells are located within US Army Bases (Wiesbaden and Ramstein), so they are not open for the public.
Snipes has some amazing 90s action films. Blade has got to be top of the list. Passenger 57 was a good thrill too. And U.S. Marshals -- but a word of warning on that one, as good as it is, it's a sequel, and to appreciate the characters fully, you should see the first film: The Fugitive, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Harrison Ford.
I’ve never seen the Pizza Hut version before. Wesley Snipes is Blade. He was also good in “Passenger 57.” A fun action flick that doesn’t get enough love is “The Last Boyscout,” with Bruce Willis. It’s a hoot.
@jamielandis4308: Don't forget that Wesley Snipes was also in the movie New Jack City as "Rising Sun" costarring with Sean Connery "To Wong Fu, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar" costarring Patrick Swayze & John Leguizamo
"Last Action Hero" with Arnold is the definitive action/satire movie, so you should definitely watch that sooner rather than later, Jen! Also, Blade is a must watch for more Wesley Snipes action! Cheers!
There are all kinds of movies from all kinds of genres (some which can;t even be classified into a particular genre) that Jen should watch, but I have to admit that she really, REALLY loves and "gets" action movies more than the average RUclipsr.
Some are way too focused on plot holes and obvious exaggerations of the laws of physics where to truly enjoy these movies you just have to forget all that shit and just roll with it.
@@ronweber1402 I just watched someone react to Home Alone and he was complaining how the robbers keep falling for Kevin's traps. I'm like bro, this is a kids comedy, if the robbers were smart to avoid the traps, we literally won't have a movie. You have to judge genres differently especially if it's a comedy / satire.
Demolition Man is actually inspired by Aldous Huxley's book, Brave New World, which is often considered to be a companion to George Orwell's 1984 as a warning about society's efforts to create a utopian state ultimately leading to totalitarianism. This is also why Sandra Bullock's character is named Lenina Huxley. Huxley, of course, refers to the last name of author Aldous Huxley. "Lenina Crowne " is the name of the central female character in Brave New World, and her first name is a female variation of Vladimir Lenin's last name.
@@Cheepchipsable True. Demolition Man draws inspiration from Brave New World, but it's still structured like a cheesy, late-80s/early-90s action flick. In the hands of a better director and with a better script, it could have been much better.
@@blackraven85_1 Back in the "anything-goes" 1990s no one could have imagined today's society. Look at a show like 'In Living Color.' You could never do a show like that today.
If you want to see Stallone in a decidedly non-action role, he was in a really endearing little farce called Oscar back in the early 90s. Really underrated film.
This one was so entertaining because it dropped so many names verbally and visually and so full of action , plus the whole story was radically wonderful . Sandra and Wesley were great too.
I just noticed when Dennis Leary said "Food glorious food", they turned that into a song in the movie Ice Age. N he plays the Sabre Tooth Tiger in that movie
@@TerryNutkins3 ohhh sh¡t, thats new to me, cuz im not too big on musicals.. But still cool how Dennis Leary says it, then it happens to be in Ice Age. Dont know if its coincidence or not lol
If you're looking for something action-ish, humour and a little tongue in cheek. I'd suggest Red (2010) Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich and more. I think it has all the elements that you'll love.
At the time of filming (1993), Jackie Chan was not as well known internationally. People familiar with his work knew him mostly for his Hong Kong action films. His international notoriety coincidentally grew after this movie came out.
you are forgetting major league, new jack, passenger 57,us marshals and to Wong foo thanks for everything Julie Newmar,murder at 1600 ,jungle fever and the finals rising sun and money train.
Jen singing "The Love Boat" was not on my bingo card but I loved it. And we even got some very cool dance moves for the credits! :) This movie's so much fun.
I forgot there was 2 different versions of the movie. Most people saw the original “Taco Bell” version. I never even knew a “Pizza Hut” version existed until I started watching RUclips first time watching videos. Crazy stuff.
Wesley Snipes is a stand out in his role as Simon Phoenix. He took a competent Stallone action flick to the next level. I can't think of another villain who laughed so much and took such delight in his murderous work!
I love this film. Simon Phoenix maybe one of my favorite bad guys of all time. I was watching this way too much in the 90’s on VHS. So it was funny because for the marketing of the film MTV had a behind the scenes special showing the explosion of the building in the beginning. They legit brew up a building that was planned for demolition. The Pizza Hut thing was for international release of the film. I’m unsure why they don’t keep the Taco Bell as it’s the original franchise. Wesley Snipe is amazing. Some recommendations of films have to be these… Passenger 57 Money Train White Men Can’t Jump Blade Trilogy And New Jack City
Yup, a really under-appreciated part of the presentation. If your content is good, I'll sub and tell people about it etc, you won't have to persuade me. If it's shit, begging won't help.
Yay!!! One of my all time favorites. I couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve watched this movie. And I’ll watch again with you! So excited. Thanks for what you do. May your views and likes always be equal.
For Wesley Snipes you may like Blade (1998)(Marvel Vampires) or U.S. Marshalls (1998) (with Tommy Lee Jones playing same character from the Fugitive). For Jackie Chan almost anything but the list must include: Police Story (1985), Drunken Master II (1994), Supercop (1992), and Rumble in the Bronx (1995).
I'm a Kentuckian by birth but a committed Canada-phile (the only thing I know about my bio dad was that he was "of French Canadian stock.") So my whole life I've worshipped Canada, especially Barbara Budd and Mary Lou FIndlay hosting "As It Happens" on Canadian short wave radio. May I therefore frickin say, this Canada Day week, Happy Canada Day, not just to Jen, but to all of us on the planet who totally benefit from sharing its surface with Canada. Love from Louisville, Kentucky, where we Stand on Guard For Thee, best neighbors a country ever had.
You're correct about the Pizza Hut dub. In the original version it was Taco Bell. Other chains like McDonald's and Burger King didn't want any ties to an R-rated film. Taco Bell didn't care and because Pizza Hut and Taco Bell was owned by the same company, they decided to use Pizza Hut in the international cut because Pizza Hut was more well known in other countries.
Interesting. Here in NZ in about 95 I taped this on my VHS off Sky which is our equivalent of cable I suppose. And it was the USA version. I just got a fright when I saw this reaction because I had no idea they changed it and it seemed wrong lol
On the theme of historical violence, the fusion blaster thingie from the museum looks to be a mockup of a Heckler & Koch G11, an experimental gun which I recall fired a salvo of three projectiles with each cartridge and was caseless, meaning there was nothing to eject-every part of the ammo goes out the front of the gun. As such it's kind of the closest we've come to the M41a pulse rifle from Aliens. I haven't looked it up recently, but I think it didn't work out because the ammo was brittle, among other things, but that's an easy guess because that's the problem that has plagued caseless ammunition every time it's been tried.
I knew the name from the song by The Police and that Grace Jones did a cover of it. For this movie, that is a new version performed by Sting. Stallone and Snipes were gold in this one Humor, action and plenty of one liners. A lot of foreshadowings in this society are so well displayed (smart and scary). There was toys, video games (Genesis, SNES, PS1, 3D0), an actual tie-in with Taco Bell (collector's cups, posters) as seen in the Stateside version of the film. The international version of the movie (especially Asia) had Pizza Hut tie-ins instead. Demolition Man 2 was is in the works. But not anymore. At least, we still have just the one.
This movie always makes me laugh because for big parts of the movie the "future" is actually a complex in LA that used to be The Spelling Building. It was owned by TV legend Aaron Spelling. I worked there for a long time so it makes me laugh that it's The Future. It's in a bunch of movies and shows but this one really tickles me. This and when the TV version of The Hulk threw down in the lobby. LOL.
Years ago, when Gurnee Mills megamall opened near where I live, they had a Planet Hollywood... among the memorabilia on display was the mannequin of the "frozen" John Spartan seen during the opening credits.
Hi Jen, if you're interested in more Welsey Snipes. Try the Blade Trilogy. Snipes plays a super hero called Blade who fights evil vampires . Lots of action and fun.
@@mizrolist Few things about that... when I first heard this quite a few months back, my initial first reaction was "that's gonna be horrible, I can't see him as Blade". But then I thought about it for a few minutes and thought "he's a really really good actor, and he might be able to pull it off.. I'll give him a chance" But then not too long ago I heard the movie was cancelled because of too much shit going on in production... essentially Mahershala wanted to remain true to the character and the comics but the writers/producers had something else in mind. Last I heard they are not going forward with it... at least not with Mahershala!
Great reaction Jen! Wesley Snipes is in one called New Jack City that also has Ice T in it along with a few others. Great movie to check out if you can!
Great reaction, as ever! Saw this at the cinema with my mates when we were all about 17/18 yrs old and still love it now. It's just a really fun action film that does the whole tongue-in-cheek, self-aware thing well. We may or may not have all been proper taken with "Sandy B" haha! N'thing the obvious "Last Action Hero" recommendation as a follow-up sometime. They're both kinda attempted answers to "How do you make an '80s action film and/or star work for these grungy, cynical late-Gen-X'ers nowadays?" which is a daft question in itself but definitely fun movies both
I love that movie but it should be noted it’s quite polarising, a lot of people I think don’t like it. Probably the same people who missed the satire in Starship Troopers I suppose
Love your Reaction! i recommend you a Hilarious Parody of Action Movies > The Other Guys (2010) || Cast || Will Ferrell, Derek Jeter, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes , Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton and Dwayne Johnson
If you didn't know, Stallone and Schwarzenneger had a movie "tough guy" rivalry back in the day, so you will get a lot of quips about Schwarzenneger in some Stallone movies, and Stallone quips in Schwarzenneger movies.
I never knew they had a version of this film where they replaced Taco Bell with Pizza Hut. This is trippy. The three sea shells was a joke, but the guy who came up with it; actually made up how to use them. You take two and stick them together between your palm and fingers to use as tweezers to remove any large bits, then you dump them in the toilet. You then use the third shell to scrape anything left behind, throw it in the loo and flush...
Back in the Days Wesley Snipes was a serious Martial Arts Fighter. He has the 5th Dan in Shotokan Karate, does also Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Kickboxin. Its fun to watch him fight in Movies.
Yes more Wesley Snipes movies please!! For more action flicks I recommend "Passenger 57" & of course the "Blade" trilogy, If you want to see him as a villain again "New Jack City", If you want fun comedy "White Men Can't Jump", "Money Train"
You know, after seeing Demolition Man so many times over the years, I only just made the connection between the way Wesley Snipes dies at the end, and what he said to Stallone at the beginning when he "forgets" where he put the hostages: "I swear, I'd lose my head if it wasn't attached."
It was fun seeing some of the Pizza Hut version (the obvious dubs reminded me of the old TV dubbed versions of films, where you could still see the swear words, even if they’d been dubbed over!)! I think they did different fast-food chains for different territories and spent quite a bit of money on VFX to change the signage in the movie, but over here in the UK they used the original Taco Bell version (at least on video, which is how I first saw it). I remember wondering what the heck Taco Bell was! As for other 90s actiony sci-fi Stallone pics, Jen, I think I’d recommend Judge Dredd (1995). Fans of the original comic understandably hated it, but I thought it was good fun and you would probably enjoy it just for what it is, without all the fandom baggage and stuff. There’s quite a lot of similarities to Demolition Man in the story, now I come to think of it… hmm…
Speaking of dubbing that was "inaccurate," I remember turning on the Tv one afternoon and seeing then end of an episode of "Battle of the Planets" (a dubbed version of the Japanese "Science Ninja Team Gatchaman" series). It was obvious that a character had been fatally wounded and that the other characters were emotionally devastated by his death, but the English dubbed dialogue said something like "He's only sleeping. He'll be alright. But we'll never rest until we get the villains for hurting him!" to make it acceptable for American children's TV.
So good! First feature by Italian superstar commercial director (based back then in Toronto btw) Marco Brambilla who has gone on to be recognized in the art world (we met once or twice… nice guy!) Sandra Bullock was totally unknown when the film came out and that alone makes it a milestone. Her persona is already fully formed… it blew our minds! Thank a million for another brilliant reaction. You’re always always always spot on!!!
That whole Pizza Hut thing was definitely dubbed. It's actually Taco Bell. I've seen this movie dozens of times ever since 1993 and this was the first time I heard them say "Pizza Hut" instead of "Taco Bell".
Back in the 90s. Stallone Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger owned a restaurant called Planet Hollywood. They had a thing of Stallone frozen like they had in this movie. They had The Terminator in the restaurant as well.
It was Taco Bell when I saw it in the theater in 1993. Since Pizza Hut was more popular outside of the United States, they overdubbed it for international versions. Both restaurant chains were owned by the same company, Pepsico, at the time.
Supposedly, there are deleted scenes involving Spartan's wife and daughter... they come to see him at the cryo-prison before beginning his sentence. He later is reunited with his daughter, as she's now a member of Edgar Friendly's group. Although these scenes were cut, the actress playing his daughter is supposedly still in the movie.
I guess in Canada it's Pizza Hut. I've always heard they changed it from Taco Bell for outside the US, but I've never seen it. Even Cinebinge's reaction was Taco Bell.
It depends what streaming service it was on, Amazon version has Pizza Hut, but when it was on Netflix it was the Taco Bell version. When it was originally released in theaters Canadians got the Taco Bell version.
You *always* deliver, dear lady :) I am sure that most of us here are united in reckoning that it'd be great to crack a case or a bottle and have a movie night with Jen, who actually gets how action movies work and isn't always asking "Why did he do that?" , "Who is that?", "Violence never solved anything" etc etc etc :D
17:09 In the U.S. release of "Demolition Man", the resturaunt was Taco Bell, but in other countries they used Pizza Hut because there wasn't very many countries outside the U.S. that had Taco Bell locations, whereas pizza hut had a much larger presence internationally
I'm old enough to remember, when Pizza Hut was the finest restaurant in London, England! This was long before Gordon Ramsey, back when fish & chips was one the only decent things going over there. Wasn't a huge deal though. France was just a ferry boat ride or short flight away.
Great reaction Jen 👍. Another Wesley Snipes movie that you would love is US Marshalls with Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Downey Jr. If you watched The Fugitive Tommy Lee Jones plays the same US Marshall this time hunting Wesley Snipes.
Wesley Snipes has an impressive film career. I'd advise the "Blade" trilogy, "Passenger 57" and "U. S. Marshalls". And for some very cheesy Stallone that cane out around the same time as demolition man, try out "Judge Dredd".
Happy to see you enjoy it Jen. As a teenager of the 80s, I love me some cheese. If you want some action adventure sci-fi (ish) cheese, try The Running Man, with Arnold Schwarzenegger. The cheese is thick in that one. So much fun, and a Stephen King to boot.
Loved the introduction to Sandra Bullock. Yessssssssssssss all the Rambos for sure. If Taco Bell survived the fast food wars then that would be alright with me lol. The guy that Simon had shoot Dr. Cocteau was Jesse Ventura, Ventura was a former WWE wrestler and Governor of Minnesota. He also appeared in Predator and The Running Man with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Spectacular job as always Jen, Mello Greetings : )
Wesley Snipes is great! IMO his best action movies are Blade, Blade 2, Passenger 57, Rising Sun, and The Art Of War. He plays the hero in all of them. Some of his comedic and dramatic roles are great, too. White Men Can’t Jump, Jungle Fever, and Too Wong Foo will give you a good idea of his range. He’s very talented, and it’s a shame he fell from grace because he could have given us decades’ worth of solid movies.
Today I learned Americans are very brand loyal to Taco Bell lol 😂😂
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Rambo 2 and 3 and robocop 2
Beverly Hills cop 2! Its so long since you watched first one.
Wesley snipes: Blade 1 & 2
More Rambo would be awesome. First Blood is by far the best, but R2 is fab 80s action. Three is the weakest for sure, I'd say. But 4 and 5 are *big* faves, love them, I don't care what rotten tomatoes says.
One of my favorite movies
You got the UK Version! haha. The whole "Pizza Hut" joke was specifically for the UK at the time. In the original cut, the restaurant is Taco Bell, but Taco Bell didn't exist in the UK at the time (and still sort of doesn't, in most places) so they thought that the joke wouldn't translate. In the UK cut they changed it to something we'd know (Pizza Hut). However, in some scenes you can still see the Taco bell logo in the background.
German dub got Pizza Hut as well, for the same reasons.
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Didn’t know it, either never seen the Pizza Hut version only ever seen the Taco Bell and I am in 🏴
I did not know this and I've seen this movie at least 20 times! For a moment there, I thought I was taking crazy pills!
It just felt wrong hearing Pizza Hut instead of Taco Bell
This movie has aged remarkably well, and I have to give Wesley Snipes credit for possibly my favorite villainous performance in an action film behind Alan Rickman in Die Hard.
Wesley hated having his hair dyed blond for this role
So once filming had been totally completed, he'd shaved his head
I love the Snipes villain too. One of a kind.
I love it when Stallone says "Hurting people is not a good thing! Well,sometimes it is, but not when it's a bunch of people trying to get something to eat." I say Stallone instead of Spartan because that line was a deliciously self aware poke at his own career as an action movie icon.
Sylvester Stallone preceded this with Cliffhanger, then followed this up with The Specialist. Sandra Bullock followed this up with Speed, while Wesley Snipes preceded this with White Men Can't Jump. Arnold Schwarzenegger released Last Action Hero the same year as this
Actually, Stallone was filming this movie at the same time he was filming "Cliffhanger"
In fact, in some interview footage where he's talking about Cliffhanger, Sly did the interview while in his costume for "Demolition Man"
*Sigh* Halcyon days
That's what I call a trivia download.
In the US, Taco Bell won The Franchise Wars! Which is why it looked dubbed. They actually said Taco Bell, and that's why they had fancy Taco Bell food on their plates. They changed it for the European market because in 1993, Taco Bell was unknown over there at the time. Sucks they felt they had to change it.
I live in Europe (Denmark) and except for in this movie, Taco Bell is still unknown to me, I have never seen one anywhere (But then again, I haven't seen a Pizza Hut since the 90's, and that wasn't here in Denmark) 🙂
It's Pizza Hut here in Australia too.
@@dennislittau6320 consider yourself lucky, it's all trash.
it is still basically unknown. In my country Austria the only Taco Bell restaurant closed a couple of years ago. Even in Germany the only 2 Taco Bells are located within US Army Bases (Wiesbaden and Ramstein), so they are not open for the public.
In UK, the original VHS release still referred to Taco Bell.
Snipes has some amazing 90s action films. Blade has got to be top of the list. Passenger 57 was a good thrill too. And U.S. Marshals -- but a word of warning on that one, as good as it is, it's a sequel, and to appreciate the characters fully, you should see the first film: The Fugitive, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Harrison Ford.
Agreed, to everything said here....!
haha, I love Simon Phoenix's line in the opening scene: "I'd lose my head if it wasn't attached"
I still randomly start singing "Garden of the Jolly Green Giant!" when I'm in the frozen vegetable section. It's a banger.
I love 90s action flicks. I miss how much I enjoyed being able to just pick a random weekend to go to the movies and see something like this.
For Snipes watch the 'Blade' trilogy.
And money train
Don't watch Blade Trinity tho! Lol
@@TerminatorJuicewrong. Watch them all!
@@RetroRobotRadio100% trinity might not be what everyone wanted it to be but it doesn’t ruin the series. It’s a fun time.
The King of New York.
I’ve never seen the Pizza Hut version before. Wesley Snipes is Blade. He was also good in “Passenger 57.”
A fun action flick that doesn’t get enough love is “The Last Boyscout,” with Bruce Willis. It’s a hoot.
pizza hut is in the european and tv edits. original us cinematic/home video version have taco bell
Agreed, The LAst Boyscout is an amazing movie and I've never seen any RUclipsr react to it.
@jamielandis4308: Don't forget that Wesley Snipes was also in the movie New Jack City as "Rising Sun" costarring with Sean Connery
"To Wong Fu, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar" costarring Patrick Swayze & John Leguizamo
I forgot about The Last Boy Scout and that is an awesome movie. Now I have to watch that movie lol
Passenger 57 is great, so is the criminally under-rated Murder at 1600
"Last Action Hero" with Arnold is the definitive action/satire movie, so you should definitely watch that sooner rather than later, Jen! Also, Blade is a must watch for more Wesley Snipes action! Cheers!
This! Last Action Hero deserves more love
@@republicoftexas3261Indeed! It's so good!
I second this!
Is that the one that features the killer of Moe Zart?
@@mr.a8315 Moe who? 😆
There are all kinds of movies from all kinds of genres (some which can;t even be classified into a particular genre) that Jen should watch, but I have to admit that she really, REALLY loves and "gets" action movies more than the average RUclipsr.
And that's why we love her🤘
Some are way too focused on plot holes and obvious exaggerations of the laws of physics where to truly enjoy these movies you just have to forget all that shit and just roll with it.
@@ronweber1402 I just watched someone react to Home Alone and he was complaining how the robbers keep falling for Kevin's traps. I'm like bro, this is a kids comedy, if the robbers were smart to avoid the traps, we literally won't have a movie. You have to judge genres differently especially if it's a comedy / satire.
Demolition Man is actually inspired by Aldous Huxley's book, Brave New World, which is often considered to be a companion to George Orwell's 1984 as a warning about society's efforts to create a utopian state ultimately leading to totalitarianism. This is also why Sandra Bullock's character is named Lenina Huxley. Huxley, of course, refers to the last name of author Aldous Huxley. "Lenina Crowne " is the name of the central female character in Brave New World, and her first name is a female variation of Vladimir Lenin's last name.
That’s awesome! I read Brave new World and I still didn’t click to the reference but now you’ve said that it’s pretty obvious
Inspired in name only I would say, it's a ham fisted movie.
@@Cheepchipsable True. Demolition Man draws inspiration from Brave New World, but it's still structured like a cheesy, late-80s/early-90s action flick. In the hands of a better director and with a better script, it could have been much better.
Those warnings weren't loud enough looking at today's society.
@@blackraven85_1 Back in the "anything-goes" 1990s no one could have imagined today's society. Look at a show like 'In Living Color.' You could never do a show like that today.
If you want to see Stallone in a decidedly non-action role, he was in a really endearing little farce called Oscar back in the early 90s. Really underrated film.
Oscar is great without doubt :D
This one was so entertaining because it dropped so many names verbally and visually and so full of action , plus the whole story was radically wonderful . Sandra and Wesley were great too.
I love the computer going off in the background any time John Spartan says a swear word. Been cracking me up for 30 years. 🤣
I just noticed when Dennis Leary said "Food glorious food", they turned that into a song in the movie Ice Age. N he plays the Sabre Tooth Tiger in that movie
"Food glorious food" is a song from the Musical "Oliver!" Ice Age just did their own take on it
@@TerryNutkins3 ohhh sh¡t, thats new to me, cuz im not too big on musicals.. But still cool how Dennis Leary says it, then it happens to be in Ice Age. Dont know if its coincidence or not lol
8:30 Yes! Blade, for example. Also, if you like this, you probably like Judge Dredd (the one from the 90s)
If you're looking for something action-ish, humour and a little tongue in cheek. I'd suggest Red (2010) Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich and more.
I think it has all the elements that you'll love.
Agreed! Red was a lot of fun!
At the time of filming (1993), Jackie Chan was not as well known internationally. People familiar with his work knew him mostly for his Hong Kong action films. His international notoriety coincidentally grew after this movie came out.
Also Van Damme and Seagal
Really glad Wesley reconsidered playing Simon Phoenix after initially turning it down. He owned that role.
Best Wesley Snipes movie is Major League. I HIGHLY recommend it. It's 5/5 stars. And runner-up goes to Blade. You would very much like both of those.
Wesley Snipes flicks to watch: White Men Can't Jump, Blade (trilogy), Drop Zone. He's been in ton of stuff, most of it good.
you are forgetting major league, new jack, passenger 57,us marshals and to Wong foo thanks for everything Julie Newmar,murder at 1600 ,jungle fever and the finals rising sun and money train.
@@mrgonzale0978 I just listed the ones of my favorite. White Men Can't Jump being my all time favorite.
Snipes: Passenger 57. First movie I ever saw him in and it was great.
Such a fun movie! Easy recommendations are Tango & Cash and Passenger 57 for Stallone and Snipes, and Last Action Hero for satire!
Jen singing "The Love Boat" was not on my bingo card but I loved it. And we even got some very cool dance moves for the credits! :) This movie's so much fun.
😂😂🤘
I forgot there was 2 different versions of the movie. Most people saw the original “Taco Bell” version. I never even knew a “Pizza Hut” version existed until I started watching RUclips first time watching videos. Crazy stuff.
Wesley Snipes is a stand out in his role as Simon Phoenix. He took a competent Stallone action flick to the next level. I can't think of another villain who laughed so much and took such delight in his murderous work!
I love this film. Simon Phoenix maybe one of my favorite bad guys of all time. I was watching this way too much in the 90’s on VHS.
So it was funny because for the marketing of the film MTV had a behind the scenes special showing the explosion of the building in the beginning. They legit brew up a building that was planned for demolition.
The Pizza Hut thing was for international release of the film. I’m unsure why they don’t keep the Taco Bell as it’s the original franchise.
Wesley Snipe is amazing. Some recommendations of films have to be these…
Passenger 57
Money Train
White Men Can’t Jump
Blade Trilogy
And New Jack City
One of the many things I like about this reaction channel: 7 secs in and we're into the movie. No intro, no asking for thumbs up and subs, no bs. :)
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Yup, a really under-appreciated part of the presentation. If your content is good, I'll sub and tell people about it etc, you won't have to persuade me. If it's shit, begging won't help.
@@jenmurrayxo yes they say Taco Bell where did you find the version you are watching never seen that pizza hut dub
Along a somewhat similar vein, I also like that Jen doesn't engage in a bunch of "You're all so special to me" fake congeniality to suck up to fans.
@@smdownh9 Taco Bell doesn't exist outside of the US (practically), so nobody knows what it is. Pizza Hut is much more recognizable.
Yay!!! One of my all time favorites. I couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve watched this movie. And I’ll watch again with you! So excited. Thanks for what you do. May your views and likes always be equal.
Jen you’re adorable. I love that you just embrace these movies for what they are, cheese and all.
For Wesley Snipes you may like Blade (1998)(Marvel Vampires) or U.S. Marshalls (1998) (with Tommy Lee Jones playing same character from the Fugitive).
For Jackie Chan almost anything but the list must include: Police Story (1985), Drunken Master II (1994), Supercop (1992), and Rumble in the Bronx (1995).
I agree with everything you said
I'm a Kentuckian by birth but a committed Canada-phile (the only thing I know about my bio dad was that he was "of French Canadian stock.") So my whole life I've worshipped Canada, especially Barbara Budd and Mary Lou FIndlay hosting "As It Happens" on Canadian short wave radio. May I therefore frickin say, this Canada Day week, Happy Canada Day, not just to Jen, but to all of us on the planet who totally benefit from sharing its surface with Canada. Love from Louisville, Kentucky, where we Stand on Guard For Thee, best neighbors a country ever had.
You're correct about the Pizza Hut dub. In the original version it was Taco Bell. Other chains like McDonald's and Burger King didn't want any ties to an R-rated film. Taco Bell didn't care and because Pizza Hut and Taco Bell was owned by the same company, they decided to use Pizza Hut in the international cut because Pizza Hut was more well known in other countries.
Interesting. Here in NZ in about 95 I taped this on my VHS off Sky which is our equivalent of cable I suppose. And it was the USA version. I just got a fright when I saw this reaction because I had no idea they changed it and it seemed wrong lol
A Stallone movie hardly anyone has seen is “Oscar”. It’s a comedy where he plays a gangster trying to become a banker. Amazing cast.
I love that movie. It feels like it was written for the stage, also reminds me of Clue.
On the theme of historical violence, the fusion blaster thingie from the museum looks to be a mockup of a Heckler & Koch G11, an experimental gun which I recall fired a salvo of three projectiles with each cartridge and was caseless, meaning there was nothing to eject-every part of the ammo goes out the front of the gun. As such it's kind of the closest we've come to the M41a pulse rifle from Aliens.
I haven't looked it up recently, but I think it didn't work out because the ammo was brittle, among other things, but that's an easy guess because that's the problem that has plagued caseless ammunition every time it's been tried.
I knew the name from the song by The Police and that Grace Jones did a cover of it.
For this movie, that is a new version performed by Sting.
Stallone and Snipes were gold in this one
Humor, action and plenty of one liners.
A lot of foreshadowings in this society are so well displayed (smart and scary).
There was toys, video games (Genesis, SNES, PS1, 3D0), an actual tie-in
with Taco Bell (collector's cups, posters) as seen in the Stateside version of the film.
The international version of the movie (especially Asia) had Pizza Hut tie-ins instead.
Demolition Man 2 was is in the works.
But not anymore.
At least, we still have just the one.
This movie always makes me laugh because for big parts of the movie the "future" is actually a complex in LA that used to be The Spelling Building. It was owned by TV legend Aaron Spelling. I worked there for a long time so it makes me laugh that it's The Future. It's in a bunch of movies and shows but this one really tickles me. This and when the TV version of The Hulk threw down in the lobby. LOL.
Good reaction Jen...and a great movie to watch on Sly's birthday today.
I love how casual that quip was 'civilization as we know it will come to an end!' 'That's a good thing!'
that's a *whoooole* mood there :P
with his maniacal laugh Snipes really does one of the best Joker performances in this movie.
Years ago, when Gurnee Mills megamall opened near where I live, they had a Planet Hollywood... among the memorabilia on display was the mannequin of the "frozen" John Spartan seen during the opening credits.
Hi Jen, if you're interested in more Welsey Snipes. Try the Blade Trilogy. Snipes plays a super hero called Blade who fights evil vampires . Lots of action and fun.
and Blade is part of the Marvel Universe...and if they had the rights to Blade (I don't know if they do or not) they could add him to the MCU!
@@ar47yrr4p Blade is coming, played by Mahershala Ali.
@@mizrolist Few things about that... when I first heard this quite a few months back, my initial first reaction was "that's gonna be horrible, I can't see him as Blade". But then I thought about it for a few minutes and thought "he's a really really good actor, and he might be able to pull it off.. I'll give him a chance"
But then not too long ago I heard the movie was cancelled because of too much shit going on in production... essentially Mahershala wanted to remain true to the character and the comics but the writers/producers had something else in mind. Last I heard they are not going forward with it... at least not with Mahershala!
Last Action Hero is the best action comedy parody ever!
Great reaction Jen! Wesley Snipes is in one called New Jack City that also has Ice T in it along with a few others. Great movie to check out if you can!
Somebody kept that car in pristine condition underground for who KNOWS how many years, just for John Spartan to steal it and fck it up smh 😂😂😂
Great reaction, as ever! Saw this at the cinema with my mates when we were all about 17/18 yrs old and still love it now. It's just a really fun action film that does the whole tongue-in-cheek, self-aware thing well. We may or may not have all been proper taken with "Sandy B" haha!
N'thing the obvious "Last Action Hero" recommendation as a follow-up sometime. They're both kinda attempted answers to "How do you make an '80s action film and/or star work for these grungy, cynical late-Gen-X'ers nowadays?" which is a daft question in itself but definitely fun movies both
Last Action Hero is the ultimate action satire movie!!!!
Last Action Hero is another action satire, possibly the king of them. Highly recommend. Also, it's peak 90's Arnold, so you know it's a good time.
I love that movie but it should be noted it’s quite polarising, a lot of people I think don’t like it. Probably the same people who missed the satire in Starship Troopers I suppose
@@chrisnielsen9885 I think Jen would like it. She's pretty familiar with all the tropes now.
You have the most mischievous laugh ever lol lol it's great
Love your Reaction! i recommend you a Hilarious Parody of Action Movies
> The Other Guys (2010)
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Jen you have the best one liner reactions. “Gross and awesome!” Is the top!
If you didn't know, Stallone and Schwarzenneger had a movie "tough guy" rivalry back in the day, so you will get a lot of quips about Schwarzenneger in some Stallone movies, and Stallone quips in Schwarzenneger movies.
For action spoofs/homages, I highly recommend Hot Fuzz. It's a blast, and it gets better the more action movies you've seen.
Hot Fuzz is posting on Saturday, on Patreon now!
They made several props of Stallone in the ice cube. They were hung from the ceiling of Planet Hollywood restaurants, all over the country.
Mellow greetings Jen. I do hope you are not having a boggle today. If so, perhaps dinner at Taco Bell will make your day more joy joy. :D
A few have already said it but Last Action Hero is similar to this and I think you would enjoy it!
I never knew they had a version of this film where they replaced Taco Bell with Pizza Hut. This is trippy. The three sea shells was a joke, but the guy who came up with it; actually made up how to use them. You take two and stick them together between your palm and fingers to use as tweezers to remove any large bits, then you dump them in the toilet. You then use the third shell to scrape anything left behind, throw it in the loo and flush...
Back in the Days Wesley Snipes was a serious Martial Arts Fighter. He has the 5th Dan in Shotokan Karate, does also Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Kickboxin. Its fun to watch him fight in Movies.
Yes more Wesley Snipes movies please!! For more action flicks I recommend "Passenger 57" & of course the "Blade" trilogy, If you want to see him as a villain again "New Jack City", If you want fun comedy "White Men Can't Jump", "Money Train"
You know, after seeing Demolition Man so many times over the years, I only just made the connection between the way Wesley Snipes dies at the end, and what he said to Stallone at the beginning when he "forgets" where he put the hostages: "I swear, I'd lose my head if it wasn't attached."
It was fun seeing some of the Pizza Hut version (the obvious dubs reminded me of the old TV dubbed versions of films, where you could still see the swear words, even if they’d been dubbed over!)! I think they did different fast-food chains for different territories and spent quite a bit of money on VFX to change the signage in the movie, but over here in the UK they used the original Taco Bell version (at least on video, which is how I first saw it). I remember wondering what the heck Taco Bell was!
As for other 90s actiony sci-fi Stallone pics, Jen, I think I’d recommend Judge Dredd (1995). Fans of the original comic understandably hated it, but I thought it was good fun and you would probably enjoy it just for what it is, without all the fandom baggage and stuff. There’s quite a lot of similarities to Demolition Man in the story, now I come to think of it… hmm…
Speaking of dubbing that was "inaccurate," I remember turning on the Tv one afternoon and seeing then end of an episode of "Battle of the Planets" (a dubbed version of the Japanese "Science Ninja Team Gatchaman" series). It was obvious that a character had been fatally wounded and that the other characters were emotionally devastated by his death, but the English dubbed dialogue said something like "He's only sleeping. He'll be alright. But we'll never rest until we get the villains for hurting him!" to make it acceptable for American children's TV.
@@waterbeauty85 Echoes of what happened with GI Joe: The Movie, when they dubbed in a line to reveal that a main character wasn’t QUITE dead!
Judge Dredd is a good action film, but it's not a real Judge Dredd film. For that there is Dredd (2012) with Karl Urban and Lena Headey.
@@mizrolist Agreed. That’d be a good one for Mary too!
An essential Wesley Snipes Movie is "Blade" there are I think three or four of them and also a comicbook in the marvel universe.
So good! First feature by Italian superstar commercial director (based back then in Toronto btw) Marco Brambilla who has gone on to be recognized in the art world (we met once or twice… nice guy!) Sandra Bullock was totally unknown when the film came out and that alone makes it a milestone. Her persona is already fully formed… it blew our minds!
Thank a million for another brilliant reaction. You’re always always always spot on!!!
For Wesley Snipes maybe try Blade during Halloween.
Perfect!!! 😎👌
Ohhh hell yeah, this is going to be tactical Jen in her glory.
I love Demolition Man because it becomes more and more true every year.
That whole Pizza Hut thing was definitely dubbed. It's actually Taco Bell. I've seen this movie dozens of times ever since 1993 and this was the first time I heard them say "Pizza Hut" instead of "Taco Bell".
@Tessmage_Tessera I wasn't aware of that. Now, it makes more sense to me. Thank you for that info.
LAST ACTION HERO (1993) would be a great one to do Jen - Schwarzenegger in a really meta, satirical, action romp - very weird and very fun!
Back in the 90s. Stallone Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger owned a restaurant called Planet Hollywood. They had a thing of Stallone frozen like they had in this movie. They had The Terminator in the restaurant as well.
"Civilization as we know it will come to an end!"
"That's a good thing."
Lol we love you Jen
My livingroom lights are to set to the word "illuminate!!!".
It was Taco Bell when I saw it in the theater in 1993. Since Pizza Hut was more popular outside of the United States, they overdubbed it for international versions. Both restaurant chains were owned by the same company, Pepsico, at the time.
They are both owned by Yum! Brands now.
I'm in the UK and we also had Taco Bell and not Pizza Hut.
Thank you! I was worried there for a second, either that I had a brain tumor or this was the biggest Mandela Effect moment I have ever had. Whew.
@@chrissmalley83Along with the colonel and Long John Silver.
At 24:48 you can see them overdub Pizza Hut with Sly still mouthing Taco Bell. lmao!
Supposedly, there are deleted scenes involving Spartan's wife and daughter... they come to see him at the cryo-prison before beginning his sentence. He later is reunited with his daughter, as she's now a member of Edgar Friendly's group. Although these scenes were cut, the actress playing his daughter is supposedly still in the movie.
I guess in Canada it's Pizza Hut. I've always heard they changed it from Taco Bell for outside the US, but I've never seen it. Even Cinebinge's reaction was Taco Bell.
It depends what streaming service it was on, Amazon version has Pizza Hut, but when it was on Netflix it was the Taco Bell version. When it was originally released in theaters Canadians got the Taco Bell version.
EOM also had a non-Taco Bell version.
@@promiscuous675 I've never watched him.
You never watched OEM? Oh shut the f*ck up. If you know you know 🤣😁
In France 🇫🇷 it’s Pizza Hut too.
"Heh, he doesn't know about the sea shells."
Also, I'm sure RUclips loves the idea of the "verbal morality police".
You *always* deliver, dear lady :)
I am sure that most of us here are united in reckoning that it'd be great to crack a case or a bottle and have a movie night with Jen, who actually gets how action movies work and isn't always asking "Why did he do that?" , "Who is that?", "Violence never solved anything" etc etc etc :D
Don't know if you ever read "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley, but this movie is BRIMMING with references to that quintessential dystopian novel.
Love this movie. Phoenix is one of my favorite movie villains and the three seashells never gets old.
1970 Oldsmobile 442 is a legendary muscle car ❤. Action/ parody: Last Action Hero (Arnold)
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In the U.S. release of "Demolition Man", the resturaunt was Taco Bell, but in other countries they used Pizza Hut because there wasn't very many countries outside the U.S. that had Taco Bell locations, whereas pizza hut had a much larger presence internationally
I was wondering why they did that. I used to have this on VHS and it was def Taco Bell in the original.
I'm old enough to remember, when Pizza Hut was the finest restaurant in London, England!
This was long before Gordon Ramsey, back when fish & chips was one the only decent things going over there.
Wasn't a huge deal though. France was just a ferry boat ride or short flight away.
MC Villain!!😂😂😂
Another Jen 'Jem'! 🤣🤣
Great reaction Jen 👍. Another Wesley Snipes movie that you would love is US Marshalls with Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Downey Jr. If you watched The Fugitive Tommy Lee Jones plays the same US Marshall this time hunting Wesley Snipes.
I'd "Second" that...most people only ever React to "The Fugitive" but I wish they'd include the Sequel too.
I feel like Lenina Huxley could be Jen's spirit animal.
If you love Stallone, then i can only recommend tango & cash. Cheesy as hell, but loads of fun.
I had no idea there was a cut where they said Pizza Hut always just thought it was Taco Bell 😂
Wesley Snipes has an impressive film career. I'd advise the "Blade" trilogy, "Passenger 57" and "U. S. Marshalls". And for some very cheesy Stallone that cane out around the same time as demolition man, try out "Judge Dredd".
Although Judge Dredd (1995) is an inferior movie to Dredd (2012), which stars Karl Urban in the title role and really captures the Mega-City One vibe.
Jesus Christ. Do not watch the Stallone Judge Dredd abomination. Watch the new one with Karl Urban, that one is actually a great movie.
I recommend Wesley Snipes’ Blade if you haven’t seen it yet. It was an early Marvel film before the MCU even existed.
Happy to see you enjoy it Jen. As a teenager of the 80s, I love me some cheese. If you want some action adventure sci-fi (ish) cheese, try The Running Man, with Arnold Schwarzenegger. The cheese is thick in that one. So much fun, and a Stephen King to boot.
The Running Man is currently on a Patreon poll 👍
@@jenmurrayxo Even if it doesn't win the poll, you should try it. You will enjoy it Jen. I promise.
I Love "The Running Man" and I know that Jen would too!! 👍
@@jenmurrayxo It's tons of fun.
What else has Wesley Snipes been in???... Uhhhh, BLADE!!! Marvel's Daywalker Vampire Superhero!!! Oh yeah, he's also an expert martial artist!
Loved the introduction to Sandra Bullock. Yessssssssssssss all the Rambos for sure. If Taco Bell survived the fast food wars then that would be alright with me lol. The guy that Simon had shoot Dr. Cocteau was Jesse Ventura, Ventura was a former WWE wrestler and Governor of Minnesota. He also appeared in Predator and The Running Man with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Spectacular job as always Jen, Mello Greetings : )
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That's like in Canada where almost all donut shops are Tim Horton's.
Be well Jen Murray, I hope your day is filled with joy joy feelings. 😁
The bald chap with the glasses was the evil prison governor in Shawshank Redemption 🎩
Rambo First Blood Part 2, heck yeah.
Used to love this movie as a kid and still feel nice to watch it again
Wesley Snipes is great! IMO his best action movies are Blade, Blade 2, Passenger 57, Rising Sun, and The Art Of War. He plays the hero in all of them. Some of his comedic and dramatic roles are great, too. White Men Can’t Jump, Jungle Fever, and Too Wong Foo will give you a good idea of his range. He’s very talented, and it’s a shame he fell from grace because he could have given us decades’ worth of solid movies.