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"Demolition Man"     "Demolition Man" is an action/ wisdom fiction movie staring Sylvester St onlyone as a police military officer named John Spartan, Wesley Snipes as a criminal named Simon Phoenix, and Sandra Bullock as an SAPD officer named Lenina Huxley. The movie begins in the year 1996 in the " give away of control" metropolis of Los Angeles. The city is out of control. John Spartan arrests Simon Phoenix for a hostage situation, but the hostages be killed and Spartan is charged with their murders. Both men are then sent to a prison where they are to be stock-still until their parole. In 2023 when Phoenix is thawed out for his parole hearing he kills some prison officers and then he escapes. Because of Phoenixs actions Spartan is thawed out in order to recapture Phoenix. After Spartan is released he teams up with Lenina Huxley.     Spartan and Phoenix have been frozen for 36 years. When they are released the city has changed dramatically, it is now a computerized society called San Angeles. In the city of San Angeles there is no chaos, everything is controlled and in complete harmony. In San Angeles everything that is harmful to people is illegal. Smoking, drinking, salt, caffeine, spicy foods, meat, and nexus sports have been banned. This computerized society can keep track of every citizen because they all have a microchip in their bodies and there are cameras on every corner. There are fines for cursing and dirty jokes. The music that the citizens in San Angeles listen to is commercial tunes. Taco Bell is the only restaurant because of the exemption war. San Angeles has a lot of control of its citizens. There is rarely any natural contact, the clothing is bland and it covers up most of the body. Fluid transfer is illegal so women have to go to a clinic and be tested in order to get pregnant.     The people who will not obey the exact rules of San Angeles liv e underground in tunnels and sewers. They are called Scraps or Hooligans. The tunnels and sewers are very dirty, smelly and crowded. The Scraps are against the rules of San Angeles because they feel they take their exemption of choice. The Scraps drink alcohol, eat meat, and curse freely. Because of their behaviors and beliefs the Scraps are seen as outcasts from the rest of society and they are left to fend for themselves.