The Demolitionist (1995)

User Rating:

3.8/10   

Director:

Robert Kurtzman

Writers:

Brian DiMuccio (writer)
Anne Kurtzman (story)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Hell Has No Fury...Like A Woman Transformed.

Plot:

A murdered police officer is brought back to life by a cold-hearted scientist to serve as "The Demolitionist"...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Police Officer | Police Officer Killed | Lasersight | Policeman

Cast

Nicole Eggert	...	Alyssa Lloyd
Bruce Abbott	...	Prof. Jack Crowley
Susan Tyrrell	...	Mayor Eleanor Grimbaum
Peter Jason	...	Higgins
Sarah Douglas	...	Surgeon
Andras Jones	...	Daniel Dupre
Heather Langenkamp	...	Christy Carruthers
David Anthony Marshall	...	One Eye
Richard Grieco	...	Mad Dog Burne
Randy Vasquez	...	Little Henry Burne
Yvonne M. Cohrs	...	Mall Patron #1
Christopher Thunderwolf	...	Mall Patron #2
Jack Nance	...	Father McKenzie
Chris Cowell	...	Executioner
Joseph Pilato	...	Boxer (as Josef Pilato)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, some nudity and language.

Runtime:

100 min | Spain:89 min (DVD edition)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Spain:18 | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | Germany:18 | UK:18 | USA:R

Company:

A-Pix Entertainment

Trivia:

At the beginning of the film, a Fangoria Magazine featuring Heather Langenkamp on the cover can be seen in the Burne Brothers prison cell just before she appears on the television.

Even the title is diabolical

Bare-faced rip-off of 'RoboCop' that steals just about every important scene from that titanium-plated classic and turns it into a rubbishy shoot-em-up with some excruciating dialogue. Nicole frickin' Eggert is a cop in a futuristic, crime-ridden city. She's murdered by mean villain Richard Grieco and his gang, but technologically resurrected to become the scourge of the city's criminals. As if that's not enough, check out these scenes: Eggert sits in her regenerative chair and dreams about the men who killed her; she enters the bad guys' warehouse and blows them all away; the head hood is revealed to be in league with a top official; Eggert is recognised by one of the villains as the cop his gang killed when she repeats an earlier line of dialogue; she prevents a rape; she accesses her file and finds 'Deceased' printed over her photo – on and on and on it goes, mercilessly stealing from 'RoboCop' while the scenes in between either go nowhere or borrow from 'Nikita' and 'Knight Rider'. Grieco adds another terrible performance to his roster of terrible performances, his villainous posturing embarrassing at the best of times, while Eggert demonstrates why she's the 'Baywatch' babe that no one remembers.