CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
Salubfoto It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.
Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
DigitalRevenantX7 Plot Synopsis: In the not-too-distant future, the mayor of Metro City introduces a law banning all guns in the city. Her mortal enemy, Mad Dog Burns, escapes from Death Row & stages an unsuccessful attempt to kill her. He then exposes an undercover police officer, Alyssa Lloyd, & kills her. A police scientist resurrects her as an invincible zombie warrior, gives her weapons & a motorcycle & sets her loose on Mad Dog & his gang.Film Review: It is probably an unwritten rule that any genre film directed by someone who is better known for producing visual effects is going to be a dud. The Demolitionist comes from the mind of Robert Kurtzman, one of the founders of KNB EFX Group, a prominent makeup effects company. Following in the footsteps of Chris Walas (THE FLY II), Gary J. Tunnicliffe (WITHIN THE ROCK), Bob Keen (PROTEUS), the Brothers Strause (ALIENS VS. PREDATOR: REQUIEM), Tom Savini (the NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD remake) & the late great Stan Winston (PUMPKINHEAD), Kurtzman tries his hand at directing.Of those films, only three actually stood out from the pack. Savini's remake of NOTLD was the best of the bunch, while not beating the original, it was still a good zombie film. Within the Rock was a able monster film that had the indignity of having half its plot stolen by a certain Michael Bay flick the following year. And the most notorious of them all, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, despite all the crap poured on it by practically everybody, was slightly better than the first AVP, mainly by delivering on the action that the original failed to do (although its biggest mistake was not having a fully-fleshed out plot & having the monster attacks being shot in the dark).Which brings us to the $62, 500 question: is The Demolitionist a good film or is it a bad one? Well, to be honest, the film is one of the shoddiest genre actioners ever to come out of the 1990s. I don't think it even had a theatrical release. Anyway, the film has a slightly interesting premise – female cop is killed by a wanted terrorist, resurrected from the dead as a cyborg zombie super-warrior, goes after the bad guys with a vengeance. But the poor script does it no favours.The Demolitionist does have the occasional moment where it looks halfway promising – Richard Grieco conducts a business negotiation between his police mole & a guard dog – but the poor plotting, atrocious dialogue & under-cooked action scenes conspire to weaken it considerably. Not to mention the fact that the visual effects, despite being produced by a top-shelf EFX group, look very cheap.On the acting front, the performances range from the okay to the very bad – Richard Grieco overacts wildly (though you can't fault him for not having any fun) but the real worst actor here is Susan Tyrell – her relentless mugging of the stage causes any scene with her in it to collapse to the ground in a heap of flames. Look out for Tom Savini as one of Grieco's fellow gang & Joe Pilato (Captain Rhodes from the original DAY OF THE DEAD) as a drunken gangbanger.
augustian My interest in The Demolitionist was aroused on discovering that the UK BBFC had cut nearly four minutes from this film before granting its 18 certificate. What were the scenes that were too outrageous for British sensibilities? What were the cinematic threats to civilisation as we know it? In eager anticipation I pressed the 'Play' button.Comparisons with Robocop are inevitable. Both films are about cops who die and are re-animated by the use of modern technology although Nicole Eggert's Alyssa Lloyd is kept going by regular doses of Prof. Jack Crowley's (Bruce Abbott) blood-substitute plasma. With her high-tech armour and armoury, she pursues Mad Dog Burne (Richard Grieco) and his criminal biker gang, engaging in the requisite shoot-outs and explosions. There is humour in this film but of the unintentional kind; her guns never run out of ammunition and despite the film being set in the future, the police cars look as if they came out of the 1950s.I think that the BBFC cuts are as follows (but cannot confirm). There is a torture scene when Alyssa's cover is blown but it doesn't compare with Reservoir Dogs. Mention is made by one of the gang about "ripping her tits off" but dubbing over this would solve that problem. A young girl is menaced by Mad Dog Burne in a bank raid but comes to no harm. I would guess that the cuts would be re-instated if the film was to be resubmitted but you can never tell with the BBFC.This film was entertaining and fun but not a patch on the original Robocop. The acting by some of the cast was a bit over-the-top and the special effects left a lot to be desired. A few squirts of tomato ketchup would have been more convincing as blood than the red powder. Finally I disagree with the run time. The cover of my USA-R rated VHS says 100 minutes but the film actually runs for only 93 minutes. I give it 3 stars.
-625 What does being alive really mean? If it means that the blood pumps around your veins, your lungs suck in air, and your eyes help you to aim your gun to blow away your enemies, then Alyssa Lloyd is certainly alive. But in dying and being brought back did she lose something important along the way? Alyssa Lloyd (played by Nicole Eggert) is the Demolishionist, a police officer brutally murdered, and brought back from the dead in true comic-book form. Every night she is forced to undergo horrific scientific procedures which keep her alive and deadly.The scientist seems to forget that his prize specimen was (and still is?) a woman, with very human feelings.This film has been likened to RoboCop, and there are some superficial similarities, but Demolishionist is a lot darker, the humour has more 'edge', and the final scenes bring the narrative to a brilliant conclusion!
descolada99 This movie has no redeeming value. If it is a satire then why did they plan sequels? Only good satire has sequels, and then rarely. The effects are bad. The guns she uses never have to reload. She's impervious to grenades. The acting is some of the worst ever captured on celluloid. It's just plain bad. I wish I could give it a negative rating.
