The movie Demolition Man takes place in 2032, in an oppressive society managed by a tyrannical doctor who rose to power after an epidemic and social unrest. Watching this movie today is an eerie experience as the \u201cjokes\u201d of the past are the realities of today. Here\u2019s a look at the incredible predictions made by this movie made 30 years ago.<\/p>\n
When I want to relax and take my mind off things, I like to watch movies from the 20th century, especially the 1990s. As someone who grew up in this magical decade, immersing myself in 90s nostalgia is like a balm to my soul. I mean, everything about the 90s was better. Fun things were fun. Cool things were cool. And, in my opinion, society was just saner and happier.<\/p>\n
So when I recently came across the 1993 movie Demolition Man<\/em>, I could not resist. Is there something more 90s than Wesley Snipes fighting Sylvester Stallone while wearing denim overalls?<\/p>\n But watching this movie in 2022 ended up being a bizarre, mind-bending experience.<\/p>\n First, the movie takes place in 2032, which is only ten years from now. In other words, we are currently much closer to the \u201cfuture\u201d of the movie than to the year it was actually made. Second, the \u201cfuture\u201d depicted in the movie pinpoints, with near-prophetic accuracy, everything wrong in society right now. And it is ridiculing it \u2013 as if it is laughing at us from the past.<\/p>\n