To be fair, in this new world order, crime was significantly down. The San Angeles Police Department has a very diplomatic approach to crime: Ask the criminals to stop doing what they're doing. We know things won't go back to the way they were, and it's quite possible to think people will look to a leader who will do their best to help us all and bring us into a time of peace. Foot traffic is low, some pollution is down, nature's getting a chance to shine, and humanity is becoming a little introspective. We're already seeing some side effects of COVID-19, with its contagiousness leading to shelter-in orders across the globe. Unfortunately, no such thinker has come into our midst (or maybe we're not ready to receive the revolutionary ideals of such a thinker yet), but our community will definitely never be the same again. While some of his policies were severely restrictive, it did serve to help the vast majority of the people.

After an earthquake in 2010, a series of diseases, fear, and panic, the community found solace in the ideas of a revolutionary man: Doctor Raymond Cocteau. Set in San Angeles (a metropolis of San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles), Demolition Man depicts a seemingly utopian society created following massive devastation to the human populace. With each passing day, the number of cases of infected individuals skyrocketed, prompting local and national officials to create stringent policies to contain the pandemic - and the effects are eerily similar to this blockbuster. In March 2020, the global pandemic known as coronavirus (or COVID-19) started taking its toll on the United States. And looking at the world in 2020, we just might be getting there. This is one of my favorite movies from the '90s - not so much for the cast of familiar faces (including Sandra Bullock, Benjamin Bratt, and an uncredited appearance by Rob Schneider), but because of the way the writers envisioned the world in 2032. When Phoenix is mysteriously defrosted in the year 2032, Spartan is thawed out as well, given that he's the only person who's ever been able to successfully apprehend this villain.

October 1993 saw the release of Demolition Man, which follows Sylvester Stallone as the LAPD's John Spartan, a decorated sergeant who is sentenced to being cryo-genetically frozen for the assumed death of civilians while attempting to apprehend lethal criminal Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes).

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