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Man': Another Killer Blond : Sylvester Stallone and Wesley
Snipes do battle in a futuristic world that seems borrowed from
previous action thrillers.   Clearly undecided about whether to
be a loud movie or a dopey movie, "Demolition Man" (citywide)
has ended up being both a loud movie and a dopey movie, a
resolution that does not give the art of compromise a very good
name.  Starring Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes as a cop
and a criminal (guess which is which) whose rivalry extends deep
into the future, "Demolition Man" was intended at one time to do
no more than live up to its R rating "for nonstop action
violence and for strong language."  And when the film begins, in
the terminally chaotic Los Angeles of 1996, it seems "Demolition
Man" will be testosterone-driven enough to make "Cliffhanger"
look like the movie version of "Remembrance of Things Past."
Stallone is LAPD Sgt. John Spartan, the umpteenth take-no-
prisoners cop who allows noth