Demolition Man (1993)

Second viewing; previously viewed on December 27, 1996.

In 2032, a totalitarian U.S. has eliminated crime, and the only unsubmissive people are living underground. A criminal who had been cryogenically frozen decades ago escapes, and a convicted cop is de-frozen so as to help catch him.

Action sci-fi comedy whose social commentary has become somewhat dated but is still mildly enjoyable. It is mostly well-filmed, except one scene which has the cop addressing successively the chief of police and the resistance leader, with a different recommendation for each of them.

Rating: 53 (up from 49)

True Lies (1994)

 Second viewing; previously viewed on August 3, 1996.

A spy hides his profession from his family, who think he is a salesman. His wife starts seeing a man who is salesman who pretends to be a spy. Her husband suspects she is having an affair. Husband and wife are kidnapped by terrorists.

Very entertaining action-comedy which is actually a reductio ad absurdum demonstration of the thesis that people who have adventurous professions cannot be married.

Rating: 64 (unchanged)

The Enforcer (1951)

 Third viewing yesterday; previously viewed on February 11, 1989, and January 20, 1997.

After the death of a witness against the head of a murder-for-hire organization, a district attorney goes over the entire history of the related criminal case in the attempt to find another way to convict him.

Pulpy police procedural which is structured in multiple flashbacks. Somewhat intriguinly, my evaluation of it has decreased continuously since my first viewing, from very good to just competently done (except for one scene -- a murder attempt against the initial witness -- which was subpar). The black-and-white cinematography is stunning.

Rating: 57 (down from 67 in my 2nd viewing)