Passes the Bechdel test
Demolition Man
1993. Directed by Marco Brambilla, written by Peter M. Lenkov and Robert Reneau and Daniel Waters.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
7 women characters. 10 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 155. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 0 out of 3.
The film
Frozen in 1996, Simon Phoenix, a convicted crime lord, is revived for a parole hearing well into the 21st century. Revived into a society free from crime, Phoenix resumes his murderous rampage, and no one can stop him. John Spartan, the police officer who captured Phoenix in 1996, has also been cryogenically frozen, this time for a crime he did not commit. In 2032, the former cities of Los Angeles, San Diego and Santa Barbara have merged into peaceful, utopian San Angeles. Unable to stop him with their non-violent solutions, the police release Spartan to help recapture Phoenix. Now after 36 years, Spartan has to adapt himself to the future society he has no knowledge about.
- Released
- 08 Oct 1993
- Genres
- Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.7 / 10
- Metascore
- 34 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win & 7 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Spartan 215 lines, man
- Huxley 122 lines, woman
- Phoenix 95 lines, man
- Cocteau 50 lines, man
- Garcia 32 lines, man
- Earle 25 lines, man
- Associate Bob 18 lines, man
- Payne 14 lines, man
- Smithers 14 lines, man
- Katherine 10 lines
Full cast, 47 people
- Sylvester Stallone as John Spartan
- Wesley Snipes as Simon Phoenix
- Sandra Bullock as Lt. Lenina Huxley
- Nigel Hawthorne as Dr. Raymond Cocteau
- Benjamin Bratt as Alfredo Garcia
- Bob Gunton as Chief George Earle
- Glenn Shadix as Associate Bob
- Denis Leary as Edgar Friendly
- Bill Cobbs as Zachary Lamb - Aged
- Grand L. Bush as Zachary Lamb - Young
- Pat Skipper as Helicopter Pilot
- Steve Kahan as Captain Healy
- Paul Bollen as T.F.R. Officer
- Mark Colson as Warden William Smithers - Young
- Andre Gregory as Warden William Smithers - Aged
- John Enos III as Prisoner
- Troy Evans as Tough Cop
- Don C. McGovern as Hopper - Prison Guard
- Patricia Rive as Police Officer
- Anneliza Scott as Police Officer
- Dean Minerd as Police Officer
- Kristopher Logan as Troubled Guy
- Paul Perri as Squad Leader
- Susan Lentini as T.V. Reporter
- Casey Wallace as Little Girl
- Trent Walker as Boggle Guard
- Chris Durand as Museum Guard
- Brett A. Jones as Museum Guard
- Dan Cortese as Taco Bell Entertainer
- Lara Harris as Taco Bell Patron
- Sam Nehira as Taco Bell Patron
- Claude Oatts as Taco Bell Patron
- Alex Chapman as Taco Bell Scrap
- Brandy Ledford as Fiber Op Girl
- Rosemarie Lagunas as Hamburger Stand Scrap
- Ken Baldwin as Wasteland Scrap
- Jack Black as Wasteland Scrap
- Michael Buice as Wasteland Scrap
- Carlton Wilborn as Wasteland Scrap
- Charles Glass as CryoCon
- Ben Jurand as CryoCon
- Billy D. Lucas as CryoCon
- Rhino Michaels as CryoCon
- Toshishiro Obata as CryoCon
- Jesse Ventura as CryoCon
- Adrienne Barbeau as Main Frame Computer (voice) (uncredited)
- Rob Schneider as Erwin (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 5% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 155
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 to 8 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 to 12 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 to 16 | 0 | 5 |
| 17 to 20 | 0 | 4 |
| 21 to 24 | 2 | 10 |
| 25 to 28 | 3 | 3 |
| 29 to 32 | 7 | 3 |
| 33 to 36 | 7 | 10 |
| 37 to 40 | 7 | 16 |
| 41 to 44 | 14 | 18 |
| 45 to 48 | 0 | 3 |
| 49 to 52 | 0 | 2 |
| 53 to 56 | 1 | 11 |
| 57 to 60 | 5 | 9 |
| 61 to 64 | 14 | 33 |
| 65 to 68 | 6 | 26 |
| 69 to 72 | 2 | 23 |
| 73 to 76 | 0 | 19 |
| 77 to 80 | 2 | 24 |
| 81 to 84 | 6 | 6 |
| 85 to 88 | 3 | 20 |
| 89 to 92 | 0 | 4 |
| 93 to 96 | 0 | 6 |
| 97 to 100 | 7 | 9 |
| 101 to 104 | 26 | 40 |
| 105 to 108 | 8 | 23 |
| 109 to 112 | 4 | 18 |
| 113 to 116 | 9 | 47 |
| 117 to 120 | 0 | 3 |
| 121 to 124 | 4 | 9 |
| 125 to 128 | 2 | 4 |
| 129 to 132 | 2 | 4 |
| 133 to 136 | 0 | 3 |
| 137 to 140 | 0 | 2 |
| 141 to 144 | 12 | 53 |
| 145 to 148 | 2 | 9 |
| 149 to 152 | 0 | 9 |
| 153 to 155 | 4 | 11 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scene
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
HUXLEY: Huxley, Lenina. Coding on. CAR COMPUTER: No police presence is requested in the city at this time. Report to the station. Good morning, Officer Huxley. HUXLEY: Ahhh... CAR COMPUTER: I detect a promoted level of stress in your tone. Would you like me to prescribe a foodaceutical to...
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 24 are women's.
159 lines from women, 513 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
7 women and 32 men in the cast. 10 women and 22 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 39 of 706.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 38 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 24% of the words (1,966), men 76% (6,379).
Exhibit E: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
3
Two men
66
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 16 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 15% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Marco Brambilla (man)
- Written by
- Daniel Waters (man), Robert Reneau (man), Peter M. Lenkov (man)
- Story by
- Peter M. Lenkov (man), Robert Reneau (man)
- Produced by
- Howard G. Kazanjian (man), Joel Silver (man), Michael Levy (man)
- Shot by
- Alex Thomson (man)
- Edited by
- Stuart Baird (man)
- Music by
- Elliot Goldenthal (man)
- Production design by
- David L. Snyder (man)
- Costumes by
- Bob Ringwood (man)
- Cast by
- Joy Todd (woman), Ferne Cassel (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
9 women, 58 men, 16 not listed
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Production
3 women, 9 men, 15 not listed
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Art
3 women, 9 men, 9 not listed
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Sound
1 women, 11 men, 8 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 13 men, 6 not listed
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Visual Effects
2 women, 6 men, 7 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
4 women, 6 men, 2 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 2 men, 5 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 29 on average. Men: 43 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Sandra Bullock 29
Men
Benjamin Bratt 29, Wesley Snipes 31, Denis Leary 36, Grand L. Bush 37, Glenn Shadix 41, Sylvester Stallone 47, Bob Gunton 47, Bill Cobbs 59, Nigel Hawthorne 64
Exhibit H: the money
It made 2.8 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $57 million
- Box office
- $159 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 155 scenes and 706 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
