Escape from L.A. (1996)

Directed by

John Carpenter

Genre

action film, science fiction film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

R

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 1,626 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a future where Los Angeles is an island prison, a rebellious convict named Snake Plissken is sent in to retrieve a superweapon remote stolen by the president's daughter. He has to survive the city's dangers to get the device and earn his freedom.

action-packedsci-fidystopiantensegrungycampysuspenseful

What happens

Escape from L.A. (stylized on-screen as John Carpenter's Escape from L.A.) is a 1996 American post-apocalyptic action film co-written, co-scored, and directed by John Carpenter, co-written and produced by Debra Hill and Kurt Russell, with Russell reprising his role as Snake Plissken. A sequel to Escape from New York (1981), the film co-stars Steve Buscemi, Stacy Keach, Bruce Campbell, Peter Fonda, and Pam Grier. The film, set in a then-near-future world of 2013, sees the United States ruled by a theocratic President for life. Los Angeles, after an earthquake severed the city from the mainland, has been constructed as a prison-like island. When the president's daughter steals the remote of a new superweapon and escapes to L.A., Plissken is recruited to retrieve the remote in exchange for the waiving of his upcoming deportation. Released on August 9, 1996, Escape from L.A. received mixed reviews and was a box office failure. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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