Synopsis
Into the 9.6-quaked Los Angeles of 2013 comes Snake Plissken. His job: wade through L.A.'s ruined landmarks to retrieve a doomsday device.
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Cast
- Kurt RussellSnake Plissken
- Stacy KeachMalloy
- Steve BuscemiEddie
- A.J. LangerUtopia
- Bruce CampbellSurgeon General of Beverly Hills
- Pam GrierHershe Las Palamas
- Peter FondaPipeline
- Georges CorrafaceCuervo Jones
- Robert CarradineSkinhead
- Michelle ForbesBrazen
- 88
Chicago Sun-Times
John Carpenter's Escape From L.A. is a go-for-broke action extravaganza that satirizes the genre at the same time it's exploiting it. - 88
San Francisco Chronicle
The movie is so cleverly entrenched in its sardonic style that Russell's toughest act must have been keeping a straight face. Escape From L.A. is surprisingly effective in picturing a former nirvana clenched in the twisted rubble of its own excess. - 70
Washington Post
Compared to Escape From New York, the weapons are bigger and the violence is more extensive, although it’s toned down by today’s excessive standards. There are also greater special effects this time, involving holograms and nuclear-powered submarines. But Escape From L.A. is more enjoyable in a playful way. - 67
Austin Chronicle
Loud, rollicking, alternately ultra-violent and hilarious, Escape from L.A. is Snake redux, and what more do you need, really? - 60
The A.V. Club
Escape From L.A. is a mild letdown. It repeats the basic plot of the original, with a lighter tone, cheaper-looking (yet actually more expensive) special effects, and a grunge soundtrack. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
Carpenter never was the filmmaker his cult claimed him to be, but in Escape From L.A., he at least has the instinct to keep his hero moving, like some leather-biker Candide. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Good, dirty, escapist fun. - 40
Empire
A monumentally misconceived sequel, Escape from L. A. is the huge, shonky blemish on the magnificent history of John Carpenter and Kurt Russell.