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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 also starring as Snake Plissken.
Aug 9, 1996 · Escape from L.A.: Directed by John Carpenter. With Kurt Russell, A.J. Langer, Steve Buscemi, Georges Corraface. Snake Plissken is once again called in by the United States government to recover a potential doomsday device from Los Angeles, now an autonomous island where undesirables are deported.
In 2013, the United States president (Cliff Robertson) is exiling all citizens who don't conform to his hyper-conservative views to Los Angeles, which became an island after a...
Aug 9, 1996 · 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. It's a dark vision of a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles--leveled by a massive earthquake, cut off from the mainland by a flooded San Fernando Valley, and converted into a prison camp for the nation's undesirables.
Feb 16, 2024 · Carpenter has even gone on record saying, “Escape from L.A. is better than the first movie,” and that gonzo approach to the solitary sequel in his filmography extends right through to a rug-pulling finale that caps off the entire story in a suitably anarchic fashion.
Escape from L.A. (1996) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Aug 9, 1996 · A massive earthquake – The Big One – has hit Los Angeles, leaving it smashed in ruins and completely surrounded by water. From this new island hell rises an army of discontent, led by brutal South American revolutionary Cuervo Jones (George Corraface). L.A. has become an anarchist state.
