Escape from L.A. (1996) Reviews & Ratings
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Escape from L.A. reviews
Escape from L.A. holds a 5.9/10 average from 1,674 TMDB ratings.
90s cheese not quite as good as 80s cheese, but still an entertaining enough action-thriller, though some moments were laughable and not in a good way (Snake riding surfing a wave isn't all that bad ass), plus the effects work was rather poor. I don't have a great fondness for Escape from New York, however it was far superior. **3.0/5**
— JPV852 (6/10)
So Los Angeles has become a glorified open-air prison (who'd have thought?) and "Snake" (Kurt Russell) is invited to do his "Mad Max" thing and go in, at considerable peril to himself, and fetch a gadget that could enable the US President (Cliff Robertson) - or anyone else with the codes, for that matter - to use a satellite in the best traditions of "Diamonds are Forever" (1971) and destroy parts or all of the worl…
— CinemaSerf (5/10)
John Carpenter’s anarchic sequel Escape from LA to conservative Escape from NY swaps grim dystopia for gleeful, sleazy chaos, and it’s all the better for it. Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell, still the ultimate anti-hero) is back, this time sent into a crumbling, post-earthquake Los Angeles turned into an island prison. Same gritty premise, but now dripping with dark humor, wild satire, and Carpenter’s signature punk en…
— AlfaVitaY2K (10/10)
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.
Movies like Escape from L.A.
If you enjoyed Escape from L.A., these movies have a similar feel:
- Escape from New York (1981)
- Doomsday (2008)
- The Blood of Heroes (1989)
- Death Warrant (1990)
- The Terminator (1984)
- The Book of Eli (2010)
- Terminator Salvation (2009)
- Demolition Man (1993)
- Equilibrium (2002)
- Walking Tall (2004)
- Fortress (1992)
- The Running Man (1987)
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