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Escape from L.A. (1996)

5.3 Listal rating
5.2 IMDB rating

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The year is 2013. Like New York, Los Angeles has been turned into a prison island for the United State's most undesirable criminals, like New York, Los Angeles is surrounded by a wall so no convict can escape from L.A and once deported to L.A. you can never return to the American mainland which has become a moral society. 16-years after he escaped ... (more)


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Starring (View all) :
Kurt Russell

Kurt Russell

Snake Plissken
A.J. Langer

A.J. Langer

Utopia
Steve Buscemi

Steve Buscemi

Map to the Stars Eddie
Georges Corraface

Georges Corraface

Cuervo Jones
Stacy Keach

Stacy Keach

Cmdr. Malloy
Pam Grier

Pam Grier

Hershe Las Palmas
Jeff Imada

Jeff Imada

Saigon Shadow
Cliff Robertson

Cliff Robertson

President


Written by (View all) :
John Carpenter

John Carpenter

(characters) and
Nick Castle

Nick Castle

(characters)


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same story different city

Posted : 2 years ago at Oct 28 23:48
John carptenter's Escape from L.A. has a parallel story to that of his earlier film "Escape from new york". Kurt Russell is back as the Badass he was in New york just this time theres new co-stars and a diferent city. This time steve Buscemi is Ernest Borgnine's shoes this time around instead of being the cab driver he's Hollywood ED the guy who knows the street. The same could be said about Peter Fonda's character who is the surfer dude who wants to catch the big wave. Stacey Keach is the guy who tells Plissken whats up and what he has to do. Michelle Forbes is basically just a supporting actress getting a paycheck. Pam Gier and and A.j Langer make up for the female lead because there really is no female lead act. when langer dies off Grier is there to cover. The story is so similar that ...Read more

Rating : 5/10