Escape from L.A.
1996 · Movie · R · 101 min · ★ 5.9 · 56% critics
In a future where Los Angeles has become a walled-off wasteland after a massive quake, a hardened outlaw is forced to enter the ruins and navigate dangerous factions. With time running out, he must cross shattered landmarks and survive chaotic encounters to recover a powerful device that could threaten the entire world.
Also known as John Carpenter's Escape from L.A.
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Details
- Years
- 1996
- Release date
- 1996-08-09
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Critic score
- 56/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.9/10 (1,612 votes)
- Box office
- $25,477,365
- Budget
- $50,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a loud, campy dystopian action ride with oddball characters and big set pieces, in the vein of They Live; Not for you if you need serious stakes, realism, or polished effects.
Pros: pulpy action set pieces; colorful dystopian setting; knowingly cheesy fun | Cons: weak tension and villain; dated-looking effects; rehashes earlier story
Themes
- prison
- martial arts
- showdown
- usa president
- war veteran
- dystopia
- anti hero
- post-apocalyptic future
- earthquake
- attempt to escape
- los angeles, california
- frantic
- +2 more
Cast & crew
Kurt Russell
as Snake Plissken
Stacy Keach
as Malloy
Steve Buscemi
as Eddie
A. J. Langer
as Utopia
Cliff Robertson
as President
Bruce Campbell
as Surgeon General of Beverly Hills
Pam Grier
as Hershe Las Palamas
Peter Fonda
as Pipeline
Georges Corraface
as Cuervo Jones
Robert Carradine
as Skinhead
Directed by John Carpenter