The year is 2013 and Snake Plissken is back but this time it's L.A., which through the agency of earthquakes has become an island of the damned. But something has gone wrong in this new moral order, because the President's daughter has absconded to L.A. with a detonation device, and Snake is commandeered to retrieve it. But just below the surface there is a coiled Snake ready to strike.... (Full plot summary below)
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The year is 2013 and Snake Plissken is back but this time it's L.A., which through the agency of earthquakes has become an island of the damned. But something has gone wrong in this new moral order, because the President's daughter has absconded to L.A. with a detonation device, and Snake is commandeered to retrieve it. But just below the surface there is a coiled Snake ready to strike.
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| St. Louis Post-DispatchHarper BarnesCompared 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. |
| San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackThe 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. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertJohn 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. |
| Low IQ CanadianMartin ScribbsA deliciously campy send-up of everything we love to hate about the Left Coast and the entertainment biz. |
| New TimesLuke Y. ThompsonLess a sequel than a really crappy remake! |
| New York TimesStephen HoldenAs amusing as some of its notions may be, none are developed into sustained running jokes. |
| Sci-Fi Movie PageJames O'EhleyNot exactly the movie that would rescue John Carpenter's sagging career, but it makes for an entertaining Saturday matinee show nonetheless. |
| SPLICEDWireRob BlackwelderThis is the pinnacle of sardonic, stupid fun. |
| eFilmCritic.comRob GonsalvesEscape from L.A. finds Carpenter in a playful mood. |
| Washington PostEsther IveremTries but fails to be an action-hero flick or even a parody of one. |
