Escape from L.A.
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.
August 27, 1979 in New Milford, New Jersey, USA
7 December 1952, Paris, France
13 December 1957, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
6 August 1960, San Francisco, California, USA
2 June 1941, Savannah, Georgia, USA
6 August 1938, Brooklyn, New York, USA
8 January 1965, Austin, Texas, USA
17 October 1962, Fresno, California, USA
7 May 1974, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
3 February 1973
26 May 1949, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
24 March 1954, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
6 September 1952, Escalon, California, USA
17 June 1955, Inglewood, California, USA
6 May 1968, Yakima, Washington, USA
30 September 1952
10 July 1986, Los Angeles, California, USA
July 30, 2007
Escape from L.A. finds Carpenter in a playful mood.
July 05, 2002
The special effects vary from OK to lame to very lame.
January 01, 2000
This is the kind of movie Independence Day could have been if it hadn't played it safe.
June 23, 2007
In a summer filled with giant duds like Independence Day or The Rock or Chain Reaction, this is the best testosterone action flick of the season.
December 14, 2010
Violent, semi-spoofy action sequel is too dark for kids.
October 24, 2002
Enjoyable in a playful way
June 18, 2002
Dark, percussive and perversely fun.
May 03, 2010
...for all its commotion, the movie never catches fire.
December 11, 2004
Diverting for the 100 minutes it runs, but once they're up, it is instantly forgettable.
February 14, 2001
Buscemi, Fonda, Robertson, Grier and many others get to make vivid impressions, but of course it's Russell who must carry this swiftly paced picture. As rugged as ever and attractively weathered, he does so with ease.
January 23, 2006
A dreadful belated sequel to the entertaining Escape From New York. Perfectly epitomizes how Carpenter's skills have eroded since his late '70s, early '80s heyday.
April 12, 2002
Escape from L.A. is too preposterous to be a good film. But in keeping with its title, it does provide a couple of hours of entertaining escapism.
