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Escape from L.A. (stylized on-screen as John Carpenter's Escape from L.A.) is a 1996 American post-apocalyptic action film co-written, co-scored, and directed by John Carpenter, co-written and produced by Debra Hill and Kurt Russell, with Russell also starring as Snake Plissken.
Aug 9, 1996 · Escape from L.A.: Directed by John Carpenter. With Kurt Russell, A.J. Langer, Steve Buscemi, Georges Corraface. 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.
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- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- John Carpenter
- 1996-08-09
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- John Carpenter
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- Kurt Russell
Aug 9, 1996 · John 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. It's a dark vision of a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles--leveled by a massive earthquake, cut off from the mainland by a flooded San Fernando Valley, and converted into a prison camp for the nation's undesirables.
L.A. has become an anarchist state. The President deports all immoral (and therefore criminal) citizens of the U.S to the City of Angels. However, his own daughter Utopia joins forces with Cuervo, taking with her the key to a doomsday device that could send mankind back to the dark ages.
Kurt Russell infiltrates the deadly, lawless island of Los Angeles in this futuristic follow-up to Escape From New York. Watch John Carpenter's Escape From L.A. online at HBO.com. Stream on any device any time. Explore cast information, synopsis and more.
Aug 9, 1996 · A massive earthquake – The Big One – has hit Los Angeles, leaving it smashed in ruins and completely surrounded by water. From this new island hell rises an army of discontent, led by brutal South American revolutionary Cuervo Jones (George Corraface). L.A. has become an anarchist state.
