Snake is back! Director John Carpenter and star Kurt Russell reunite for an explosive sequel to their cult hit Escape from New York, swapping coasts for an outrageously entertaining, over-the-top update. Following a massive earthquake, a crime-ridden Los Angeles is now a violent penal colony island of the damned. But when the president’s daughter absconds with a doomsday device to aid her rebel leader lover in the City of Angels, Snake Plissken (Russell) is once again sent on an impossible mission: retrieve the woman and the weapon or die trying. An incredible cast of fan-favorites fill the eclectic ensemble, including Steve Buscemi, Stacy Keach, Bruce Campbell, Cliff Robertson, Pam Grier, and Peter Fonda.
“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.” – Roger Ebert
“At the top of his game, Carpenter and his cohorts boldly tap into the twin strains of paranoia gripping the present-day American society,” – Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
“The 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.” – Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle
