Fresh
Enjoyable in a playful way
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Escape from L.A.
Snake is back.
1996 · 1h 41m · R
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
John Carpenter
Overview
Into the 9.6-quaked Los Angeles of 2013 comes Snake Plissken. His job: wade through L.A.'s ruined landmarks to retrieve a doomsday device.
Director and cast
- John Carpenter Director
- Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken
- Stacy Keach as Malloy
- Steve Buscemi as Eddie
- A. J. Langer as Utopia
- 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
- Michelle Forbes as Brazen
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
56%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The special effects vary from OK to lame to very lame.
Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle
Fresh
Dark, percussive and perversely fun.
Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
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.
Christopher Harris, Globe and Mail
Fresh
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.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
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