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Escape from L.A.

5.9

Released August 09, 1996Runtime 1h 36min

Snake is back.

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.

Genres

Action

Adventure

Science Fiction

Thriller

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Rysher Entertainment

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $50,000,000
Revenue: $42,277,365
Profit/Loss: $-7,722,635

Stream

Rent

Buy

Videos

Cast

Kurt RussellSnake Plissken

Stacy KeachMalloy

Steve BuscemiEddie

A. J. LangerUtopia

Bruce CampbellSurgeon General of Beverly Hills

Pam GrierHershe Las Palamas

Peter FondaPipeline

Georges CorrafaceCuervo Jones

Robert CarradineSkinhead

Michelle ForbesBrazen

Valeria GolinoTaslima

Leland OrserTest Tube

Jeff ImadaSaigon Shadow

Al LeongHershe Gang Member

James LewHershe Gang Member

Breckin MeyerSurfer

Ina RomeoHooker

Peter JasonDuty Sergeant

Jordan BakerPolice Anchor

Caroleen FeeneyWoman on Freeway

Paul BartelCongressman

Shelly DesaiCloaked Figure

Julien CesarioMescalito (uncredited)

Cliff RobertsonPresident

Thomas Rosales Jr.Gang Member (uncredited)

John KoyamaHershe Gang Member (uncredited)

Leo LeeHershe Gang Member (uncredited)

Stuart QuanHershe Gang Member (uncredited)

Wyatt RussellOrphan Boy (uncredited)

Jamie Lee CurtisFemale Narrator (uncredited)

Crew

John CarpenterDirector

Marty JedlickaSecond Assistant Director

Christian P. Della PennaAssistant Director

John CarpenterCharacters

John CarpenterScreenplay

Debra HillScreenplay

Kurt RussellScreenplay

Nick CastleCharacters

Carrie FrazierCasting

Debra HillProducer

Kurt RussellProducer

John CarpenterOriginal Music Composer

Gary B. KibbeDirector of Photography

Shirley WalkerOriginal Music Composer

Edward A. WarschilkaEditor

Lawrence G. PaullProduction Design

Janet BradyStunts

Danny EpperStunts

Gary DavisStunts

Shawn HowellStunts

Maria DoestStunts

Tom HarperStunts

John CasinoStunt Double

Jeff CadienteStunts

George CheungStunts

Freddie JinStunts

Paul CrawfordStunts

Rochelle AshanaStunts

Norman HowellStunts

Joe GrebloStunts

Matt JohnstonStunts

Al GotoStunts

Damon CaroStunts

Clarke ColemanStunts

John HateleyStunts

John AshkerStunts

Mike CeballosStunts

Steven D. ItoStunts

John EscobarStunts

Brian ImadaStunts

Toby HolguinStunts

William H. Burton Jr.Stunts

Gregg DandridgeStunts

Phil ChongStunts

Richard L. DuranStunts

Ramiro GonzálezStunts

Dan InosantoStunts

John KoyamaStunts

Jimmy N. RobertsStunt Double

Debbie Lynn RossStunts

Tierre TurnerStunts

Simon RheeStunts

Kenny SearleStunt Double

Courtney PakizStunts

Brad LackeyStunts

Jimmy OrtegaStunts

Vernon RietaStunts

Nils Allen StewartStunts

Gary ToyStunts

David WaldStunts

Al LeongStunts

Dwayne McGeeStunts

Nancy YoungStunts

Daniel LeeStunts

Ray SuaStunts

Nick BrettUtility Stunts

J.N. RobertsStunts

Wayne MontanioStunts

Dain TurnerStunts

Danny WeselisStunts

Roger YuanStunts

Peter LaiStunts

Gilbert RosalesStunts

Cris Thomas-PalominoStunts

Steve MartinezStunts

Ron BalickiStunt Driver

Hugh Aodh O'BrienStunts

Danny WongStunts

Stuart QuanStunts

Scott WaughStunts

Marian GreenStunts

Leo LeeStunts

Brad MartinStunts

James LewStunts

Bennie MooreStunts

Mario RobertsStunts

Keith TellezStunts

Kathe KloppSet Decoration

Carol KieferArt Department Coordinator

Joseph Yuss SimonMakeup Artist

Darrell L. WightSet Designer

Susan MillsHairstylist

John HoskinsConstruction Coordinator

Bruce CroneArt Direction

Nathan CrowleySet Designer

Dennis LiddiardMakeup Artist

Bill MacSemsProperty Master

Jordu SchellSculptor

Richard F. MaysSet Designer

Patrick M. Sullivan Jr.Set Designer

William HineyAssistant Art Director

Christopher S. NushawgSet Designer

Robin Michel BushCostume Design

Marvin G. WestmoreMakeup Artist

Jim McPhersonSculptor

Steven LambertStunts

Chad StahelskiStunts

Erik StabenauStunts

Jeff ImadaStunt Coordinator

Thomas Rosales Jr.Stunts

Annie EllisStunts

Eugene CollierStunts

Barbara Anne KleinStunts

Rick AveryStunts

Jadie DavidStunts

Joni AveryStunts

Troy RobinsonStunts

Laura AlbertStunts

Rick BakerMakeup Artist

Jud KehlCamera Operator

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Reviews

90s cheese not quite as good as 80s cheese, but still an entertaining enough action-thriller, though some moments were laughable and not in a good way (Snake riding surfing a wave isn't all that bad ass), plus the effects work was rather poor. I don't have a great fondness for Escape from New York...

So Los Angeles has become a glorified open-air prison (who'd have thought?) and "Snake" (Kurt Russell) is invited to do his "Mad Max" thing and go in, at considerable peril to himself, and fetch a gadget that could enable the US President (Cliff Robertson) - or anyone else with the codes, for that ...