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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
EAN: 9780792153146
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 6305222886
Label: Paramount
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundFrenchOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundSpanishSubtitled
Manufacturer: Paramount
MPN: 097363324973
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 15, 1998
Running Time: 101 minutes
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: August 09, 1996
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Product Description:
KURT RUSSELL RETURNS AS OUTLAW HERO SNAKE PLISSKEN IN THIS THRILL-A-MINUTE SEQUEL TO THE HIT FUTURISTIC ADVENTURE ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK.
Amazon.com essential video:
Kurt Russell reprises his role as Snake Plissken, of the near-future thriller Escape from New York, in this reworking of that film's basic premise. Instead of New York being a maximum-security prison, this time it's L.A., which through the agency of earthquakes has become an island of the damned. This penal colony is where the film's future rulers, something very like the Moral Majority, send those deemed guilty of "moral crimes." But something has gone wrong in this new moral order, because the President's daughter has absconded to L.A. with a detonation device, and Snake is commandeered to retrieve it. The film's dark dystopia, with its satrical elements taking aim at our dwindling freedoms, and the eclipsing of democracy by narrow interests, are more the subject this time. As a result the action suffers, and the plot devices are sometimes weak and predictable. But just below the surface there is a coiled Snake ready to strike. Steve Buscemi's performance as a weasely hawker of L.A. tour maps is a standout, and the presence of Peter Fonda and Pam Grier adds to the fun. In fact, just the sight of Fonda surfing down the flooded corridor of Sunset Boulevard is reason enough to check this movie out. --Jim Gay
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Rating:  -
As a SCI-FI Fan one cannot help from enjoying a classic movie from the 1980's. If you like the first movie Escape from New York you will like this movie.
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"Escape from L.A." is very similar to "Escape from New York" (the plot is basically the same), but it is still an awesome film that deserves to be watched (at least) once.
Unfortunately, (at the time that this review is posted) there is no Special Edition release of "Escape from L.A." ("Escape from New York" did get a Special Edition release), so all we get in this release is just the movie.
Rating:  -
Do not waste your time on this movie, it blows. This sequel is not even close to being an "Escape From New York" which I did like. Can I get a refund Amazon?
Rating:  -
GOOD ACTION FUN !
Remake/Sequel of the 1981 super hit ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK...Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) is back in this futuristic movie where Los Angeles is the home for the criminals (separared from the U.S. where the "good guys" live) and the President's Daughter is missing there with a "Black Box" that Snake is forced to recover.
Recommended for Carpenter Fans.
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ESCAPE FROM L.A. is a so-so movie, but was kind of a cheesy sequel to John Carpenter's ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, even though ESCAPE FROM LA was more upgraded with more technology than ESCAPE FROM N.Y. was, plus ESCAPE FROM L.A. was less convincing than ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK was too.
In addition, something that didn't make a lot of sense to me in this movie was when one of the thugs is protesting at the L.A. Coliseum, he says "You may have been able to escape New York, but you wont be able to escape from LA", because I think New York City would actually be harder to escape from than Los Angeles would, since New York City is bigger, more congested, more overcrowded, and less concerned about crime than L.A. is along with the fact that LA is like heaven compared to New York City.
Therefore, having to accomplish a mission in L.A. would seem more like a downgrade of having to accomplish a mission in New York City, since things are usually quite a bit more challenging in New York City than they are in LA, despite the fact that it was kind of interesting seeing Snake Plisskin(Kurt Russell) go from being on the East Coast to the West Coast, plus it was kind of neat seeing them showing all those nice and interesting suburbs in the L.A. Area like Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Downtown L.A., Chinatown, etc., but ESCAPE FROM LA still wasn't as impressive or as significant as ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK was.
What I don't understand is why did John Carpenter or Paramount took 15 years to make a sequel to ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK.
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