Escape from L.A. (1996) movie poster

Escape from L.A. (1996)

"Snake is back."
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👍 72%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 55%
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Director
John Carpenter
Runtime
1h 41m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
5.9/10 (1,568 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
56%
Metacritic
54

Cast

Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken · 76% avg
Stacy Keach as Malloy · 70% avg
Steve Buscemi as Eddie · 71% avg
A. J. Langer as Utopia
Bruce Campbell as Surgeon General of Beverly Hills · 71% avg
Pam Grier as Hershe Las Palamas · 70% avg
Peter Fonda as Pipeline · 71% avg
Georges Corraface as Cuervo Jones · 68% avg

Is Escape from L.A. good?

Most people think so. 72% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 55%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#1130 / 1971 · Action
Rank in its year
#64 / 92 · 1996
Rank among its director's films
#14 / 18 · John Carpenter
On ThumbScore's lists
The Best Sci-Fi Movies on MGM+ (#22)

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

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. Wikipedia ↗

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