The Ultimate Kurt Russell Pages

 The man with the patch is back. Call him Snake. Kurt Russell rejoins filmmakers John Carpenter and Debra Hill to do to the Big Orange what they did to the Big Apple in Escape From New York - with even more futuristic thrills and slam-bang action!

Into the 9.6-quaked Los Angeles of 2013 comes Snake Plissken (Russell). His job: wade through L.A.'s ruined landmarks to retrieve a doomsday device. Don't miss the excitement as Snake surfs Wilshire Blvd., shoots hoops at the Coliseum, dive bombs the Happy Kingdom theme park, and mixes it up with a wild assortment of friends, fiends and foes (Stacy Keach, Steve Buscemi, Peter Fonda, George Corraface, Cliff Robertson, Pam Grier and more). Escape From L.A. is a "go-for-broke action extravaganza!" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times). 

Escape From L.A. follows the same story format as Escape From New York did. The story is weak and the acting is poor. Kurt Russell's character is played out well, but the other members of the cast do a bad job at their roles. And as for the special effects, well they really sucked! It seems to me that they didn't have enough money to make the special effects look real. It is very disappointing. In my opinion Escape From New York was much better. If a sequel is ever made, then hopefully it will be done as good or even better than the first. I give Escape From L.A. a 6 out of 10.