![]() ![]() seems to have been quite prolific in terms of the details involving a revolt from America, the secession and revolution of a population, the rise of a lawless zone, and many other recent world events. On paper and writing that synopsis out, given today’s current events, Carpenter and Co. After numerous attempts to retrieve the weapon failed, the government has run out of options and sends in the one man who has done this type of thing before, Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell). Now Los Angeles is an island apart from the United States surrounded by a border of military police and considered a prison island by the President (Cliff Robertson) and his military. She’s stolen vital controls to a satellite weapon called “The Sword of Damocles” and taken them to her revolutionary boyfriend Cuervo Jones (Georges Corraface) and fled to the new quarantine zone of Los Angeles, which, after the San Andreas fault broke, separated Los Angeles from the rest of the country. Unfortunately, I remembered the follow-up to be a cartoon farce by comparison. Carpenter’s 1981 action thriller was gritty, gritty, expertly paced, and finely storied tale that made Snake Plissken one of the baddest antiheroes of the early eighties. I was hoping that time would have made the film better in some way, since I do remember disliking the long-awaited sequel to Carpenter’s ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK. It had been a while since I saw ESCAPE FROM LA and I honestly didn’t remember much of it before I popped the Shout Factory’s new Blu-ray into the ol’ player. Langer, Peter Jason, Paul Bartel, Breckin Meyer, Robert Carradine, Leland Orser, Jordan Baker, Ina Romeo, Isaac Hayes, Al Leong, Jeff Imada Starring Kurt Russell, Steve Buscemi, Peter Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Valeria Golino, Stacy Keach, Pam Grier, Bruce Campbell, Georges Corraface, Michelle Forbes, A.J. ![]() Written by John Carpenter, Debra Hill, Kurt Russell Retro-review: New on Blu-ray/DVD from the Shout Factory!! ESCAPE FROM L.A.
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