Escape from L.A.
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Escape from L.A. is a 1996 film directed by John Carpenter. It is the sequel to the action film Escape from New York. The film's plot concerns ex-war hero Snake Plissken, played by Kurt Russell, on a similar mission to that seen in the original. It co-stars Steve Buscemi (Reservoir Dogs) and Pam Grier (Jackie Brown).
Story
Years passed. The year is 2013. In the year 2000, a huge earthquake hits Los Angeles (from the mainland) which causes the whole city to be now situated on an island. In that year the new life-term US President (Cliff Robertson), an out-spoken moralist declares that all people not conforming to the high morals he sets for the country will be deported to the Los Angeles island. Like New York, a wall is built, guards posted to stop any escapes and if sent there - you can't return to the US. In 2013, Cuervo Jones (Georges Corraface), a terrorist invades the dreams of the President's daughter, Utopia (A.J. Langer), and brainwashes her into stealing a doomsday device from a weapons establishment and runs with Cuervo to the island. Snake Plissken, hero of Escape From New York, is forced again to go to the island to get the device by the President (who doesn't care if Utopia returns or not) and he is poisoned to ensure his co-operation. Like New York, Los Angeles is now a decaying city, a hot-bed of scum and weirdos and Snake has 9 hours to find the device and Utopia, and get out before the poison kicks in. In the end, the virus is not really some deadly virus; it was all a bluff so Snake would cooperate. Snake Plissken gets ahold of the real doomsday device remote control. The President's daughter is about to be executed. Plissken activates the device and shuts down everything on Earth.
External links
- IMDb.com Listing: Escape from L.A. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116225/)
- Escape from L.A. at theofficialjohncarpenter.com (http://www.theofficialjohncarpenter.com/pages/themovies/la/la.html)