MOVIE REVIEW

Escape from L.A. / 1996

Snake is back.

5.9 / 10 (1,591 votes)

101 minutes

DIRECTOR John Carpenter

WRITERS Debra Hill, Kurt Russell, John Carpenter

CAST Kurt Russell, Stacy Keach, Steve Buscemi, A. J. Langer, Bruce Campbell, Pam Grier, Peter Fonda, Georges Corraface, Robert Carradine, Michelle Forbes, Valeria Golino, Leland Orser, Jeff Imada, Al Leong, James Lew

PRODUCTION Paramount Pictures, Rysher Entertainment

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REVIEW & SYNOPSIS

Sinopsis

Escape from L.A. adalah sebuah Action, Thriller, Science Fiction yang dirilis pada tahun 1996. “Snake is back.” Film ini disutradarai oleh John Carpenter dan dibintangi oleh Kurt Russell, Stacy Keach, Steve Buscemi, A. J. Langer, Bruce Campbell.

Escape from L.A. menghadirkan cerita yang mendalam tentang perjuangan, konflik, dan resolusi yang memukau. Dengan alur yang terstruktur dengan baik, film ini berhasil membawa penonton dalam pengalaman sinematik yang tak terlupakan.

Dari segi teknis, Escape from L.A. menawarkan sinematografi yang memanjakan mata, tata suara yang imersif, serta akting yang meyakinkan dari para pemerannya.

Secara keseluruhan, Escape from L.A. adalah Action yang layak masuk dalam daftar tontonan Anda. Film ini tidak hanya menghibur tetapi juga memberikan pesan moral yang mendalam.

Last Updated: April 29, 2026

COMMUNITY REVIEWS FROM TMDB

JPV852 6/10

May 28, 2020

90s cheese not quite as good as 80s cheese, but still an entertaining enough action-thriller, though some moments were laughable and not in a good way (Snake riding surfing a wave isn't all that bad ass), plus the effects work was rather poor. I don't have a great fondness for Escape from New York, however it was far superior. **3.0/5**

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CinemaSerf 5/10

July 6, 2022

So Los Angeles has become a glorified open-air prison (who'd have thought?) and "Snake" (Kurt Russell) is invited to do his "Mad Max" thing and go in, at considerable peril to himself, and fetch a gadget that could enable the US President (Cliff Robertson) - or anyone else with the codes, for that matter - to use a satellite in the best traditions of "Diamonds are Forever" (1971) and destroy parts or all of the world. The twist, well it turns out that it's "Utopia" (A.J. Langer), who just happens to be the president's disgruntled daughter, who is the one...

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AlfaVitaY2K 10/10

June 2, 2026

John Carpenter’s anarchic sequel Escape from LA to conservative Escape from NY swaps grim dystopia for gleeful, sleazy chaos, and it’s all the better for it. Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell, still the ultimate anti-hero) is back, this time sent into a crumbling, post-earthquake Los Angeles turned into an island prison. Same gritty premise, but now dripping with dark humor, wild satire, and Carpenter’s signature punk energy. While Escape from NY is colder and meaner, Escape from LA leans into the absurdity and has way more fun with it. The action is inventive, the supporting cast is perfectly bizarre, and the...

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