

Escape from L.A.
Snake is back.
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.
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5.9/10
1,697 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $50M
- Box office
- $42.3M
- Language
- English
- prison
- martial arts
- showdown
- usa president
- war veteran
- dystopia
- anti hero
- post-apocalyptic future
- earthquake
- attempt to escape
- los angeles, california
- frantic
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR9 Aug 1996
- PhysicalRDVD15 Dec 1998
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1520 Sept 1996
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM9 Oct 1996
BrazilBR
- Premiere161 Nov 1996
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical12+21 Nov 1996
FranceFR
- Theatrical1213 Nov 1996
GermanyDE
- Theatrical167 Nov 1996
GreeceGR
- Theatrical1529 Nov 1996
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1629 Jul 1997
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1520 Sept 1996
ItalyIT
- Theatrical10 Jan 1997
JapanJP
- TheatricalR15+20 Sept 1996
Frequently asked questions
Escape from L.A. was released on 9 August 1996.
Audience reviews
3- J6/10
JPV852
5/28/2020
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**
- C5/10
CinemaSerf
7/6/2022
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…
- A10/10
AlfaVitaY2K
6/2/2026
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 ene…
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