John Carpenter's sequel film, Escape From L.A., is often overlooked and underrated. Despite receiving poor reviews, the movie deserves more recognition. Kurt Russell reprises his role as Snake Plissken, embarking on a dangerous mission to infiltrate a dystopian Los Angeles and retrieve a crucial control unit to avert a nuclear catastrophe. However, the task proves to be far from easy.
returns as Snake Plissken, thrust into yet another death-defying mission on behalf of the government. This time he must infiltrate Los Angeles, which has become an island filled with the worst of the worst. Once in, he needs to retrieve the control unit for a doomsday unit to prevent nuclear annihilation. Of course, it’s not as simple as it could be.
Joining Russell was Steve Buscemi as the slimy agent-type Map to the Stars Eddie, Pam Grier as Hershe Las Palmas, Peter Fonda as Pipeline, andJohn Carpenter had contributed to sequels to his films before, such as Halloween 2, but Escape From L.A. remains the only sequel he’s ever handled himself. For many reasons, that would be an unfortunate statistic.Escape From L.A. cost $50 million to make and only recouped half of that at the box office after a critical hammering.
Coming 15 years after the original, Escape From L.A. certainly suffers from a perception of what it should be rather than what It is. Arguably, Carpenter’s style was just not gelling with Hollywood as the 90s crept into view, and Escape From L.A. doesn’t help itself with a scathing stab at Hollywood and its typical movie business nonsense.
Escape From L.A. is a knowingly goofy movie that’s far smarter than it appears on the surface. Its satire of Hollywood and sequels themselves makes it an abrasive watch for reasons beyond the visual shortcomings. Yes, it seems like a ‘safe’ sequel for Carpenter, but I’d argue it’s as experimental and creative as anything Carpenter made in the ’70s and ’80s. The unfortunate cheap sheen just makes it harder to swallow.
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