Escape from L.A.
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Escape from L.A.

1996Movie1 h 41 minR

Thriller
52
MediocreGoodWatch score
IMDb5.7Letterboxd3.0/5Metacritic546.1Rotten Tomatoes45%39%
52
MediocreGoodWatch score
IMDb5.7Letterboxd3.0/5Metacritic546.1Rotten Tomatoes45%39%

Summary

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.

Good for

  • Friends night
  • Pure escapism
  • Thought-provoking

Skip it if

  • You need an uplifting mood
  • You want something quiet and calm

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  • Gets your pulse racing.
  • Weighs on you.
  • Keeps you on edge.
  • Leaves you shaken.
  • Draws you into power games.

Not for warmth, comfort or uplift.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Tropes

Bag of SpillingRare · in 23 titlesSnake can't seem to hold onto any gun for very long: He loses the Coreburner rifle while trying to off Cuervo early on, quickly loses the shotgun he replaces that with soon after, hands over a pistol…Same Story, Different NamesRare · in 29 titlesThis movie is essentially an act-for-act rehash of Escape from New York, even down to some very unlikely coincidences for Snake, such as his meeting a sympathetic female character that happens to die…All 156 tropes

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