![]() Return in the allotted time with the weapon, and get the antidote… Reassessing a Box Office Bomb From L-R: Steve Buscemi as Map to the Stars Eddie, Pam Grier as Hershe Las Palmas, and Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken.Īs Escape From LA is released on 4K Ultra HD for the first time, 26 years after it first premiered, Fandom chats to John Carpenter about the film and the pre-eminent director’s plans for the future, curious as we all are about a return to directing for a true master of cinema.Ĭarpenter is an artist seemingly more passionate about his music these days than getting behind the camera. All the while, Plissken, of course, is under threat of death after being infected with a man-made virus called Plutoxin 7 that he’s told takes around 10 hours to kill. Plissken must track down a superweapon stolen by a revolutionary intent on taking back control of the US. The film reunites us with Plissken who is sent on a mission to Los Angeles – now an island cut off from the United States mainland and used as a dumping ground for those who don’t conform to ‘Moral America’ aka the government’s tyrannical totalitarian laws. In the years since, it’s gained a strong cult following and watching it today is chilling because it’s eerily prescient. Escape From LA, the sequel to seminal sci-fi Escape From New York, is one film that has been re-evaluated by some in later years.Ĭoming 15 years after the original firmly embedded Kurt Russell in the role of iconic eye patch-sporting antihero Snake Plissken, Escape From LA was met with mixed reviews and failed to recoup its budget at the box office. Carpenter’s films are masterful, rich, and eccentrically and uniquely offbeat. Some were instant classics, some growers, some misunderstood and underappreciated. ![]() He’s made movie after movie, in a career that spans some 50 years. Visionary director John Carpenter has always been ahead of his time.
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