Directed by John Carpenter, Escape from L.A. stars Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken, sent into a dystopian Los Angeles that has been turned into an isolated penal colony. Forced to recover a powerful government weapon before a deadly deadline expires, Snake encounters revolutionaries, criminals and the ruins of the city. Stacy Keach, Steve Buscemi and Valeria Golino co-star in the sequel to Escape from New York.

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In 2013, Snake Plissken is tasked by a despotic U.S. President with entering Los Angeles - now an autonomous island prison - and recovering a doomsday device stolen by his daughter.