Escape from L.A. (1996)

Antihero Snake Plissken is ordered to retrieve a doomsday weapon from Los Angeles, now reduced to an island penal colony by a cataclysmic earthquake.

Director: Unknown
Cast: Steve Buscemi, Kurt Russell, Peter Fonda, Valeria Golino, Bruce Campbell, Cliff Robertson, Stacy Keach, Pam Grier, Michelle Forbes, Georges Corraface
Runtime: 01h 40m
Type: Movie

Escape from L.A. (1996)

Antihero Snake Plissken is ordered to retrieve a doomsday weapon from Los Angeles, now reduced to an island penal colony by a cataclysmic earthquake.

Director: Unknown
Cast: Steve Buscemi, Kurt Russell, Peter Fonda, Valeria Golino, Bruce Campbell, Cliff Robertson, Stacy Keach, Pam Grier, Michelle Forbes, Georges Corraface
Runtime: 01h 40m
Type: Movie
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