Meet former war hero Snake Plissken, now a super bad tattooed criminal send in to the prison that is New York to rescue the world's greatest leader. Gangs of thugs run the streets and Plissken, Kurt Russell, has to find the president and get him out fast.
To motivate him to get the job done officials promise a pardon and embed him with an explosive device set to explode in 24 hours. I'm pretty sure no one wants to live in writer/director John Carpenter's scary future.
Library: DVD; Myrtle Point. VHS; Coos Bay & Lakeside.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082340/
Amazon: Escape from New York
This time the United States government sends Snake Plissken in to dismantle a doomsday device inside the bowels of the undesirable island of Los Angeles. I found it a little more entertaining than the first, mostly because I don't think Kurt Russel took his character too seriously the second time around. All the ridiculous plot elements just seemed to amuse him more.
Even so, it's virtually the same film with a different location. Unlike other soso films, I don't regret seeing these, I just don't think they're worth watching more than once.
Library: Bandon & Myrtle Point.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116225/
Amazon: Escape from L.A.
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