Kurt Russell is back, of course, a few pounds heavier than he was in "Escape From New York" but still in good shape, as Snake Plissken, the stubbly-faced indestructible warrior with an eye patch, a reptilian tattoo and a voice that Los Angeles may be hellish, but at least, explains one exiled character, thereįor good comic measure, the movie also throws in Pam Grier as a transsexual Los Angeles overlord, and Steve Buscemi as the ultimate, fast-talking, double-dealing, sleazy Hollywood agent, a slimeball with the unfortunate name of Map to the Since the millennium, the capital of the country has been relocated to Lynchburg, Va., and the government has outlawed cursing, smoking, drinking and red meat. Given this frame of mind, who else could possibly play the grim,īible-thumping president of a politically correct fascist Christian state but Cliff Robertson, the hero of the real-life Hollywood expose "Indecent Exposure"? When dishing out its Hollywood humor, it succeeds in being frothily diverting. The sequel wants mostly to play it for laughs while serving up a series of silly comic-book stunts. These sardonic moments go a long way toward keeping afloat a hopelesslyĬhoppy adventure spoof that doesn't even to try to match the ghoulish surrealism of its forerunner. "John Carpenter's Escape From L.A.," the long-in-coming sequel to his 1981 movie "Escape From New York," is filled with such Hollywood in-jokes. You might be most likely to meet there, wearing a wet suit, clutching a surfboard and waiting to ride the next tsunami?Īnd what would the star of psychedelic adventure movies like "The Trip" and "Easy Rider" exclaim if there were a sudden downpour? "Acid rain!" F the government deported all its "immoral" citizens to Los Angeles Island after a millennial earthquake severed the city from the mainland, who would be the person
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