John Carpenter's Escape From L.A. [4K UHD]

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I watched this for the first time when I was young in my grandparents basement. As a kid I love it, but now that I'm older I can appreciate what John Carpenter did. He essentially improved every aspect of escape from NY, with this movie. More action, and slightly more interesting plot. They are both similar movies with similar plots, but escape from LA brings more action, with a better soundtrack. Tool and white zombie along with Randy Newman. Gotta love that. This movie holds a special place for me bc it was one of those impactful movies when I was young that ignited my imagination. So I'm happy to finally own it, I could never find it on streaming when I wanted to watch it. Highly recommend this movie if you want a good 90s B movie with some cheesy CGI. This is for you. Kurt Russell at his best, not to mention Snake pliskin is the character inspiration for solid snake in the metal gear games! Which almost got Konami in some trouble when the Creator admitted that publicly. But that's another story..

This is a good movie that shows what was predicts about what would happen if the U.S. government were to become a totalitarian state and what it would be like, as well as what a totalitarian prison system would look like in that form of government. It also shows that everyone who doesn't fit (people who speck out against the government, as well as those who are undesirable) their idea would be placed in prison with actual criminals. This movie addresses what things would be like with a government run police force that enforces a totalitarian government and total control, and what could happen if a President decided to install himself/herself as a lifetime President.

The movie itself one of my personal favorites and one of the most underrated action films of the 90s. The special features for this Scream Factory blu ray however are lame. None of the interviews are that interesting and there is no commentary with John Carpenter and Kurt Russell. The picture quality is pretty good though so if you're a fan I still do think it's worth picking up. Just know that this is one of the most disappointing blu rays in terms of special features especially since a commentary with Carpenter and Russell is absent

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Just the past couple of months, I've seen both Escape from New York and Escape from L.A. for the very first time. I happened across a clip from the L.A. movie online and was immediately intrigued. I saw people in the comments giving praise to both, but mostly to the first movie. I didn't bother trying to see anything else from either movie if I could help it, so I went ahead and bought both of the movies for the hell of it.Watching the first movie left me disappointed. I don't understand its cult following. Not much really happens. It isn't a complex plot by any means, there aren't much to the short-lived action sequences.Escape from L.A. is a copy-cat plot (and this is probably a foundational reason as to why the fans of the first movie tend not to like this one). Similar situation, same motivation to get in and get out, same character archetypes throughout. The difference is that they actually made this one fun, entertaining, and interesting. The action is a lot more prevalent and there were more jokes. The use of CGI is kind of terrible, but it's a bad movie to begin with not taking itself too seriously. Did it "jump the shark?" Sure, but I didn't think of the first movie as realistic to begin with, so I wasn't expecting it with this one.Both movies suffer from a severe lack of character development. Why should I care if somebody dies if they only had a few minutes of screen time? John Carpenter likely treated these scripts as a simple parody commentary on where he saw the United States heading politically. A devolution into anarchy as the growing police state came up with tactics to contain said anarchy as well as maintain its stranglehold on the country at large. I don't really consider him a great director/writer to begin with. His masterpiece is The Thing, but that was a remake and adaptation, so not an original idea.

the interesting thing about this printing (1998, which I think is the main one as the movie is marked aspublished in 1996) is that the sound effects and music are loaded so much more loudly than the dialoguethat it could be a rude awakening for the neighbors. Fortunately, my left stereo speaker woofer is being repaired, so that it be even greater to admire in about another week. Thanks.

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