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by jsommersby  in Movies, , Feb 22 '09
Pros: Two small bits.
Cons: Too many to list.
Co-writer/director John Carpenter's 1981 Escape From New York had both snap and style. This remake, again co-written and directed by Carpenter, has none of the former and only a smidgen of the latter. In fact, it's a largely joyless affair, one ...
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by jeff_wilder78  - Top 500, Sep 17 '05
Pros: Perhaps the most eminently watchable dumb movie ever made.
Cons: Perhaps the most eminently watchable dumb movie ever made.
It wasn't that long ago that I was talking to some buddies and we got to discussing dumb movies that you can't help but love. Certain films were brought up multiple times (most notably Tremors (the 1990 original) and From Dusk Till Dawn) yet there was ...
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by realnize , Nov 06 '03
Pros: Light-hearted fun for Carpenter fans.
Cons: Don't take it seriously...
OK! Here's the lowdown. Russell and Carpenter go re-make crazy (big cash prizes for both maybe?) and serve up a real treat for fans of silly movies everywhere. Dumbass Russell (hilariously reprising the role of Snake Pliskin!) gets duped yet again by a ...
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by iamlegend , Aug 17 '01
Pros: Snake Plisskin Back on the screen...
Cons: But as criminally wasted as ever...
Ten years after first coming to prominance and a little worse for wear. Kurt Russel and John Carpenter renew their working relationship to have another stab at making Snake Plisskin Kick a**.
And it pains me to report that they've failed...
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by oban24 , Jul 15 '01
Pros: Kurt Russell's acting. Entertaining.
Cons: A little less serious then the first.
INTRO TO ESCAPE FROM L.A.
The man, the myth, Snake Plisskin is finally back and still a bad a@#. Although Escape From L.A. is a little less serious and more comical than Escape From New York, I rate it a winner. This movie never fails...
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by rbuchanan , Jun 15 '09
Pros: Clever performances, amusing dialogue, good concepts
Cons: Lazy direction, sloppy editing, terrible effects
I knew what I was getting into when I rented this film. Although I'm a devoted enthusiast of the likes of Fellini, Tarkovsky and Imamura (among others), when I see John Carpenter's name on the package, I know to turn my brain off and enjoy the fun. ...
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by bertaaf , Jul 14 '00
Pros: story is neat
Cons: bad acting, bad screenplay, bad filming
The idea of Escape from LA is definitely a very cool, interesting idea but, the way the movie seized the idea was really boring. The story is that a giant earthquake hit LA and it was so big it got separated from the rest of the continental US. Because...
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by evilghost , Jun 14 '00
Pros: great action and good characters
Cons: the ending is a bit much!!! You'll see what I mean
It took more than a decade but John Carpenter and Kurt Russel came back to make a sequel to one of the most interesting Science-Fiction films ever created. This time we get to watch as "The Big One" finally strikes L.A., killing most of the...
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by JADEEAGLE , Oct 09 '00
Pros: Peter Fonda, The surprise twists at the end
Cons: Just about everything else
As a major fan of Escape From New York, I looked forward to the second installment in the Snake Pliskin story. To say I was disappointed would be the understatement of the two millenia combined. This wasn't a sequel, so much as a 3rd rate re-hash of the...
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