Escape From L.A. (1996) ***

John Carpenter insists that Escape From L.A. (1996) is a better film than Escape From New York (1981)

(review). I don’t agree. The budget is bigger, the action is better, and the cast is great, but a lot of the film just rehashes its predecessor, more than a few things are datedly ‘90s, and some of the effects (particularly the CGI) aren’t too hot (though not as bad as I remembered). I will say that I kind of love the artifice of it all, EFLA is better than its reputation suggests, and the film is a lot of fun.

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