This movie had some of the best CGI I've ever seen, the beauty of it is that it doesn't attempt to be the main attraction, only a showcase of falsiness of the audience who's putting so much focus on effects. The film's effects are so good exactly because they look so weird. It's not about how realistic things are in this film (based on our own perception of reality), it's about how much you're willing to get lost in its own world.
I love me some John Carpenter films. Vampires to Assault on Precinct 13 (the original). Christine to They Live. The Fog to Body Bags. And all of the mainstays. Buuuuut I’d be careless to ignore the “ugh” factor when I think of films like Escape From LA and Ghosts of Mars. Films like Broken Arrow and Face/Off were redefining action films with very little CGI around the time of Escape from LA’s production and release. Yes I know comparing John Woo to John Carpenter in regards to action films seems unfair but we know Carpenter CAN direct decent action films so I kind of throw my hands up and say “the fk were you thinking Johnny?!” While the sets and costume work were great and more imaginative than any Star Wars film post Return of the Jedi, Escape from LA took a fun and innovative post apocalyptic romp (Escape from New York) and cheapened its legacy imo. Russell is and always will be a badass in ANYTHING he does no matter how awful the plot may be. I mean who else can play a one eyed badass (Snake Plissken) and turn around and play a fake one eyed badass (Captain Ron) and not miss a beat? Awful writing, surfing some of the lamest CGI effects and an aging Kurt Russell stiffly running yet somehow being awesome at basketball killed it for me. But Escape From LA’s musical score will always be on my playlist because Carpenter will ALWAYS be the best composer. John Williams and Hans Zimmer can eat an orchestra of 🍆
@@Shalanaya that’s literally every damn movie. Most never try to be realistic. The CGI was limited back in the 80’s otherwise they would have used more of it
The same place a lot of fantastic things are found in the 80's/90's. There are a TON of not just movies but books music and games from that era that will make you wish you were born in the time period.
Escape from New York was one of the first films I bought on VHS. My dad bought a massive JVC VHS recorder back in 1982. I recall watching Escape from New York, Terminator, Aliens and Conan the Barbarian until the vhs tapes woreout on that JVC! I still recall the mechanical sounds that monster JVC recorder would make on rewind, forward or stop. It was like you were operating a CNC machine in a machine shop! Good times and memories...I thought Escape from LA was way underrated!
It's not going to happen. Kurt Russel and any one who resembles him are not welcome in Woketard LALA Land. It's such a shame that Hideo Kojima is prohibited from admiring Kurt Russell because Kurt Russell is a straight white male and his politics are not woke enough for Hollywood! Horrible JJ Abrams forced Kojima to accept a bisexaully coded latinxer (bisexually coded Oscar "Wilde" Isaac, aka Poe bisexual Ho for Finn) so that a race swap and lbgqts representation could be inserted into the Metal Gear live actions movie. That's so oppressive and manilpulative and white privileged of JJ Abrams to dictate what Hideo Kojima, a Japanese man, must like and approve of. Kojima originally strongly preferred a strong white American male type like Kurt Russell, NOT A BISEXUAL LATINXER STEALTH LARPER.
@@stannnleee3440 that makes no sense, Solid Snake is half white and half Japanese. MGS GENUINELY does not need a film adaptation, it basically already is a 100 hour film
Indeed, so it's only fair that Carpenter took somethings from the creator who took stuff from him. Considering in a later Metal Gear game, Solid Snake uses the surname Pliskin.
Yup and if you played Metal Gear Solid on ps1 you will remember that Solid Snake was also injected on purpose with something deadly. There are plenty of parallels.
Me and some mates did an alternative DVD commentary for this, and we said how good the film was, never understood the bad rep it gets. and the ending is the icing on the cake, "Welcome to the human race".
Carpenter has never made a bad movie, IMO. It's just a damn shame that he keeps getting snuffed by the critics. The cult following speaks for itself, though.
***** Also ever notice that Kurt Russel is to John Carpenter as Bruce Campbell is to Sam Raimi, meaning Kurt has to show up in pretty much EVERY Carpenter film.
***** not really among the old this has zombies and Pitch Black has whatever the fuck those things were which I shall call from here on out as abdkrbnwssorn , You can actually understand what Ice says while Vin sounds like he was recorded at the bottom of the well and Ice actually has emotion beyond the deadpan Vin emotion pallete hell even the various victims of the Crypt Keeper during the intro and conculsion of any episode of that amazing show had more life than Vin has and they are all fucking dead.
Finally someone else who seems to like this movie to death. This isn't a film you ever hear fans of 80's and 90's action movie flicks really talk about. You made a nice "best of" compilation of the movie to boot. I've also been checking out your older videos and decided to subscribe. You make a lot of amazing videos on games and movies alike.
That's sweet, good for you. My girlfriend took me to see The Da Vinci Code. She read the book and didn't understand the movie, I did not and did understand it (She sadly was so dumb, nearly mentally challenged so would have trouble understanding a dessert menu) We both hated the movie, she later said some cruel and hurtful things and we were toast. I always loved her, but I'm glad my predictions came true and she married for money not love and if you saw a picture of her husband, you would know why I was insulted by her decision.
I absolutely couldn't agree more with this video's sentiment. Escape From LA is a powerfully kickass movie that doesn't get 1/10th of the recognition it deserves.
Saw this movie a few months ago at a friend's house. Can confirm this is basically Blood Dragon: The Movie. We need more flicks like this. _Razzle Joestar_
Kurt will age like a fine wine. Sadly, Val Kilmer has been riddled with throat cancer that he got the same way as Michael Douglas. Lesson learned: don’t go down on chicks who might have HPV.
I can't be the only one interested in a movie about Snake's origins. Escape from LA talks about some of it and I can't help but think that would make a great movie.
I remember a year ago (maybe a little more) when I first saw this movie, hearing it was incredibly terrible, and watched it because I was in a mood for watching a "so bad, it's good" movie. I remember being angry; not because the movie was bad but because was great. While watching the end of the movie with somebody else, when it turned out Snake wasn't in harm's way (being a hologram at the time) having the real remote control to the Doomsday device and using it to shutdown the entire Earth, and that person I was watching the movie with said he "saw it coming". How? This movie is loaded with so-o-o-o many distractions, I was paralyzed on the couch I was sitting on. My body refused to move because I might miss out. Pausing was out of the question because then the movie's momentum would be gone (and the paralysis.) I had a trust with movie reviewers and the public but now ... it's mostly gone. If the 4th Transformers movie is a success, then it's completely gone (in the public at least.)
This epic is only but 1 of the 800+ dvd,blu rays of my "Micro mini video store" well collection is about 80 Library about 200+ what else can l call it and yes the movie Rocks
Before irony got ironied to death, we had Carpenter and Verhoeven getting all meta on our asses, not quite turning the camera back on themselves but playing games with two-way mirrors. I was their ignorant teenage audience, then I grew into deeper understanding. Escape from L.A. is genius and might pair well with its shared universe counterpart, The Apple, another morally correct and physically fit dystopia.
Agreed, look up a TH-cam documentary on it sometime. Kurt worked out 2 years to get in shape for it and broke his ankle like the first day of shooting.
Thank was trying to recall the title of that great movie, the baddies get......... Well let's say they earn it, that movie is solid great and a good life lesson should be talked up more
Honestly the part with Bruce Campbell was just awesome I was having flashbacks during the hospital level in BioShock especially with the deranged surgeon boss fight I was having huge flashbacks of this scene
Kurt Russel has always been a master at portraying iconic characters. From the second you first lay eye(s) on Snake Plissken, Jack Burton et al, they instantly stick with you. I would love to see another sequel (though the oft cited reboot without Russel or Carpenter attached leaves me doubting). Oh, thanks for this review, it pretty much sums up what I love about the action genre of the 80's and 90's.
This movie needs a special edition Blu Ray release. Maybe it will include interviews with Kurt, John Carpenter and Bruce Campbell. The fact you have Snake himself co-writing the movie makes it interesting. Its not as good as the first movie, but still a fun 90's action flick.
That parody of the MGS4 installation at the end was fucking brilliant Razor. I must admit, I didn't like this one since I love the original Escape from New York so much. But I must admit, you do bring some good points and it's not as bad as everyone paints it to be. The can duel scene and the ending by themselves make it worthy of a watch.
The main problem of this movie is probably that it is a sequel to Escape from New York. The movies are tonally completely different. New York is a gritty image of a depressing, dystopian future, and LA is a fun, humorous satire.
I fucking love this movie. As it would happen, I bought both this and New York on BluRay off Amazon just yesterday. It's even better that Kojima modeled Snake around Snake Plisken, it made the MGS series that much more enjoyable to me.
Kurt Russell is phenomenal in this film. I like this one better than the LA escape one. you know, It's such a shame that Hideo Kojima is prohibited from admiring Kurt Russell because Kurt Russell is a straight white male and his politics are not woke enough for Hollywood! Horrible JJ Abrams forced Kojima to accept a bisexaully coded latinxer (bisexually coded Oscar "Wilde" Isaac, aka Poe bisexual Ho for Finn) so that a race swap and lbgqts representation could be inserted into the Metal Gear live actions movie. That's so oppressive and manilpulative and white privileged of JJ Abrams to dictate what Hideo Kojima, a Japanese man, must like and approve of. Kojima originally strongly preferred a strong white American male type like Kurt Russell, NOT A BISEXUAL LATINXER STEALTH LARPER.
Hey razorfist any chance of seeing a review of The Thing? it's a love letter to the survival horror genre that also has the kick ass duo of John Carpenter and Kurt Russell. (and fuck that 2011 remake)
Outter Webber hollywood did a "remake" of this movie like they have been doing other 80's movies. and like a lot of those other remakes...it blows ass.
***** well aware of the shitty twist ending. doesn't change the fact the 90% of the movie is a reboot of the original movie. nearly scene by scene. i think what happened is it started as a reboot but by the end they realized how bad it fails in that goal and decided to unconvincingly try to pass it off as a prequel.
I liked the original Thing, but the 80s thing was a masterpiece. You may never see effects half as good as those, and the cgi shitshow in 2011 didn't change that statement.
I love John Carpenter. He's from not too far from me in KY. What I love about him, he's quite aware. Example is he's a Leftie, he'll say I want large govt but I hate authority, and you can't have large govt without large authority. It's contradiction, but it's true, John is aware and honest enough to admit this. On top of that, he's a big fan of the Western genre, Rio Bravo is among his favorites. The guy had an amazing run from 1976-1998 with Vampires. I understand his cynicism with Hollywood, he's not incorrect.
It's weird seeing the influence of Solid Snake in something that doesn't have a needlessly convoluted plot with backflipping cyborg ninjas and shit, lol jk...
***** Is the complete oppositive it was Plisken that influenced Solid Snake and Metal Gear and hence Kojima not the other way around. Kojima makes this very clear that he watch American media of 80s and 90s towards his various cultual references in his work. He even names Solid Snake Plisken for while in MGS2. Escape from NY and L.A came out first than Metal Gear Solid.
Nice review man, love the escape films, massive Plissken fan. Glad someone else out there likes escape from LA man. Too many people diss it, an they just don't get it. Badass. Nice Motörhead poster in the back too! 10/10
Escape from Detroit, it wouldn't even need to be set in the future.
Eh, sure you can, you just have to use live ammunition.
FrankDaTank1218 Brilliant...
Detroit's more like the Fallout Wasteland than an open air prison though. Complete with super mutants.
The future is NOW.
Escape from Chicago.
Any action movie directed by John Carpenter is automatically more badass and epic than any of the modern shitfest CGI trash
This movie had some of the best CGI I've ever seen, the beauty of it is that it doesn't attempt to be the main attraction, only a showcase of falsiness of the audience who's putting so much focus on effects. The film's effects are so good exactly because they look so weird. It's not about how realistic things are in this film (based on our own perception of reality), it's about how much you're willing to get lost in its own world.
I love me some John Carpenter films. Vampires to Assault on Precinct 13 (the original). Christine to They Live. The Fog to Body Bags. And all of the mainstays. Buuuuut I’d be careless to ignore the “ugh” factor when I think of films like Escape From LA and Ghosts of Mars.
Films like Broken Arrow and Face/Off were redefining action films with very little CGI around the time of Escape from LA’s production and release. Yes I know comparing John Woo to John Carpenter in regards to action films seems unfair but we know Carpenter CAN direct decent action films so I kind of throw my hands up and say “the fk were you thinking Johnny?!”
While the sets and costume work were great and more imaginative than any Star Wars film post Return of the Jedi, Escape from LA took a fun and innovative post apocalyptic romp (Escape from New York) and cheapened its legacy imo. Russell is and always will be a badass in ANYTHING he does no matter how awful the plot may be. I mean who else can play a one eyed badass (Snake Plissken) and turn around and play a fake one eyed badass (Captain Ron) and not miss a beat? Awful writing, surfing some of the lamest CGI effects and an aging Kurt Russell stiffly running yet somehow being awesome at basketball killed it for me. But Escape From LA’s musical score will always be on my playlist because Carpenter will ALWAYS be the best composer. John Williams and Hans Zimmer can eat an orchestra of 🍆
@@Shalanaya that’s literally every damn movie. Most never try to be realistic.
The CGI was limited back in the 80’s otherwise they would have used more of it
True shit..
Granted CGI wasn't any good in his time either.
Kurt Russel, Steve Buscemi, and Bruce "Ash" Campbell all in the same movie? Where has this movie been the past 18 years of my life?
The same place a lot of fantastic things are found in the 80's/90's. There are a TON of not just movies but books music and games from that era that will make you wish you were born in the time period.
In the bargain bin!
This guy reminds me of hoss Delgado from Billy and mandy
Within the rubble of the bulldozed shell of your local Blockbuster.
I have seen this movie a million times and never realized that was Bruce Campbell. I always said "he looks familiar".
We should've got a 3rd Escape movie. Snake wandering the Earth that he practically sent back to the Stone Age writes itself.
I smell a Mad Max parody…
Old Man Snake. Roaming the countryside and refusing to die on sheer PRINCIPLE alone.
Escape From mars would've been so much better.
As a superfan of Escape from New York, I am in your debt for bringing new appreciation of this movie into my soul!
Escape from New York was one of the first films I bought on VHS. My dad bought a massive JVC VHS recorder back in 1982. I recall watching Escape from New York, Terminator, Aliens and Conan the Barbarian until the vhs tapes woreout on that JVC! I still recall the mechanical sounds that monster JVC recorder would make on rewind, forward or stop. It was like you were operating a CNC machine in a machine shop! Good times and memories...I thought Escape from LA was way underrated!
Snake was a hologram the whole time.
Last Jedi, your sources are showing.
Luke's sequence is an almost frame for frame ripoff of Escape.
Agreed; this movie doesn't deserve anywhere near the hate it got.
How can anything with Kurt Russell, Bruce Campbell *and* Peter Fonda be bad?
Steve Busemi? Funny jokes? Good movies?
Peter Fonda is a douche bag.
And Cliff Robertson and Stacy Keach. Everyone is phenomenal.
John Carpenter is the most complete director out there, he makes his own soundtracks.
Kurt Russell as Big Boss....I'd buy that for a dollar.
DicloniusGames worth the price of admission just to watch him suit up in leather ;).
Then that raises a question: who’d play solid and liquid? Kurt Russel could get away playing as solidus before he shows up as big boss.
Boss
It's not going to happen. Kurt Russel and any one who resembles him are not welcome in Woketard LALA Land. It's such a shame that Hideo Kojima is prohibited from admiring Kurt Russell because Kurt Russell is a straight white male and his politics are not woke enough for Hollywood! Horrible JJ Abrams forced Kojima to accept a bisexaully coded latinxer (bisexually coded Oscar "Wilde" Isaac, aka Poe bisexual Ho for Finn) so that a race swap and lbgqts representation could be inserted into the Metal Gear live actions movie. That's so oppressive and manilpulative and white privileged of JJ Abrams to dictate what Hideo Kojima, a Japanese man, must like and approve of. Kojima originally strongly preferred a strong white American male type like Kurt Russell, NOT A BISEXUAL LATINXER STEALTH LARPER.
@@stannnleee3440 that makes no sense, Solid Snake is half white and half Japanese.
MGS GENUINELY does not need a film adaptation, it basically already is a 100 hour film
Wasn't Solid Snake from Metal Gear Solid based on Snake Pliskin?
Yes... Escape from New York is where the Solid Snake character concept came from. LOL
Yes... Escape from New York is where the Solid Snake character concept came from. LOL
Indeed, so it's only fair that Carpenter took somethings from the creator who took stuff from him.
Considering in a later Metal Gear game, Solid Snake uses the surname Pliskin.
Yup and if you played Metal Gear Solid on ps1 you will remember that Solid Snake was also injected on purpose with something deadly. There are plenty of parallels.
@@DarkLordDiablos Proof that Kojima is a fuckin fraud.
Me and some mates did an alternative DVD commentary for this, and we said how good the film was, never understood the bad rep it gets. and the ending is the icing on the cake, "Welcome to the human race".
Is your commentary still avail online?
Carpenter has never made a bad movie, IMO. It's just a damn shame that he keeps getting snuffed by the critics. The cult following speaks for itself, though.
And that's all John needs, Fuck the critics.
***** Actually there are a good number of people who like Ghosts of Mars, myself included. So Carpenter's track record for me is still Flawless.
***** Also ever notice that Kurt Russel is to John Carpenter as Bruce Campbell is to Sam Raimi, meaning Kurt has to show up in pretty much EVERY Carpenter film.
***** not really among the old this has zombies and Pitch Black has whatever the fuck those things were which I shall call from here on out as abdkrbnwssorn , You can actually understand what Ice says while Vin sounds like he was recorded at the bottom of the well and Ice actually has emotion beyond the deadpan Vin emotion pallete hell even the various victims of the Crypt Keeper during the intro and conculsion of any episode of that amazing show had more life than Vin has and they are all fucking dead.
Unpopular opinion: The Thing is overrated.
I saw this movie in the theater.
I win.
BuFFoTheArtClown. You and me both
I watched it on amazon prime.
I'll ship proof of my superiority within the week for no extra cost.
Buffo..I saw it at the drive-in..2 nights in a row..different 18 year old girl for each showing..send me my check. You don't win Shit, babyface...
T.J. Payeur Don't forget to tip those Baby Sitters for taking you . Nice Guy.
me too :-)
Finally someone else who seems to like this movie to death. This isn't a film you ever hear fans of 80's and 90's action movie flicks really talk about. You made a nice "best of" compilation of the movie to boot.
I've also been checking out your older videos and decided to subscribe. You make a lot of amazing videos on games and movies alike.
Saw this in the theater in high school with my girlfriend.
She loved it.
I later married her.
Still married.
So there is a God…
That's sweet, good for you. My girlfriend took me to see The Da Vinci Code. She read the book and didn't understand the movie, I did not and did understand it (She sadly was so dumb, nearly mentally challenged so would have trouble understanding a dessert menu) We both hated the movie, she later said some cruel and hurtful things and we were toast. I always loved her, but I'm glad my predictions came true and she married for money not love and if you saw a picture of her husband, you would know why I was insulted by her decision.
Ok good for you
Yep movie screen, movie sound system is the only way to really enjoy the greatness, ( 55" flat screen close second)
My man, I'm glad you are enjoying the life most of us will never have.
I absolutely couldn't agree more with this video's sentiment. Escape From LA is a powerfully kickass movie that doesn't get 1/10th of the recognition it deserves.
How do you tell the difference between a convict and a Californian? You can have a conversation with the convict
I love Escape from L.A. John Carpenter is one of my favorite directors of all time.
Saw this movie a few months ago at a friend's house. Can confirm this is basically Blood Dragon: The Movie. We need more flicks like this.
_Razzle Joestar_
I really do like this film. But I still like Escape from New York a bit more. Great review RazorfisT! 🤘👹🤘
one of my all time favorite action movies. great review man!
ROBERT .....SEEN IT O__O LOL
Bro, I still have that footage for the video collaboration we were working on. If you're still down, hit me up and we'll figure out the details.
+LeisureSuitGaming2 First one was better
thanks for your input, but since he already stated he might review it, it was unnecessary
Escape From Vegas
Escape From Tokyo
Escape From fucking DETROIT
All of these need to happen!
That last one just sounds like an average documentary on leaving the city.
I escalated from Cleveland in 1984!
Escape from New Vegas
@@hackbodies did you kill Dr House? I mean Mr House?
@@ryanreyes4622 been doing that every day for the last 3 years. Go to work there and get the fuck out before nightfall
3:50
Thanks man, really needed to blast that full volume into the living room, wouldn't have it any other way.
To have it any other way, would be a disservice.
"So Philadelphia rules, then?"
I live in Philadelphia, and my sides have escaped.
That ending...Priceless, especially if you watch it completely.
The escape from movies are awesome, I could watch them now and feel like they haven't aged.
Escape From New York: one of, if not the greatest thriller ever.
Escape From L.A: one of the greatest action movies ever.
"...By Michael Bay cinematography!"
Oh god my sides XD !!
drum up a few million dollars on kickstarter and get escape from earth made before kurt russel turns into val kilmer
Kurt will age like a fine wine. Sadly, Val Kilmer has been riddled with throat cancer that he got the same way as Michael Douglas. Lesson learned: don’t go down on chicks who might have HPV.
Or use saran wrap on that gash before you nash.
Soldier could be considered a flirty; in spirit only, sequel... which needs a sequel.
I can't be the only one interested in a movie about Snake's origins. Escape from LA talks about some of it and I can't help but think that would make a great movie.
Who would play Snake?
@@goreds551 Wyatt Russell
@@pookeywan iirc he’s doesn’t wants his takeover iconic character.
Talking of Bruce Campbell...LET'S SEE THAT ARMY OF DARKNESS REVIEW!!!!
ED 2 was my fav.
" Buckle up bonehead"
I loved Escape from LA exactly for that same reason. Sometimes you just gotta say, 'fuck it', and let an action star go OTT.
I agree, I've been a fan of this movie since it came out and its awesome to see someone else appreciating the awesomeness of this film, thank you!! 🤘🏼
That basketball scene killed it for lots of people I think... myself included for many years. Thanks Razor this needs more eyeballs.
Yeah, but Kurt Russel made every one of those shots. Took a bunch of tries, but he did make even the full court shot. He played bball in high school.
@@Lieutenant_Dude film sucked a freaking joke
@@gkroll8467 I guess it would suck for someone who's a fan of Steel Magnolias.
So you’re a fan of bad movies then? Nicholas Sparks, perhaps? Ingrate.
Thank you for this ragemaster. The escape films are ULTIMATE BADASS IN PUREFORM!
You are exactly the first and only other person I've met who loves this film.
Damn good film, own both Escape From L.A and New York on DVD.
overboard ,The thing, big trouble in little china need tango and cash
I loved this movie when I was a teen. If my memory serves me correctly, the soundtrack was jamming too!
One of my favorite movies! Saw it 6 times in the theater. Epic! How about a review of Evil Dead 2 ~ Dead by Dawn!
This movie and "Demolition Man" predicted the future accurately.
The first 15 seconds made so much sense that I felt I had to open an ice cold beer. Cheers, dude! Nice vid, as always o/
Kurt Russell is my favorite actor. He's just the best.
Very nice man, also.
Asking the President "Who are you?" and "Hear you have some domestic problems." Are just badass remarks. Snake Plissken in 2024!
Land of the free indeed.
Oh it was just all getting warmed up for the 2020 live action remakes.
I remember a year ago (maybe a little more) when I first saw this movie, hearing it was incredibly terrible, and watched it because I was in a mood for watching a "so bad, it's good" movie. I remember being angry; not because the movie was bad but because was great.
While watching the end of the movie with somebody else, when it turned out Snake wasn't in harm's way (being a hologram at the time) having the real remote control to the Doomsday device and using it to shutdown the entire Earth, and that person I was watching the movie with said he "saw it coming". How? This movie is loaded with so-o-o-o many distractions, I was paralyzed on the couch I was sitting on. My body refused to move because I might miss out. Pausing was out of the question because then the movie's momentum would be gone (and the paralysis.)
I had a trust with movie reviewers and the public but now ... it's mostly gone. If the 4th Transformers movie is a success, then it's completely gone (in the public at least.)
Because it's a remake of New York
I bought this movie. Just about five minutes ago in fact. It is as good as I remember it being - this review just refreshed my memory.
This epic is only but 1 of the 800+ dvd,blu rays of my "Micro mini video store" well collection is about 80
Library about 200+ what else can l call it and yes the movie Rocks
Nice touch at the end. I stayed for the metal...and was rewarded by the gods of parody.
I loved that you opened the vid with "Never" by Ozzy Osbourne; my favorite track off of The Ultimate Sin album \^/
Well I finally watched this on Netflix and loved it, but it made me wish Escape From Cleveland was real.
If you are watching this video in 2022 I *highly* recommend you pick this movie up in 4k BluRay. The remastering they did is absolutely superb!
Before irony got ironied to death, we had Carpenter and Verhoeven getting all meta on our asses, not quite turning the camera back on themselves but playing games with two-way mirrors. I was their ignorant teenage audience, then I grew into deeper understanding. Escape from L.A. is genius and might pair well with its shared universe counterpart, The Apple, another morally correct and physically fit dystopia.
That shit was so creepy back in the day, with the ninja guards and metal gears all lined up....
Criminally underrated film.
Surfing a tsunami... Legendary!!!
Another timeless classic here again.Thanks again for this awesome review.
Thank you for acknowledging the greatness of the Russell. Philadelphia rules, indeed.
The Rageahölic- I live in Illinois.
There should be a movie called 'Escape From Chicago'...
The BEST homage to Snake I've ever seen or heard!
I love this movie! We actually studied it in film school so take that Gene Siskel!
What about Escape From New York?
Escape From New York is a muthafakin Classic FOOS!
I love this movie. I used to watch it repeatedly. "Call me Razorfist." lmao
@Jason Strom You're never gonna make it, kid.
It took this review to make me enjoy and appreciate, "Escape from L.A."
Thanks Razor! haha
I remember watching this when i was 7 or 8. Even back then i knew what a great action movie was
Soldier is another underrated Kurt Russell action movie.
Agreed, look up a TH-cam documentary on it sometime. Kurt worked out 2 years to get in shape for it and broke his ankle like the first day of shooting.
Thank was trying to recall the title of that great movie, the baddies get......... Well let's say they earn it, that movie is solid great and a good life lesson should be talked up more
Honestly the part with Bruce Campbell was just awesome I was having flashbacks during the hospital level in BioShock especially with the deranged surgeon boss fight I was having huge flashbacks of this scene
This review only gets better every time I watch it!
i love the mgs4 installing screen reference at the end!
This movie's so good! Thank you for spreading the word!
Kurt Russel has always been a master at portraying iconic characters. From the second you first lay eye(s) on Snake Plissken, Jack Burton et al, they instantly stick with you. I would love to see another sequel (though the oft cited reboot without Russel or Carpenter attached leaves me doubting). Oh, thanks for this review, it pretty much sums up what I love about the action genre of the 80's and 90's.
This movie needs a special edition Blu Ray release. Maybe it will include interviews with Kurt, John Carpenter and Bruce Campbell.
The fact you have Snake himself co-writing the movie makes it interesting.
Its not as good as the first movie, but still a fun 90's action flick.
That parody of the MGS4 installation at the end was fucking brilliant Razor. I must admit, I didn't like this one since I love the original Escape from New York so much. But I must admit, you do bring some good points and it's not as bad as everyone paints it to be. The can duel scene and the ending by themselves make it worthy of a watch.
Solid Review mate, i had fun with This flick, another underrated masterpiece was Last Action Hero
My balls have finally dropped after watching this review. Thank you Razörfist!
There is no "FUCK YEAH!" button, so you'll have to settle for just a thumbs up.
Don't call me "slick", Razorfist.
The main problem of this movie is probably that it is a sequel to Escape from New York. The movies are tonally completely different. New York is a gritty image of a depressing, dystopian future, and LA is a fun, humorous satire.
The snake plisken camera bounce backs to razor either stunned or heels up literally have me DEAD!!!!!! 💀⚰️🪦👻
I live in Illinois.
There should be a movie called 'Escape From Chicago'...
Kurt Russell... The best to come out of Thousand Oaks in 100 years.
still love that little fuck you kojima at the end
I don't get it, what are you referring to?
Reef Blastbody @19:22 that is a poke at the load screens of MGS 4.
+Snot Nose screw Call of Duty, and what's wrong with Fallout? It's a great top down RPG and was cutting edge when it came out in 1997.
Razor would love to see you review Big Trouble in Little China
Dude you forgot that the skinhead was Lewis from Revenge of the Nerds.
I fucking love this movie. As it would happen, I bought both this and New York on BluRay off Amazon just yesterday. It's even better that Kojima modeled Snake around Snake Plisken, it made the MGS series that much more enjoyable to me.
Kurt Russell is phenomenal in this film. I like this one better than the LA escape one. you know, It's such a shame that Hideo Kojima is prohibited from admiring Kurt Russell because Kurt Russell is a straight white male and his politics are not woke enough for Hollywood! Horrible JJ Abrams forced Kojima to accept a bisexaully coded latinxer (bisexually coded Oscar "Wilde" Isaac, aka Poe bisexual Ho for Finn) so that a race swap and lbgqts representation could be inserted into the Metal Gear live actions movie. That's so oppressive and manilpulative and white privileged of JJ Abrams to dictate what Hideo Kojima, a Japanese man, must like and approve of. Kojima originally strongly preferred a strong white American male type like Kurt Russell, NOT A BISEXUAL LATINXER STEALTH LARPER.
So, when's the Blade Runner review?
Jacob Smith
I don’t even know if he needs to. He has already said that it is his favorite film of all time.
Done!
"Call me Snake."
*backs up through a wall*
"and less gameplay" hahahahahahahaaha that was great
Hey razorfist any chance of seeing a review of The Thing? it's a love letter to the survival horror genre that also has the kick ass duo of John Carpenter and Kurt Russell. (and fuck that 2011 remake)
Outter Webber hollywood did a "remake" of this movie like they have been doing other 80's movies. and like a lot of those other remakes...it blows ass.
***** well aware of the shitty twist ending. doesn't change the fact the 90% of the movie is a reboot of the original movie. nearly scene by scene.
i think what happened is it started as a reboot but by the end they realized how bad it fails in that goal and decided to unconvincingly try to pass it off as a prequel.
I liked the original Thing, but the 80s thing was a masterpiece.
You may never see effects half as good as those, and the cgi shitshow in 2011 didn't change that statement.
Yo razorfist, always look foward to watching one of ur videos bro. keep up the good work.
I love John Carpenter. He's from not too far from me in KY. What I love about him, he's quite aware. Example is he's a Leftie, he'll say I want large govt but I hate authority, and you can't have large govt without large authority. It's contradiction, but it's true, John is aware and honest enough to admit this.
On top of that, he's a big fan of the Western genre, Rio Bravo is among his favorites. The guy had an amazing run from 1976-1998 with Vampires. I understand his cynicism with Hollywood, he's not incorrect.
That was one hell of a movie. Saw it in the theater and was walking around in a daze for like 48 hours afterwards.
Some of the finest stuntmen and martial artist since Big Trouble in Little China all hanging with Pam Greer!
This man could not have got it more right. I fucking love this film.
awesome review of one of my favorite movies ever. a real breakthrough in the post-ironic genre.
I think this movie has one of the best endings of all time.
It's weird seeing the influence of Solid Snake in something that doesn't have a needlessly convoluted plot with backflipping cyborg ninjas and shit, lol jk...
*cartwheeling
Fixed it for you.
Its actually the other way around.
***** Is the complete oppositive it was Plisken that influenced Solid Snake and Metal Gear and hence Kojima not the other way around. Kojima makes this very clear that he watch American media of 80s and 90s towards his various cultual references in his work. He even names Solid Snake Plisken for while in MGS2. Escape from NY and L.A came out first than Metal Gear Solid.
Imperial Guardsman I said it was the influence of Snake, lol.
***** Problem is Escape from New York, where Pliskin first showed up, came out BEFORE Metal Gear did. Meaning Snake was Influenced by Plisken.
Nice review man, love the escape films, massive Plissken fan. Glad someone else out there likes escape from LA man. Too many people diss it, an they just don't get it. Badass. Nice Motörhead poster in the back too! 10/10
I can't help but laugh when you back into the fucking Punisher cut-out. Awesome.
Razorfist, this isn't a put down but a compliment, your delivery in your videos reminds me of Kurt Russel's delivery in "Big Trouble in Little China".
The CGI Effects certainly haven't held up but Escape from L.A. is my all time favorite movie ending ever.
This whole movie is a really funny, really smart joke that went completely over the audience's heads when it was released.
What a shame...
Between this and Demolition Man, our near future was accurately predicted.
9:28 I didn't realize Gary Busey played Gary Busey in Escape From LA.