"Snake is back."

1996

1h 41m

5.9(1667 votes)

Action

Thriller

Science Fiction

Overview

Into the 9.6-quaked Los Angeles of 2013 comes Snake Plissken. His job: wade through L.A.'s ruined landmarks to retrieve a doomsday device.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Kurt Russell

Snake Plissken

Stacy Keach

Malloy

Steve Buscemi

Eddie

A. J. Langer

Utopia

Cliff Robertson

President

Bruce Campbell

Surgeon General of Beverly Hills

Pam Grier

Hershe Las Palamas

Peter Fonda

Pipeline

Georges Corraface

Cuervo Jones

Robert Carradine

Skinhead

Creative team

Directed by: John Carpenter
Written by: John Carpenter
Debra Hill
Produced by: Debra Hill
Kurt Russell

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