Escape from L.A.

5.9

1996

101 mins

ActionThrillerScience Fiction

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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Year : 1981Rating : ⭐ 7.0

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The Blood of Heroes

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The Terminator

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Death Warrant

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Equilibrium

Year : 2002Rating : ⭐ 7.1

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Demolition Man

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Year : 1992Rating : ⭐ 6.1

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Walking Tall

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A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.

The Running Man

Year : 1987Rating : ⭐ 6.5

By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight for their lives, including the gladiator-style The Running Man, hosted by the ruthless Damon Killian, where “runners” attempt to evade “stalkers” and certain death for a chance to be pardoned and set free.

Looper

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In the year 2044, time travel has not yet been invented but in 30 years it will have been. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.

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Death Race

Year : 2008Rating : ⭐ 6.3

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eXistenZ

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Year : 1994Rating : ⭐ 6.0

In 2004, an officer for a security agency that regulates time travel must fend for his life against a shady politician who has a tie to his past.

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