Continuity mistake: In Escape from New York, Snakes tattoo on his stomach is filled in. In Escape from LA, his tattoo is just an outline. (00:18:05)
Escape From L.A. (1996)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: John Carpenter
Starring: Kurt Russell, Steve Buscemi, Cliff Robertson, Peter Fonda, Pam Grier, Valeria Golino
The virus is not really some deadly virus; it was all a bluff so Snake would cooperate. Snake Plissken gets ahold of the real doomsday device remote control. The President's daugher is about to be executed. Plissken activates the device and shuts down everything on Earth.
R.T. Straker
More mistakes in Escape From L.A.
Utopia: He did it. He shut down the Earth!
Trivia: In this film, they make remarks about both N.Y. and Cleveland. Although Escape from New York was a film, the story about Cleveland only appears in the comic books.
Question: Commander Malloy is following Snake in the sub on radar while he is heading to L.A. After reaching the concrete platform, the platform gives way and the sub begins to sink. Malloy radios Snake asking him what happened to the sub as it disappeared off the radar. If they were following him the entire time while he was underwater, what would cause the issue when it was sinking? It wasn't damaged, just the support collapsed.
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