Snake is back in john carpenter's post apocalyptic action film, starring kurt russell. With stacy keach, steve buscemi, peter fonda, cliff robertson, michelle forbes and pam grier.   it’s 16 years since snake rescued the president in new york. Now a different president is in power, and declares the united states to be a land of moral superiority no smoking, no red meat, no freedom of religion and no unapproved marriages. A massive earthquake – the big one – has hit los angeles, leaving it smashed in ruins and completely surrounded by water. From this new island hell rises an army of discontent, led by brutal south american revolutionary cuervo jones. L.a. Has become an anarchist state. The president deports all immoral and therefore criminal citizens of the u.s. To the city of angels. However, it seems the president’s own daughter utopia disagrees with her father’s policies. She joins forces with cuervo, taking with her the key to doomsday device that could send mankind back to the dark ages. Enter snake plissken. He’s recruited by the president’s men to once again complete an impossible task penetrate the sodom that is l.a., retrieve the device, and eliminate utopia. Can snake complete his deadly mission in time to escape from l.a.?