Escape from L.A. vs Star Trek: Insurrection

Star Trek: Insurrection has the higher audience score (6.4/10 against 5.9/10 for Escape from L.A.). Escape from L.A. is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 1h 42m. Escape from L.A. is the older of the two (1996 against 1998). Both are action, adventure, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Escape from L.A. posterEscape from L.A.1996 VS Star Trek: Insurrection posterStar Trek: Insurrection1998
Escape from L.A.Star Trek: Insurrection
Audience score★ 5.9/10★ 6.4/10
Year19961998
Length1h 36m1h 42m
GenresAction, Adventure, Science Fiction, ThrillerAction, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorJohn CarpenterJonathan Frakes
Main castSteve Buscemi, Kurt Russell, Michelle Forbes, Leland Orser, Peter FondaPatrick Stewart, F. Murray Abraham, Gregg Henry, Donna Murphy, Daniel Hugh Kelly

Synopsis

Escape from L.A.

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.

Star Trek: Insurrection

When an alien race and factions within Starfleet attempt to take over a planet that has "regenerative" properties, it falls upon Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise to defend the planet's people as well as the very ideals upon which the Federation itself was founded.

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