The President of the United States since around 2000 (the constitution has been changed so that he can be President for life and he has also moved the National Capital to Lynchburg, VA) has turned the Island of L.A. (it has been an island since a massive earthquake in 2000) into a place to put criminals, atheists, gun owners, and those who still do things like swear, drink alcohol, take drugs, eat meat, and have out of marriage entercourse. In 2013, a rebel gets control of a device that could take the world back to the dark ages as well as kidnaps the President’s daughter. Snake Plissken is sent in to retrieve the control device to the electronic doomsday weapon (the daughter is considered a traitor and therefore of no further concern). Snake defeats the rebels, gets the controller and rescues the President’s daughter. Fearing the President having too much power and not thrilled with the way the world is, Snake uses the weapon himself, sending the world back into an electronic dark age. ("Escape from LA", flm)
