>>213652223 (OP)Escape from LA is his worst. Or at least tied with Ghosts of Mars for its worst.
Carpenter got really bitter he did not get rewarded for his films like Spielberg did. ET came out the same summer as The Thing, ET did amazing box office numbers and The Thing flopped. Carpentoer worked his ass off for The Thing, and seeing Spielberg loved so much for ET and The Thing ignored broke Carpenter. Carpentor made Starman to appeal to a softer audience, but he had lost his passion. Escape from LA was a cartoon Carpenter just phoned in, it is nowhere near as good as Escape from NY, which was made when Carpenter still had a passion to make good movies.