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.

In 1830s France, pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin is pursued romantically by the determined, individualistic woman who uses the name George Sand.

An American woman, trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutish husband, must find a way to escape with her daughter as well.