Escape from New York
Escape from New York

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In the future, crime is out of control and New York City's Manhattan is a maximum security prison. Grabbing a bargaining chip right out of the air, convicts bring down the President's plane in bad old Gotham. Gruff Snake Plissken, a one-eyed lone warrior new to prison life, is coerced into bringing the President, and his cargo, out of this land of undesirables.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Escape from New York:

Kurt Russell
Lee Van Cleef
Ernest Borgnine
Donald Pleasence
Isaac Hayes
Season Hubley

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In the future, crime is out of control and New York City's Manhattan is a maximum security prison. Grabbing a bargaining chip right out of the air, convicts bring down the President's plane in bad old Gotham. Gruff Snake Plissken, a one-eyed lone warrior new to prison life, is coerced into bringing the President, and his cargo, out of this land of undesirables.

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Eye for Film - 10/10 by Anton Bitelviewing the film today is akin to having one's sense of youthful nostalgia violated. ...the terrible dialogue, patchy pacing and silly costumes, so easily overlooked during one's wild-eyed teen years, now seem so much more obvious and distracting.
The New York Times - 10/10 by Vincent CanbyIt's a toughly told, very tall tale, one of the best escape (and escapist) movies of the season.
Time Out - 10/10 by Joshua RothkopfThe pleasures are right in your face, beginning with the million-dollar idea of turning NYC into a walled-off prison where criminals run free. Even born-and-raised New Yorkers (of which Carpenter was decidedly not) could smile at that histrionic setup; it’s an outsider’s joke made funny by our willingness to be entertained.
The Hollywood Reporter - 9/10 by Arthur KnightIt has got an intriguing premise, an effective cast, and it has been expertly mounted.
Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 9/10 by Dennis SchwartzThe pic functions well as both a prison escape drama and as an escapist film. It's far from a great film, but is entertaining and pleasantly cynical despite being so bleak.
Cinema Crazed - 9/10 by Felix Vasquez Jr.A one of a kind apocalyptic epic that has yet to be rivaled in action and storytelling quality.
Slant Magazine - 9/10 by Jaime N. ChristleyMost of the images are elaborate confections of urban blight, etched against a nearly unlit soundstage, and the sound mix, until the finale, is rarely louder than Snake's elbow busting out an old windowpane.
Slant Magazine - 9/10 by Ed GonzalezThis isn't a brazenly colourful futuristic landscape but a grimy portrait of a city not far from the down-and-dirty real New York of the late '70s and early '80s.
Film Freak Central - 9/10 by Bill ChambersI love this movie, yet I'm not sure if I respect it.
Cinemania - 8/10 by Dan JardineVicious scenes are often juxtaposed with comic sequences in a tap dance of contrasting tones that is both bizarre and grandly entertaining.

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