1981 Directed by John Carpenter
In 1997, the island of Manhattan has been walled off and turned into a giant maximum security prison within which the country's worst criminals are left to form their own anarchic society. However, when the President of the United States crash lands on the island, the authorities turn to a former soldier and current convict to rescue him.
Kurt Russell Lee Van Cleef Ernest Borgnine Donald Pleasence Isaac Hayes Season Hubley Harry Dean Stanton Adrienne Barbeau Tom Atkins Charles Cyphers Frank Doubleday John Strobel George Buck Flower John Cothran Nancy Stephens Steven Ford John Carpenter Jamie Lee Curtis Nick Castle Debra Hill Ox Baker Joe Unger Garrett Bergfeld Wally Taylor
Harvey Parry Mike H. McGaughy James Winburn Tony Brubaker Dick Warlock George P. Wilbur George Sawaya Glory Fioramonti Eddie Hice Bob Minor Bill Hart Buff Brady Jack Verbois Ted White Loren Janes Kent Hays Roydon Clark Sandra Lee Gimpel John Moio Jesse Wayne Fred Lerner Mike Johnson Jack Tyree William T. Lane Mags Kavanaugh
Bill Varney Steve Maslow Nicholas James Warren Hamilton Jr. Gregg Landaker David Lewis Yewdall Thomas Causey
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78/100
Escape from New York is one of the few films that feels like it was written by a group of imaginative 8-year-olds:
Iconic city turned into a high-security prison?
Check.
The president of the US is kidnapped after crashing into the city?
Check.
Nuclear warfare imminent?
Check.
A stoic badass is the only one to save the day?
Check.
And his name?
Snake Plissken
Check, check, and check.
Moody and pulse-quickening 80s synth score?
Check.
Main antihero injected with deadly poison capsules that are timed?
Check.
A car with chandeliers on the sides?
Fuck yeah.
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Hardly has a pulse. Exists between fire and rain, light and dark, howls and stark silence. Runs on its own synth drip. Not even really an action movie, but I wouldn't have it any other way.
You gotta love the 80's, the testosterone filled air was so thick only bullets could punch their way through it! And manly men like anti-hero Snake Plissken with a kiss-my-ass attitude swagger onto the big screen in all of their highly accentuated masculine glory!
You just CAN'T go wrong with Director John Carpenter and a star studded cast including.. Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Harry Dean Stanton, Adrienne Barbeau and Tom Atkins!
Cheesy and Over-The-Top with a side order of Whoop-Ass!
Naughty Approved!
"I don't give a fuck about your war... or your president. " A multiple end point... for New York as hell 70s movies, for the decade's spare post apocaliptic scenarios (transitioning here to the more production design oriented 80s version), to Carpenter's generation punk abrasiviness that both get a slicker package and in Russell's snake the perfect anarchic-individualist representation. There's plenty of other beauties as well from Carpenter's scope framing and minimalist presentation to the best acting essemble he ever got (Pleasance loathesome president is a particular standout). "They're savages, Mr. President. ", on both sides of the wall, the film never let one forget.
An absolute insane concept I'm surprised works as well as it does.
This movie is pure-blood 80s, good and bad. From the special effects (which do age quite well) to the score. I'm always impressed that Carpenter does his own scores, its effect really shows in his respect for the music throughout his filmography. Clint Eastwood is the only other director I can think that score their own work, though Carpenter's scores tend to be much more iconic.
I'm used to Kurt Russell adding more humanity to his roles, and couldn't help but think he could have added more, however Snake Plisskin is an absolute ripped icon. While I thought his performance in The Thing was better, this character is…
Insert John Carpenter on the synthesizer into my veins! One of the best scores ever from the legend
