Escape from New York (1981)

7	Listal rating
7.2	IMDB rating

Directed by

John Carpenter

Starring (View all)

Snake Plissken

Hauk

Cabbie

President

The Duke

Girl in Chock Full O'Nuts

Harry Dean Stanton

Brain

Adrienne Barbeau

Maggie

Written by

John Carpenter

(written by) and

Nick Castle

(written by)

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"the names Snake"

5 years, 7 months ago at Oct 28 23:22

moviemaniac126

"the names Snake" thats the line that made Kurt Russell famous (in my opinon) but, also inspired the role for which Kurt Russell played in Quentin Tarrantino's "Death Proof".The movie stars Kurt Russell as a Hero of of war who lost in an eye in battle. But, is later brought in for committing a crime or two. But, when air force one goes down in New york City. which is now a prison for "crazies' and... read more

Too lacking in action for an action film

3 years, 7 months ago at Oct 26 9:35

VierasTalo

Snake Plissken probably made more kids come in the 80s than Pamela Anderson did in the 90s. Regardless, I never saw this film depicting his mission to retrieve the president of the US out of a barren prison, AKA New York. Finally someone requested me to review this film and I had to watch it. I didn't mind much, seeing as how I liked Carpenter's work overall (Cigarette Burns and Halloween especial... read more

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Description: In 1988, the U.S. turned Manhattan, New York into a maximum security prison where the most brutal criminals are residing for life, due to the 400% rise in crime rates. There's no way for them to escape, as the bridges are filled with mines, a large wall is built around the shoreline, and a police force army is based there to take out ... (more)

Release date : 10 July 1981
UPC: 027616854773

Action (26), Sci-fi (21), 1980s (16), 1981 (15), Prison (14), Dystopia (14), Crime (13), New York (10), Usa (9), Tattoo (7), Thriller (7), Landmine (7), Airplane Accident (6), Manhattan (6), Severed Finger (6), Straight Razor (6), Crime Boss (6), Rooftop (6), (5), Self Sacrifice (5)

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"Nostalgia points. BadAss Kurt Russel as main character Snake. Exellent Lee Van Cleef works always. Fight scenes look and sound horrible. Music selections are so 80`s. Brilliant!"

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" May 7th: online streaming Overall opinion: Good Someday I will make an action movie spoof and it will involve the president and the president's daughter being kidnapped and nobody will actually care, because they've seen that plot in movies so much and are frankly tired of certain individuals getting such high priority when there are bigger problems at stake. My cynicism aside, Escape from New York was pretty fun. I like 80's Kurt Russel a lot! There's nothing quite like watching him be a ba"

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" The Ups: Before John Carpenter became a name to avoid he made excellent movies. This action classic not only is atmospheric and cool it was the obvious influence to the excellent "Metal Gear Solid" video games. While the story is not perfect not a single action fan cares as the cool music and style drown any attempt to make this film work. The Downs: It could need a little more action to be perfect. "

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"It's a rare film that has so many ideas and yet fails so consistently to make use of them. - Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader"

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"31.3.2013 Laadukasta Carpenteria tämäkin. Kurt Russell on ihan helvetin bad ass Snaken roolissaan, ja rakastan elokuvan dystopisen New Yorkin ulkonäköä. "

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"Attached: Timothy Olyphant or Bradley Cooper Breck Eisner Status: Waiting for a Studio to pick it up. Release Date/Year: Unknown The movie was great, but they need to find the right man to fill in the role of Snake Plissken, who made the film I can see this movie being modernized but like I said filling in Kurt Russell's shoes is a big one."

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