Escape from New York

It's 1997 and Manhattan Island is a walled off prison, during the flight of Air Force One, the president's plane is taken over by a terrorist and the president ejects out in the safety pod. Sadly for him he lands right... Full review

This movie seemed really interesting when I heard about because New York City is a maximum security prison and Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) is sent in to rescue the President of USA. I liked the action and the acting with the... Full review

It would have been easy for John Carpenter to stay in George Romero's shadow or remain a cult figure with more "Dark Star"-type entertainment. Instead, JC catapulted his name and franchise into history with the release of EFNY. It contains... Full review

This 1981 John Carpenter film has probably influenced more directors, screen writers and producers then any of his other films, including Halloween. Kurt Russell cemented himself a spot in cult film history when he took on the role of Snake Plisken,... Full review

John Carpneter's cult classic Escape From New York, is set in a dystopia 1997! New York city has been transformed into a virtual maximum security prison where some of the most degenerate and deadly criminals have been left to languish.... Full review

tif you wont wrent a action movie rent this one it is relly good i loved it is aprpot for kids but bloody gorry to... Full review

escape from new york is a classic film from john carpenter and my second favorite from carpenter (right behind the thing.) kurt russel was born to play snake and he owns this movie. buy this classic film on dvd. i can't... Full review

John Carpenter is a multitalented person. He's a horror legend with what may very well be the best slasher ever created Halloween. And we've seen him pull off sci-fi with The Thing. And although one would expect with his other action... Full review

Very, very cheesy and campy, which really doesn't work for me in action flicks. Kurt Russell delivers an iconic performance, and the idea is very cool, but something gets lost in the translation and the final result is rather disappointing. It's... Full review

"John Carpenter delivers once again, but I still think that The Thing is one of his and Kurt Russel's better movies. I can't wait for the remakes to those films!"... Full review

I agree that Kurt Russel would be a fitting role for Snake.... August 6th, 2008 8:55am I think this will be great, first of al Hideo Kojima writes the script and secondly its gonna be kick ass! i just hope they get some good actors in it... ... Full Review

fight club as well (which IS my favorite film). ... Full Review

Put this on the list of movies that don't need to be remade, revisited, re-imagined or whatever the latest politically correct term is for a non-original movie production: John Carpenter's Escape From New York . ... Full Review

This nifty little film noir eerily foreshadows the JFK assassination , something which wasn't lost on Kennedy pal Sinatra. The Feds send in convicted war hero Snake Plissken ( Kurt Russell ) to rescue the President (Donald Pleasence) from a crime lord called "The Duke of New York" (Isaac Hayes). ... Full Review

All of them low budget movies, full of style and harked a new voice in successful indie filmmaking. ... Full Review

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Starring: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Harry Dean Stanton, Adrienne Barbeau, Season Hubley, and Tom Atkins.Directed by: John Carpenter.Watching Escape From New York makes you yearn for more dark science fiction movies like this... ... Full Article

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