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Escape From New York

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Certificate: NR

Genre: Fantasy | Scifi

The year is 1997. Manhattan Island is now a heavily guarded maximum-security prison, where the scum of the earth have converged. When Air Force One crash-lands in Manhattan, the president (Donald Pleasence) is held hostage by its denizens. One-eyed mercenary Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) is strong-armed into rescuing the chief executive. He is aided, not always willingly, by a tough gal (Adrienne Barbeau) and a manic cab driver (Ernest Borgnine). Escape from New York was followed by a sequel of sorts in 1996, Escape From L.A., again starring Kurt Russell.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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John Carpenter

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    darthrodney

    Just watched this again after a 25 year gap, blimey it's aged poorly! I like Carpenters movies, in particular "The Thing" which in stark contrast has aged extremely well. But this now is a bit of a mess, Russell is still a quality badass, but the production values look poor and some of the acting is just awful. Do yourself a favour and just watch The Thing again instead ;)

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