Escape from New York
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- ርልዪረJune 4, 2025Kurt Russell is simply the King of cool as "Snake Plissken" in Legendary Director John "Halloween" Carpenter's classic Sci-Fi "Escape From New York". In the movie ex Special Forces Operative, now turned Convict and Prisoner "Snake Plissken" is forced to head into New York City (now a walled escape proof Prison), find and retrieve the President of the United States (After Airforce one has crash landed in New York), and get out alive. Kurt Russel is brilliant as the wise cracking "Plissken . . Call him Snake", definitely one of/if not the coolest Cinematic Character creation ever. The action is violent, brutal and crisp, and there is an energy that runs completely through the film. As always Legendary Director John Carpenter conjures up plenty of atmosphere in this taut, tense, action cracker. Simply brilliant.
- JakeysDecember 28, 2025Often considered one of Carpenter's best, but as much as I love him and Kurt Russell, it somehow manages to be boring? I really wanted to like it more, Snake Plissken is such a cool character, the concept and the world are also promising, but it just doesn't deliver on it enough.
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Escape from New York was released on May 23, 1981.
Escape from New York was directed by John Carpenter.
Escape from New York has a runtime of 1h 39m.
Escape from New York was produced by Larry Franco, Debra Hill.
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.
The key characters in Escape from New York are Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell), Police Commissioner Bob Hauk (Lee Van Cleef), Cabbie (Ernest Borgnine).
Escape from New York is rated R.
Escape from New York is a Science Fiction, Action, Adventure film.
Escape from New York has an audience rating of 7.7 out of 10.
Escape from New York had a budget of $6M.
Escape from New York has made $50.2M at the box office.