Escape From New York [VHS] Overview
In the future, crime is out of control and New York City 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 warrior new to prison life, is coerced into bringing the President, and his cargo, out of this land of undesirables. Kurt Russell put his Disney days behind him as the nicest bad guy in the picture. All comic-book sensibilities and macho posturing, this is one of writer-director John Carpenter's better brainless escapes. There are snappy one-liners and explosive action scenes. However, the film lacks tension and some believability even within the realm of SF fantasy. Even when it fails to gel, though, it always manages to amuse, thanks in great part to a varied and unusual supporting cast (watch for Ernest Borgnine as a cabdriver). Followed in 1996 by Carpenter's overdone and campy Escape from L.A.--Rochelle O'Gorman
Customer Reviews
The film is a cult classic and the sound quality is to improve significantly on Blu-ray compared to previous versions.
They do not just find stimuli in an action movie as good as this dystopian movies and it's really one of the best Carpenter, really capture the political pessimism of the eighties.
Unfortunately, there are no extras. I want to delete the inclusion of the comment and the train robbery scene have. I thought it was a great contrast of the darkRest of the film. These problems can only be found on previous certian DVD (and VHS).
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