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Escape from New York
1997. New York city is now a maximum security prison. Breaking out is impossible. Breaking in is insane
1997. New York city is now a maximum security prison. Breaking out is...
Action, Science Fiction - 1981
Escape from New York
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7.2
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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.
Director:
,
John Carpenter
Cast:
,
Lee Van Cleef
,
Harry Dean Stanton
,
Isaac Hayes
,
Kurt Russell
,
Ernest Borgnine
,
Donald Pleasence
,
Adrienne Barbeau
,
Tom Atkins
,
Frank Doubleday
,
John Strobel

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Details

Rated:
R
Runtime:
99 min
Release date:
23 May 1981
Country:
GB, US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$6,000,000
Revenue:
$50,244,700
Awards:
4 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
When the final credits roll, you can be forgiven a vague sense of dissatisfaction, because the creativity that went into formulating the premise was never extended to the script writing stage.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
It's a toughly told, very tall tale, one of the best escape (and escapist) movies of the season.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
30 Aug 2004
fresh:
A solidly satisfying actioner.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
5 Jun 2007
rotten:
It's a rare film that has so many ideas and yet fails so consistently to make use of them.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
5 Jun 2007
fresh:
The movie proudly wears its affection for crusty Sergio Leone archetypes and countdown-clock suspense sequences; Carpenter was Tarantino long before Tarantino was.
– Joshua Rothkopf,
Time Out New York,
23 Jul 2013
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