Escape from New York

R16

1981

99 mins

Kurt Russell is Snake Plissken, the eye-patched badass and ex-con forced to rescue the president from the maximum security prison... More

Kurt Russell is Snake Plissken, the eye-patched badass and ex-con forced to rescue the president from the maximum security prison known as Manhattan Island, in John Carpenter's action sci-fi classic set in the apocalyptic future of 1997.

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Escape from New York | Ratings & Reviews

88_%72 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
77_%73,150 reviews
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"The sound mix, until the finale, is rarely louder than Snake's elbow busting out an old windowpane."

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Slant Magazine

"It has got an intriguing premise, an effective cast, and it has been expertly mounted."

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Hollywood Reporter

"Although execution doesn't quite live up to the fabulous premise, Escape from New York is a solidly satisfying actioner."

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Variety

"The film plays its social satire broad but strings it along a rail of self-awareness."

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The Guardian

"1997 is the year in which the film's events are set, but far from being a bright, progressive future, it is a hyperbolic deterioration of 1981's here and now."

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