RyothChatty ridiculous rating

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

cinemajesty Movie Review: "Escape From New York" (1981)In independent restraints, armed with powerhouse heart-beating screenplay conceived with a lot of foreign inspiration, especially the far east cultures of the rising sun, writers Nick Castle and director John Carpenter blessed with leading man Kurt Russell as beyond-the-law mercenary army-of-one "Snake Plissken" at age 29 going on a mission to save the U.S. American President, whose Air Force One crashed landed in a shut-down island of Manhattan, where Anarchy rules to fighting dystopian proportions.With Larry Franco and late Debra Hill (1950-2005) producing on tight but used beyond imagination production budget lets "Escape From New York" prevail in entertainment factors even against magnus opus productions as "Superman II" (1980) and "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" (1979) directed by Robert Wise of the same Hollywood period of emerging video-tape industries, outgoing from all conceivable forms of visualizations in sound, music and picture art-works as the home video entertainment market, suddenly on every Major Hollywood Players desk on monday mornings."Escape From New York" directed by John Carpenter, learning as exceeding his filmschooling crafts by starting from the lowest end of micro-budgeting "Dark Star" with Dan O'Bannon (1946-2009) over "Halloween" (1978) starring Jamie Lee Curtis to Carpenter's ultimate masterpiece "The Thing" (1982) also-starring Kurt Russell as Antarctic Scientist in Alien-invading distress in an ultimate summer season with ruling film-makers of a now more fading generation with film classics as "Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan", "Conan, The Babarian", "Blade Runner" and "E.T. the extraterrestrial" directed by Steven Spielberg, who remains in forging new digital frontiers for 2018.At time when nevertheless the old-fashioned as ruthlessness of this face-pacing 95-Minute-editorial by cutter Todd C. Ramsey, utilizing Dean Cundey's ultra-star close-to neo-noir cinematography in devasting honest apocalyptic production design to racing, chasing showdown bridge pursuits ending in cranking metal of solid steel and machine gun bullets in storming, yet coolness ensuring to limbing of having giving everything for nothing to win.© 2018 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

RforFilm You have to give credit to those who not only take an insane idea and go all serious with it, but if they can somehow put in some smart commentary about how it relates to social issues to it's then current audience (trust me, it's a lot harder then it sounds without sounding forced). Escape From New York dealt with the issue of rising crime rates in urban environments, but especially New York. Though it's seen as a mostly safe city to live in, the 1970s and 1980s were known as hell for most New Yorkers as they tried to make it without facing trouble.Though film has many ways to explore this and how the city and the United States tried to respond to that, filmmaker John Carpenter knew that he had to bring his message to a large audience. He made the ideology into a blockbuster…a blockbuster on a budget, but we'll get there It's clear that he was not in favor of the authoritarian ways that city officials tried to implement. I can't say this has answers, but perhaps this isn't supposed to be. Let's look at why Escape from New York may have shown that carpenter may have been better with thrillers then horror.In an alternate future, the crime rate has risen so high that New York City is redesigned as a maximum-security prison with no chance of parole. A wall is built around Manhattan with several booby traps, armed guards, and computer surveillance that ensures that no one escapes. There are no rules and patrol on the inside, now a city that is surrounded by darkness.In 1997 (don't forget that this movie was released in 1981), the Air Force One is hijacked, giving time for the president (played by Donald Pleasence) to get sent out through the escape pod. The problem is that the pod lands in New York. When guards follow the escape pods tracker, they discover that the president has already been captured by the Duke of New York (played by Issac Hayes) and his gang says that any rescue attempt will result in automatic execution. At the same time, former Special Forces solider turned bank robber Snake Plissken (played by Kurt Russell) is currently being processed to enter New York for his crimes. He agrees to a deal that if he can get the president out in 22 hours, they'll let him go. He makes his way in the find the president while getting help from an old Cabbie (Played by Ernest Borgnine), Brain (played by Harry Dean Stanton), and Maggie (played by Adrienne Barbeau).I had seen Escape from New York once a while ago, and I was surprised how much it held up. A lot of it probably had to do with three things. The first is the atmosphere, which turns New York into a hellhole, giving you a sense of suspense. It's nearly all told from Snake's perspective, allowing us, the viewer to feel like this is how we'd be seeing this prison for the first time. If you're hoping for a lot of action, this is not that kind of movie. Like The Bourne Identity series, this film is all about how much stealth Snake can use in order to not be spotted by the gangs. This gives us more time to take in New York, which looks impressive, considering this has a lower budget. You definitely sense that the place is large with little hope in sight. That's the second thing that makes this great, the villain. The constant gang attacks makes this a lot like an extension of Assault on Precinct 13, Carpenter's earlier movie. It all feels like a wave of force rather then one person attacking (though there is a leader this time).The last thing I'll address are the characters. Kurt Russell is perfect for Snake. He's great at playing the antihero who you want to see succeed, yet are not sure you can trust him. He always plays that he's seen a lot and that even he's not sure if society is worth saving. Yet you still root for him, because he is likable enough that you want to follow him. Though their parts are smaller, Donald Pleasance, Ernest Borgnine, and Isaac Hayes all add to their characters, which are a little goofy, but that's kind of the nature of the movie. Escape to New York is John Carpenter's vision of a B-movie with a blockbuster look. It all gels together perfectly making one of Carpenter's best.I'll give this ten cars with chandeliers out of five. This is definitely a thriller that I'd recommend, even if your not into science-fiction. It has dark moments, over-the-top moments, quiet moments, loud moments, and of course, time to take in the films atmosphere. Escape from New York is one prison that you shouldn't escape from; go see this.

tuckerconstable-07055 Snake Plisken is a criminal who is about to do time for committing a robbery. However, when he meets the police chief he is given a loophole. Instead of doing time, Plisken can fly into New York, which has now been transformed into a large, run- down prison island, and save the president-who is trapped down there. The mission has a time limit since the president has to get to an embassy meeting where he will deliver a speech that can save the world from nuclear war. Also there's a small detail of Snake having a bomb inside of him and that it may or may not explode if he finishes the mission on time. Will Snake complete his mission on time? Will the president be saved? Can everyone just forget about the god-awful sequel to this film ("Escape From L.A.")? The first two questions are a yes. The second is a hard, stonewalled no- we will never forget. "Escape From New York" is a definite break from the John Carpenter norm. Thanks to "Halloween" and "The Thing", he became largely associated with the horror genre. But, if you knew about Carpenter before those two films, you would have known about a little gem known as "Assault on Precinct 13"-a down and dirty action film. "Escape From New York" is very close in nature to that film-except it has a much larger budget (at least to Carpenter's standards). The larger budget works incredibly well for Carpenter. He's able to assemble a very strong ensemble cast and create some eye catching set designs. The main character of the film, Snake Plisken, comes across as a neo-spaghetti western cowboy. His dialogue is pure Eastwood, but his mannerisms are very much like the big bad action stars of the time. The supporting cast is incredible, Harry Dean Stanton plays Brain-the, well, brains of the whole rescue mission. Harry Dean Stanton was an incredibly gifted character actor and this is one of those roles that embodies that."Escape From New York" also carries a lot of political overtones. The character of the president (played by the great Donald Pleasance) seems to only be motivated out of self interest rather than for the betterment of the world. What sets Snake off is when the president acts very dismissive towards the people that risked their lives to save him. Plisken sort of represents Carpenter's stance on politics at the time, culminating in the end where Plisken destroys the presidents speech, ruining any hopes of world peace. It's not that Plisken doesn't want world peace, it's just that he's become so jaded towards the president he doesn't think he deserves the positive outcome of the rescue mission. "Escape From New York" is a fun and surprisingly thought provoking film. It carries Carpenter's excellent direction throughout the entire run time and never has a dull moment in it. The characters are well developed and the story has a lot of heart behind it. It's one of those films that can be viewed as just a fun action movie or a film with a message. Either way, you get something out of each viewing-no matter which way you look at it.

inspectors71 I felt disappointed when I watched John Carpenter's Escape from New York some 36 years ago, and when I saw it again two weeks ago, getting over a viral menace that makes everything ache, except the muscles for the remote, I found EfNY just as disappointing and silly. Now, mind you, this isn't supposed to be a big, thoughtful dystopian nightmare, just an adventure into the bowels of Manhattan-as- Supermax, wherein the President, Donald Pleasance, of all people, crashes, and it's up to our hero, Kurt Russell, to get him out. Read that last sentence again. Yes, I know it's a ginormous run-on, but all you need to know is right above this paragraph.It's that pretentious and dumb. And it's not even very good. Carpenter lets the reins go in the third reel, and the movie meanders and muddles until its inevitable "big message" ending. The whole thing is only 80+ minutes long, and I got bored. Never a good thing for dystopian nightmare action flicks.I guess Escape from New York was the first true inkling that Carpenter was going to collapse as a major director. I think he had one more goodun' in him, The Thing.