Review of Escape from New York (1981) by Ian C — 16 Oct 2016
John Carpenter's masterpiece delivers the decades ultimate anti-hero in Snake Plissken. The cast assembled is perfect. Russell is the balls. Van Cleef is even cooler than ever sporting a sleeper, Donald Pleasence as the President and Isaac Hayes as the Duke, Harry Dean Stanton as Brain and a serious twitch off Adrienne Barbeau.
As usual Carpenter's music turns things up a notch and the ending is the ultimate fuck you to the powers that be. Magnificent.
This review of Escape from New York (1981) was written by Ian C on 16 Oct 2016.
Escape from New York has generally received positive reviews.
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