Review of Escape from New York (1981) by Tyler J — 11 Aug 2015
Featuring a fantastically interesting world and brilliant production design (ok, it is really bad, but would look really cool if they did it today), Escape from New York is a cheesy film that is so 80's it hurts.
Where to begin? Well, the acting is quite bad. Kurt Russell brings a ton of charisma to the role, as does the rest of the cast, who are all enjoyable characters, but the acting is poor. This is likely done purposefully, but all the same.
The dialogue is incredibly quotable, yet that does not make a script good. Plus, it is largely quotable because they simply keep repeating the same lines over and over again in different scenes. The plot is pretty interesting and the world that is introduced is riveting, but terrible pacing (too fast) and, again, the poor dialogue suffocate any life the plot could have had.
Overall, Escape from New York is a cheesy, poorly made action flick that was obviously well received back in the day, but holds up horrifically if watched without nostalgia glasses on.
This review of Escape from New York (1981) was written by Tyler J on 11 Aug 2015.
Escape from New York has generally received positive reviews.
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