Review of Escape from New York (1981) by Plisken_Snake — 02 Mar 2020
This is my favourite movie of all time. It has incredible cinematography brought to us by Dean Cundey who also did Halloween, The Thing, Back to the Future, and Jurassic Park. This like most of Carpenters work has a somewhat simplistic story that somewhat takes a back seat to the amazing premise of crime has raised by 200% and now in 1997 New York City is a maximum security prison that once you go in you don't come out.
The acting especially from Kurt Russel Lee Van Cleef and Donald Pleasence really sells this universe and the synth score from John Carpenter elevates the whole movie. This is a must watch.
This review of Escape from New York (1981) was written by Plisken_Snake on 02 Mar 2020.
Escape from New York has generally received positive reviews.
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