A repeat criminal has a chance at a pardon if he helps rescue the president, who is being held hostage in the city prison of Manhattan.
A classic of the utopian-futuristic genre, a film simply in full Carpenter style. An unmissable cult.
This review of Escape from New York (1981) was written by Nickthecritick on 22 Nov 2022.
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