Review of Escape from New York (1981) by Keith Phipps for The A.V. Club — 13 Jan 2012
Carpenter's grittily convincing New York-in-decay remains the film's best element. Never particularly suspenseful and hampered by a finale that almost literally steers the plot toward a dead end, Escape only intermittently finds Carpenter flexing his directorial muscles.
But it may be his most visionary film: Escape allowed him to build a future out of scraps from the past.
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This review of Escape from New York (1981) was written by Keith Phipps and published by The A.V. Club on 13 Jan 2012.
Escape from New York has generally received positive reviews.
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