Escape from New York (1981)

Another John Carpenter cult classic, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK was one of the best entries in the once popular post-apocalyptic genre which included ROAD WARRIOR and THE TERMINATOR. In 1997, the island of Manhattan has been turned into the world's largest maximum security prison, a place where the worst of humanity is sent to rot. The U.S. Government finds itself in a major crisis when the president's plane crash lands in New York only days before a vital peace summit between major warring nations is to take place. The president survives the crash, but is taken hostage by the denizens of Manhattan and held for ransom....
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Only war hero turned felon Snake Plissken can save the day, and he is offered a simple deal for his work: save the president and live, fail to save him and die. The one-eyed bandit sets to work, cutting a path of destruction to the president that has to be seen to be believed. Kurt Russell creates the indelible character of Snake Plissken as no other actor could have. Wisecracking and cool under the very worst of pressures, Snake is the ultimate bad good guy. Often copied, but never duplicated, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK is full of the wit, energy and action that marks a John Carpenter picture.
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The year is 1997. Manhattan Island is now a heavily guarded maximum-security prison, where the scum of the earth have converged. When Air Force One crash-lands in Manhattan, the president (Donald Pleasence) is held hostage by its denizens. One-eyed mercenary Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) is strong-armed into rescuing the chief executive. He is aided, not always willingly, by a tough gal (Adrienne Barbeau) and a manic cab driver (Ernest Borgnine). Escape from New York was followed by a sequel of sorts in 1996, Escape From L.A., again starring Kurt Russell.

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A hardened criminal is offered a pardon if he rescues the president from convicts in the prison city of Manhattan.

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De toekomst: 1997. Omdat misdaadcijfers met 400% gestegen zijn, wordt er in 1988 een muur om Manhattan getrokken en verandert het eiland voor New York in een strengbewaakte gevangenis. Negen jaar later wordt het presidentsvliegtuig als protest tegen de politiestaat gekaapt en landt de kapsule met de president binnen de muren van het eiland. Snake Plisskin staat net op het punt de gevangenis in te moeten. Hij kan echter zijn vrijheid terugwinnen door de president te redden uit de handen van de bendes die hem gegijzeld houden.

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