FAMILY
Escape from New York
1981Directed by John CarpenterUnited States of America99 minFAMILYAge guide: 15+
In 1997, the island of Manhattan has been walled off and turned into a giant maximum security prison within which the country's worst criminals are left to form their own anarchic society.…
★ 7/10 · 3,676 TMDB audience ratings
Starring
Kurt RussellSnake Plissken
Lee Van CleefPolice Commissioner Bob Hauk
Ernest BorgnineCabbie
Donald PleasencePresident of the United States
Isaac HayesThe Duke of New York
Season HubleyGirl in Chock Full O'Nuts
Harry Dean StantonHarold 'Brain' Helman
Adrienne BarbeauMaggie
Audience reviews from TMDB · may contain spoilers
Graviteer: "Too little of too much" would describe this movie well, which presented us a dystopian New York with development potential and characters whose… Read full review
John Chard: A Snake, a Brain, a Cabbie, a Duke and the President Of The USA. It's 1997 and Manhattan Island is a walled off… Read full review