normally i be not too much a fan of action movie and john carpenter have never be on my list of favorite director . in my opinion he only make one good movie and except for this one of course and and that halloween . but a i already say before and even though i be normally not a fan of this kind of movie or of the man work and i must say that i be glad to make an exception when it come to this movie . escape from new york may well be see a one of the good action movie of all time and even after 25 year it still give me a good time when watch it . due to huge crime rate in 1997 and the u government have change new york into a maximum security prison where the tough criminal be put away for life . all the bridge have be mine and a huge wall have be build around the city and a large police force army be station near the statue of liberty . inside this prison it the survival of the fit . there be no rule or regulation and except for those make up by the prisoner themselves and make this one of the most dangerous place to be in . when air force one and with the president on board and be take over by a terrorist and crash into a building and the president be able to escape by eject in a pod . but he have land in the middle of new york and someone need to get him out of there soon . that where snake plissken come in . he an ex soldier and a new prisoner who be ask to save the president and to find a tape with some important information . in return his sentence will be cancel and plissken will be a free man again . he agree and but to make sure that he will return on time and they inject him with a small but powerful explosive that will only be destroy if his mission be successful . so now he do not only have to take care of the president and try to stay alive in between all those criminal and he also have a lot of time pressure . i must say that this movie remind me a lot of the australian mad max movie and especially the second one . in case you be wonder if that be a good or a bad thing represent i like those movie and yes i like this one as well . despite the fact that it be make in 1981 and this movie still feel quite futuristic . ok and we know that 1997 wasn not like this and but that doesn not really matter this time . if they have set the date to 2097 and this would still have be the same movie and then we wouldn not have know that this be impossible . and the fact that some detail show the real age of the movie isn not a bad thing either . take for instance the computer . they use a lot of flash light and stuff like that and but those be only some small detail which shouldn not spoil your fun . the acting in this movie be ok as well . this may well have be one of kurt russell best performance and i really love ernest borgnine a cabbie . i even appreciate lee van cleef in this movie and despite the fact that i be normally not a fan of the man . i guess i must say that all actor do a good job . a a conclusion i would like to say that a good and still futuristic look story and some good acting and several interesting action scene and . make this movie more than just worth a watch . i really like it and that why i give it a positive .