be 1997 and new york be now a prison and when the president plane crash into the island bob hauk ( lee van cleef ) the police commissioner and must get the president out of the island in 24 hour so the president can be in an important meeting for the peace of the world . hauk leave the mission in snake plissken ( kurt russell ) and an ex war hero and with the promise that he would leave snake without any accusation . to make sure that snake rescue the president and hauk implant in him two capsule that will explode within 22 hour . that be the main plot of this sci fi cult classic of john carpenter and and for me be one of my favourite story in sci film ever . the idea of new york a a prison be nothing but original and really good and and the visual part of this film be really cool while lot of film in this day will die for an environment like the one that carpenter creates . the cast be great and kurt russell make one of his best performance ever for one of the best character in sci fi film represent snake . and with the participation of lee van cleef ( the good and the bad and the ugly ) and isaac hayes a the duke and the great harry dean stanton ( paris texas ) a brain make this a a amazing cast that be the perfect complement for the great story of carpenter . so this be nothing but an exciting film and now a true cult classic and carpenter teach u that you do not need the big budget to make one of the best sci fi or action film ever because this film budget be $ 7 and 000 and 000 so be nothing if we compare to hollywood late film . conclusion represent i highly recommend this cult classic and you must know that snake be not dead and prove to that be that 26 year later he be still one of the best character ever . in the end of the film ( which i love ) we can see a resume of the personality of snake and why he be not the classic hero . dvd represent i have a single edition that doesn not contain bonus material so i wish that soon an special edition come in the region 4. p represent i hear that be come a remake of this film and i hope this respect the essence of the original and at least carpenter will be the producer . i like to imagine a director like robert rodriguez make this remake .