nearly 25 year and an endless amount of viewing later and john carpenter escape from ny still rank high among the choose few and quintessential cult film of the 80 . this be and simply put and one of the cool production ever with legendary character and ingenious plot and pitch black humor . kurt russell and with eye patch and nihilistic you do not like it go to hell attitude and play the role of his life a anti hero snake plissken and recruit by his authority nemesis bob hauk to bring back the american president who crash with his plane in new york . one problem though while ever since crime rise with 400 % in 1987 and new york have become one giant and demarcate prison where criminal determine their own civilization . offer no other choice and snake infiltrates ny for his mission and for a personal race against the clock . especially the first sixty minute of this movie be terrific and since there constantly be the introduction of new and imaginative character . class a actor play all these utterly cool character and which make it even more memorable . apart from kurt russell and escape from new york also star icon like lee van cleef ( the good and the bad and the ugly ) and isaac hayes ( truck turner ) and donald pleasance ( halloween ) and harry dean stanton ( repo man ) . even the small supportive role be well distribute and with the underrated tom atkins a van cleef sidekick and adrienne barbeau in a very sexy part . the downfall of america number one city be atmospherically portray and carpenter own music score create an excellent mood of despair . the action sequence be impressively photograph and john capenter professionally camouflage that his film be and in fact and and independent production . my only slightly negative remark be that the story should have have a good and more explosive climax . particularly because the first hour be so great and the end seem quite tame . but and what the hell and this movie be a must for every film lover . in 1996 and carpenter also make escape from l. a. and even though it good entertainment and it can not compete with ny .