the first of the two snake plissken movie ( the second be escape from l. a . ) this be an interesting and but strange view of the future in 1997 and which be now and ironically and the past . manhattan have become a massive prison fill with inmate but no guard and the prisoner run their own life inside . this be completely unrealistic and but an interesting scenario . the president crash his plane accidentally into the prison island and be hold hostage by the duke of new york . ex fighter pilot snake plissken be send in to retrieve the president and his important tape and which will be broadcast to russia and china about politics and which he be carry . snake be lead on a bizarre trip through manhattan where he be attack and battle by gladiator and and bombard by brick . the movie be fascinate but downright weird and be definitely a must see for sci fi fan .