John Carpenter released his dystopian future sci-fi flick Escape from New York, July 10, 1981 to positive reviews. It starred a buffed-up Kurt Russell in a surprisingly tough role as Snake Plissken. Apparently, Russell was wanting to shed his good-boy Disney image. And it worked!
In 1997, Manhattan has been turned into a walled, maximum security prison. When the president's plane crashes in the city, police try to rescue him but the local crime boss says that he has the president and if anyone else tries to save him, the president will be killed.
Snake Plissken is sent in to get the president out safely in 24 hours.
The movie also starred Ernest Borgnine, Harry Dean Stanton and Adrienne Barbeau.
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