Directed by: John Carpenter
Cast: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasance, Isaac Hayes
Time: 99 minutes
In the dystopian world of a
fictional 1997, Manhattan has been turned into a huge walled maximum-security
prison, due to the steep increase in crime. Former special forces soldier,
Snake Plissken has been arrested and he’s due to be locked up. He is offered a
pardon if he can manage to retrieve US president John Harker, who has been
taken hostage by a group of terrorists who overtook and crashed Air Force One
on its way to peace summit in Hartford.
I cannot believe I had never seen this one before in my life. Snake Plissken is such a badass antihero character, and Kurt Russell was the right guy for the role. Boy, did he ever bring Snake to life? There is also a talented cast surrounding Russell, and John Carpenter showed his great talent in the direction. There is some hokiness here and there, but it such a fun science-fiction film, which is quite something, since I usually do not care much for that genre.
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