Escape from New York Reviews

Perfect

It was alright, the fighting was kinda bleh but they did have a cool little fighting ring scene, cool concept but just lacked something

Also I think this might be the first time i’ve watched something else Chef from South Park was in so that was a cool little thing to catch

Hell yea! 🐍. This movie is plain old 80s Hollywood fun.

thoroughly meh but pretty enjoyable if there’s nothing else to watch

pretty good, entertaining watch

Snake Plissken as a character is iconic. Carpenter as usual uses music and sound masterfully.

Couldn't get into it. Fine enough I guess. Just kind of boring

Good

I didn’t have much of an idea what this was about going in, but I was immediately hooked by the fantastic premise and setup. Unfortunately, the film quickly pivots toward a silly tone and a whole bunch of bad performances that completely lost me.

Carpenter’s score is the clear highlight along with the production design - this version of Manhattan feels genuinely lived-in and grimy. His directing, however, didn’t quite get there for me. Tonally, it felt like Beyond Thunderdome compared to the first two Mad Max films; it starts very serious before devolving into a live-action cartoon. It was a shift I just couldn’t get on board with.

Kurt Russell and Lee Van Cleef were the only ones who could actually act here; everyone else felt ridiculous, playing far too hard into the film's weird vibe. I respect the massive influence this has had - especially in the video game world - but it just didn't do anything impactful for me.

6/10

The idea was cool but I felt it to be very one dimensional.

cool…

Snake Plisskin, what a badass. Watched this in the 80s and so cool back then. My buddy had the same Scramble Biker Boots as him (he did have/love dirt bikes though) 7.5/10.

10/10

I was surprised to watch it because it was truly original and well-made for a movie that old. the concept of an entire island as a prison was unique.

Fun characters and story, with great world building and effects that hold up in extremely impressive ways for being from 1981

Kojima saw this and made peak.
Manhattan hasn’t changed much lol

a brain isn’t always right

Shit so boring my homegirl fell asleep while watching it with me. There’s a good thirty minutes left and i really don’t think it’ll turn around for me

the first part of the movie was the best