Escape From New York

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Escape From New York
Review added by
David Beckett

New York city is now a maximum security prison. Breaking out is impossible. Breaking in is insane
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 99 mins
Retail Price: £12.99
Release Date: 04/08/2008
Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
The year is 1997 and in a police state future the island of Manhattan has been turned into a maximum security prison. The rules are simple: once you're in, you don't come out. But when the United States president (Donald Pleasance) crash lands an escape pod into the centre of the city after fleeing a hijacked plane, a ruthless prison warden (Lee van Cleef) bribes ex-soldier and criminal Snake Plisskin into entering the hazardous Manhattan and rescuing the distraught president from the twisted world of New York and from the demented clutches of its new ruler The Duke (Isaac Hayes) in John Carpenter's cyber-punk, action, suspense spectacular.

Special Features:
- Audio commentary from Director John Carpenter and Kurt Russell
- `Return To Escape From New York` featurette
- Deleted scene: original opening `Bank Robbery` sequence
- Trailers