Review Of Escape From New York
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Review Of Escape From New York
In the opening sequence of John Carpenter's Escape From New York, an anonymous narrator sets the tone of
desperation and hopelessness with the line once you go in, you never come out. The narrator is referring to the
only rule in the maximum security prison built on Manhattan Island. The prison, which was built in 1981 as a
reaction to the crime rate going up 400 percent, has no guards. It's every man for himself. The once busy
streets of New York city are now nearly deserted, decayed, and run by criminals. The hell on Earth is so
unbearable that some attempt to break out of the prison, on a raft, in an almost Escape
From Alcatraz fashion in the opening scene. The plot thickens as a group of terrorists hijack the President's
plane and crash it in New York. The President is now somewhere in the New York prison and holds an important
tape containing a speech that could prevent another world war. Snake Plissken, a tough, renowned war hero and
recent inmate of the prison, is the government's only hope to save the world. Snake must capture the President
within 24 hours so the President can present the tape at a peace summit the next day. In exchange for his good
deed, the government promises to pardon him for every crime he has ever committed. The only catch is the two
capsules implanted in his head. If he doesn't complete the mission in 24 hours the capsules will explode.
Along the journey, Snake meets a rainbow of characters. He runs into Cabbie, who has driven the same taxi
for 30 years in New York. He represents the nostalgia of the once great Big Apple. Snake fights the evil Duke of
New York to capture the President. The Duke is the typical bad guy clad in lavish gold chains and surrounded by a
group of dimwitted followers. Snake befriends Brain, a timid reserved genius and Maggie, his
beautiful girlfriend. Their love affair adds a humanistic touch to the cold insensitive surroundings. In the midst
of escaping from the prison, Brain dies on a bridge. Maggie refuses to go on with Snake and calmly awaits her
own impending death on the bridge.
Dismal tragedy doesn't dominate the movie, however. Elements of humor are found in scenes such a...
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