Iain Gray Freelance Writer
Escape From New York - Review
A soaring crime rate forces the United States government to transform Manhattan Island into the single maximum security prison for the entire country where anyone who goes in doesn’t come out again.
However, when terrorists crash the President’s plane into the island, only one man can rescue him: fallen national hero and eye-patched scourge of society Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell).
With memorable supporting performances from the likes of Harry Dean Stanton, Donald Pleasance and Isaac Hayes, and Carpenter’s brilliant electronic score, the film’s subversive influence can still be felt in cinema today.
Article archive
2012
July
- 27.07.12 Dr Seuss’ The Lorax - Review
June
- 12.06.12 Rock of Ages - Review
May
- 11.05.12 Charlie Casanova - Review
- 04.05.12 Being Elmo - Review
2009
April
- 19.04.09 LA Confidential - Review
- 05.04.09 Ran - Review
March
- 29.03.09 Sherman’s March - Review
- 22.03.09 A Man Escaped - Review
- 15.03.09 Raging Bull - Review
- 08.03.09 8 Women - Review
- 08.03.09 The Terror by Dan Simmons - Review
- 01.03.09 King Kong - Review
February
- 22.02.09 Taxi To The Dark Side - Review
- 15.02.09 Audition - Review
- 08.02.09 When Harry Met Sally - Review
- 01.02.09 Vanishing Point - Review
January
- 25.01.09 Black Narcissus - Review
- 18.01.09 Dracula - Review
- 11.01.09 Brazil - Review
- 04.01.09 Lantana - Review
2008
December
- 28.12.08 The Edge - Review
- 14.12.08 The French Connection - Review
- 07.12.08 Annie Hall - Review
November
- 30.11.08 Rescue Dawn - Review
- 23.11.08 Million Dollar Baby - Review
- 16.11.08 Baraka - Review
- 09.11.08 The Searchers - Review
- 08.11.08 Far Cry 2 - Review
- 02.11.08 Great Expectations - Review
October
- 26.10.08 Jacob’s Ladder - Review
- 19.10.08 The Last Waltz - Review
- 12.10.08 Mulholland Drive - Review
- 05.10.08 Bringing Up Baby - Review
September
- 28.09.08 The Killing - Review
- 21.09.08 The Man Who Wasn’t There - Review
- 14.09.08 Big Night - Review
- 07.09.08 Total Recall - Review
August
- 31.08.08 The Exterminating Angel - Review
- 24.08.08 Dark City - Review
- 17.08.08 Chinatown - Review
- 10.08.08 Escape From New York - Review
- 03.08.08 Best in Show - Review
July
- 27.07.08 The Cider House Rules - Review
- 20.07.08 The Prestige - Review
- 13.07.08 La Reine Margot - Review
- 06.07.08 The Remains of the Day - Review
June
- 29.06.08 The Station Agent - Review
- 22.06.08 Duck Soup - Review
- 15.06.08 Dirty Harry - Review
- 08.06.08 Dancer in the Dark - Review
- 01.06.08 A Matter of Life and Death - Review
May
- 18.05.08 Days of Heaven - Review
- 11.05.08 Assembly - Review
- 04.05.08 Vertigo - Review
April
- 27.04.08 My Neighbour Totoro - Review
- 20.04.08 A Simple Plan - Review
- 13.04.08 True Lies - Review
- 06.04.08 Excalibur - Review
March
- 30.03.08 Rendition - Review
- 23.03.08 After Life - Review
- 16.03.08 Les Diaboliques - Review
- 09.03.08 2001: A Space Odyssey - Review
- 02.03.08 Elizabeth: The Golden Age - Review
February
- 24.02.08 Blood Simple - Review
- 17.02.08 Ratatouille - Review
- 12.02.08 Terrible film - great tagline
- 10.02.08 Atonement - Review
- 03.02.08 3:10 to Yuma - Review
January
- 20.01.08 Arsenic and Old Lace - Review
- 13.01.08 Stranger Than Fiction - Review
- 06.01.08 Half Ton Mom - Review
2007
December
- 30.12.07 1408 - Review
- 16.12.07 The Bourne Ultimatum - Review
- 02.12.07 Prepare the perfect Christmas #1
- 02.12.07 Prepare the perfect Christmas #2
- 02.12.07 Prepare the perfect Christmas #3
- 02.12.07 Shrek the Third- Review
November
- 25.11.07 Property Ladder - Review
- 18.11.07 Deja-vu or Re-record?
- 17.11.07 Warhawk - Review
- 04.11.07 Die Hard 4.0 - Review
October
- 31.10.07 Some day your prints will come