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Escape from New York Reviews

  • Garth 2022-02-07 14:09:14

    I just say a few words

    "Escape from New York", also known as "The Great Escape from New York", was filmed by Lao Mei on June 24, 1981. To be honest, this movie really didn’t take the title. The name is a science fiction movie. It’s just a beginning. It’s just an action movie, and overall, the whole movie is...

  • Montana 2022-02-07 14:09:14

    Seeing the end, it suddenly dawned on me that this is an anti-war movie

    The title of a hero is in exchange for his life. People who have truly been heroes may never want to have a second time in their lives.

    At that time, the Vietnam War had a great impact on American soldiers. After the war, the soldiers came back lingering, their comrades-in-arms died....

  • Daniela 2022-02-07 14:09:14

    The concept is good, but the money is not enough

           Most of John Carpenter’s movies are very crude, but the crude movies cannot conceal the director’s talent. This guy has a clumsy idea, not only can shoot and write, but also score the music. For example, the main theme of this film is very good, electronic music. , Sonorous and...

  • Kole 2022-02-07 14:09:14

    Afterthought

    After watching the movie, I feel that it is such a small cost, and the special effects naturally cannot be too demanding. It is already very good to be able to create such a dark and illusory city. Carpenter's own soundtrack is in line with the weird keynote of the film, and should be of the...

  • Shana 2022-02-07 14:09:14

    [Film Review] Escape from New York (1981) 6.5/10

    American B-movie doyen John Carpenter's anarchic, semi-cyberpunk rhapsody has a high concept to convert the entire Manhattan Island into a lifer's prison, peopled with all types of lowlife from crime lord to nocturnal “crazies”, then thrusts a POTUS-rescue plot within a one-day stretch, and our...