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Escape from New York (1981) Rank 3 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Escape from New York (1981) a score of 3.1091 out of 4

based on (22) reviews

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Excellent

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Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

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UpcomingDiscs.com (Jeremy Frost)

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eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)

Cult classic that earns its status. ...read the complete Escape from New York movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)

eFilmCritic.com (Brian Mckay)

[Russell] channels Eastwood with a low, gruff voice and snide offhand remarks ... Snake Plissken is the kind of hero you can get behind ...read the complete Escape from New York movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Brian Mckay)

Cinemania (Dan Jardine)

Vicious scenes are often juxtaposed with comic sequences in a tap dance of contrasting tones that is both bizarre and grandly entertaining. ...read the complete Escape from New York movie review at Cinemania (Dan Jardine)

Andrew Hicks (Andrew Hicks)

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Vice Central (Austin Hambrick)

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Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)

Russell's iconic character is so enjoyable to watch that it's a shame his only other screen appearance was in the dim-witted sequel Escape from L.A. ...read the complete Escape from New York movie review at Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)

Movie Hell (Michael J. Legeros)

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Arrow in the Head ("The Arrow")

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DVD Talk (Earl Cressey)

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Apollo Guide (Ed Gonzalez)

This isn�t a brazenly colourful futuristic landscape but a grimy portrait of a city not far from the down-and-dirty real New York of the late �70s and early �80s. ...read the complete Escape from New York movie review at Apollo Guide (Ed Gonzalez)

Kult Movie Maximus

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Reel.com

Unfortunately, the Dolby 2.0 audio mix isn't quite at the same level, although Carpenter's own minimalist score and the action sound effects are decent enough. Couldn't Escape 's studio MGM have sprung for a 5.1 remix like Universal did for The Thing, ...read the complete Escape from New York movie review at Reel.com

Tracksounds! (Christopher Coleman)

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ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

1988. New York City, overrun by crime, is walled in. It becomes the world's largest, most uncontrolled prison, with the inmates prevented from escaping by armed guards who man the walls twenty-four hours a day. Those confined within the city are free to l ...read the complete Escape from New York movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

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