Rate that Movie: Escape from New York

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ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK
(John Carpenter, 1981)

MoFo Rating: 7.2
(13 votes)







8.5/10

Kurt Russell in one of his iconic roles.

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enjoyable thanks to Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, and a cool John Carpenter soundtrack



Six out of ten.
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With the exception of The Thing and Halloween, I've disliked most of Carpenter's films.