In 1981 John Carpenter and his muse of sorts Kurt Russell created the dystopian action Escape from New York and the world stood up and took notice.
The island of Manhattan has been converted into maximum security island prison that no one can escape from.
Kurt Russell stars as Snake Pliskin the man every man wants to be and every woman wants to be with. He is given the mission to save the President who’s plane has crash landed in New York and he is taken prisoner.