Zack Snyder's Escape From New York Reboot Will Be Amazing - Story, Russell's Return, Cast & More!

The late seventies and the early eighties were a time of massive upheaval in America. As if in response to those troubling times, John Carpenter emerged with one of the most defining pieces of dystopian cinema in the form of Escape From New York, released in 1981. Carpenter presented a dystopian America in a way that felt down and dirty, gritty, and politically cynical. In the film’s own backstory, crime has escalated by 400 percent, leading the government to make a radical choice by transforming Manhattan, New York, into a massive maximum security prison. #EscapeFromNew_York #ZackSnyder #SnakePlissken #JohnCarpenter #movienews