Escape From New York

What can I say about Escape From New York? Well, I love the film so much I bought the disc twice, for one thing lol. My original disc had inexplicably cracked in the centre, of all places. No idea what happened as I'm usually so careful to handle CD's and DVD's like they were new-borns. Anyway, I bought it again.For people considering buying this, I highly recommend doing so. If you're taking a chance on this movie and happen not to have seen it, Amazon do have great sellers for second hand copies. I got mine from a company beginning with a 'Z'. I don't wanna sound like I'm advertising for them. But bottom line is they were recommended to me by a friend, and I know how infuriating it can be buying second hand discs. Sooo many people simply don't handle discs correctly or with care, and soooo many second hand sellers sell these discs. Go with the company I recommended, and you'll get a perfect disc every time. I originally bought this film new. But when I needed a replacement and saw that company had a second hand one on sale here, I thought, "Great!". Not that I don't think this movie is worth buying new twice, but I don't literally cough up money like Donald Trump you know! ;oPNow, onto the disc...There aren't so many extras as say The Thing dvd has. But what is here is good. There's a featurette, a delete scene (which was going to be the original opening scene), and a couple of trailers. There's also not one, but two commentaries. Firstly a John Carpenter/Kurt Russell commentary, and secondly a commentary by Producer Debra Hill and Production Designer Joe Alves, for those of you who interested in that side of things. For those wondering, the picture quality of the feature on this dvd is good.The film itself, if you haven't seen it, is based in a future where the crime rate has quadrupled. Our main character, Snake Plissken, is the guy everybody in our world would like to be lol. And Russell turns in a great performance as our anti-hero, who must rescue the US President (Donald Pleasence turning in a typically brilliant performance) from the prison that New York has become. Oh, and he's only got 24 hours to do this or he's going to die. There are plenty of great performances in this film. And it has a typically brilliant John Carpenter ending, which firstly makes you think "Cool". Maybe, after a couple viewings of this you'll think "A #1".It's not the dumbed-down action film Hollywood seems to want us to get used to in this 21st Century, where we seem to actively be conditioned and encouraged not to think. And it isn't your typical 21st Century Hollywood Nolan-esque (sorry Chris but this is true) film where Hollywood's Marketing Teams are telling you that you're smart if you "get" it. In my humble opinion, those who buy into marketing strategies like that just go to show that they aren't as smart as they think. Anyyyyway...This is simply a cool film, and it doesn't try to convince you you're cool for watching it, nor try to convice you that you're smart. This is Snaaaake Plissken, man. He doesn't care WHAT you think. And he sure as heck won't be told he's smart if he gets something, or that he's "Thinking too much." Not unless you'd like to chew on a knuckle sandwich. ;oD Infact, you know what? This film doesn't do anything to patronize you at all. It just winks at you, and says, "Come along on this ride." Refreshing during these patronizing times we're living in. Who knew film marketing was once that way? ;oP Vive Escape! Vive Snake! Vive la Revolution!

3 discs, 4K version looks excellent due to Dolby Vision conversion. A film is a classic and music is awesome.

Good John carpenter movie

Did not have the cardboard sleeve.

Great dvd

This is a review for the November 2018 4k box set edition of Escape from NY. Disclaimer, i do not own a 4K player, and bought this solely for the BluRay and my own collection. First off the packaging - its really nice, its brand new artwork across the whole box and i like that it also matches the style and the spine design for the other studio canal restorations. I Only bought the box set edition of Escape, however it still matches up with the regular slipcover blurays of Prince, They Live and the Fog. Inside is a small booklet about the making of the film and the restoration. It is similar to what can be found in Arrow Films boxsets. Then there is the triple gatefold packaging, its dark blue and has nice artwork of Snake and some of the other characters. It all folds out to display the three discs as well as the folded (and small) poster and artcards. My only complaint is the booklet and the gatefold packaging is too tight for the box and its hard to easily remove from the outer sleeve.Onto the film, note that ihave only viewed the bluray, but i can say this restoration is fantastic, and is by far the best available. The previous studio canal blu-ray was awful and was essentially a DVD transfer slapped onto a bluray disc. The US had the shout factory bluray, which looked a million times better, but it pales in comparison to this transfer. The blu-ray looks top notch, so i would imagine the 4k UHD disc looks even better.The extras are ok, i have not gone through all of them, but it seems to be the same stuff as on previous releases. My biggest complaint, is that the deleted opening scene of the bank robbery was not restored and looks awful. However this is only minor, and its still an enjoyable watch. The soundtrack is a nice touch too, and is a much better addition to that of a DVD copy (as some boxset do include).Overall a fantastic package, and is currently the best way to watch this film.

a john carpenter classic that looks and sounds excellent on blu ray a great buy.

John carpenter has directed so many cult classic horrors and Sci-Fi's over the years and Escape from new York is certainly one of them, a very memorable sci-fi with an awesome cast, a great visual style and a cool story, Kurt Russell is the notorious Snake Plisskin and ex special forces soldier turned criminal who is sent into New York which is now a massive maximum security prison, any one who goes in never comes out, the presidents plane air force one crashes into the middle of the prison island and Snake is recruited with the promise of a full pardon to save the president within 24 hours, the effects in the movie look great for the early 80's, a very cool visual style of a torn up new York city, the rest of the cast is great too, many famous faces from the past including Donald Pleasance as the president, Lee Van Cleef, Isaac Hayes, and Tom Atkins, many of whom are no longer with us, this is a must have in your collection if your a big 80's fan of cult classic sci-fi, always worth going back too!Blu-ray picture looks good in HD, 1080pSpecial features include a making of documentary, trailers, interview, deleted scene, commentary.Region Free ABC, 99-mins, 1981.