Escape from New York

Data
Title: Escape from New York
Year: 1981
Length: 99 minutes
Director: John Carpenter
Writers: John Carpenter, Nick Castle
Starring: Kurt Russell
With: Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Season Hubley, Harry Dean Stanton, Adrienne Barbeau, Frank Doubleday
Music: John Carpenter, Alan Howarth
Cinematography: Dean Cundey, George D. Dodge
Editing: Todd C. Ramsay
I saw it: on video (rented from Netflix), a couple days ago
Synopsis: New York City is a prison colony, and the inmates kidnap the president

My reaction
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Acting: Most of the cast is just fine, and a few are even pretty good, but oh my god Kurt Russell.
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Subjective Rating: 3/10 (Bad, ). I'm pretty sure this movie's reputation is an elaborate prank. Lazy, half-baked piece of crap. How is this made by the same director as The Thing?
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