
Escape from New York (1981)
By the time John Carpenter's flick—set in the dystopian future of...1997—begins, New York is a shell of its former self. Manhattan has been transformed into a giant prison, and its up to eye-patch-wearing badass Kurt Russell to rescue the kidnapped American President while avoiding baddies and land mines. Spoiler alert: They hit a lot of land mines.
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