Escape from New York

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Condemned criminal Snake Plissken is dispatched to the island of Manhattan -- now a quarantined danger zone -- to rescue a female U.S. Senator in danger.Condemned criminal Snake Plissken is dispatched to the island of Manhattan -- now a quarantined danger zone -- to rescue a female U.S. Senator in danger.Condemned criminal Snake Plissken is dispatched to the island of Manhattan -- now a quarantined danger zone -- to rescue a female U.S. Senator in danger.

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- Leigh Whannell
Writers
- Neil Cross(screenplay)
- Allan Loeb(earlier script)

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Condemned criminal Snake Plissken is dispatched to the island of Manhattan -- now a quarantined danger zone -- to rescue a female U.S. Senator in danger.

dystopia

future

criminal

new york city

manhattan new york city

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- New York City is now a maximum security prison. Breaking out is impossible. Breaking in is insane.
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