I must admit that I saw this on TV (TNT is showing it a lot lately), so I might have missed a few things that got cut out, but this one didn't impress me at all. First off, the entire premise is ridiculous. For instance, why would the "United States Police Force" transform an island with some of the highest real estate in the country (Manhattan) into a prison? And, unfortunately, not much develops in the way of the action of the movie. I was at least expecting some interesting "underworld" groups to be exposed in the "prison New York," but instead, it's basically a bunch of shots of old buildings with a few prisoners running around in tattered clothing. In fact, you only see about 50 prisoners at any time, which is a ridiculously low number to warrant the transformation of an entire city into a prison. I haven't seen the sequel "Escape from L.A.," but this movie has lessened my desire to do so.
Review of Escape from New York
