Escape from New York

In 1997, the island of Manhattan has been walled off and turned into a giant maximum security prison within which the country's worst criminals are left to form their own anarchic society. However, when the President of the United States crash lands on the island, the authorities turn to a former soldier and current convict, Snake Plissken, to rescue him.Escape from New York featuring Kurt Russell and Lee Van Cleef is available for rent or purchase on iTunes, available for rent on Prime Video, available for rent or purchase on VUDU, and 2 others. It's an action & adventure and cult movie with a high Rotten Tomatoes (critics) score of 87% and a better than average IMDb audience rating of 7.2 (111,352 votes).