![]() While there were still lighthearted films of the 80s (mainly fueled by Baby Boomer nostalgia) the overall tone of 80s films took a turn for the more serious, with darker themes and endings. History in the MakingĮscape From New York represents the coming shift of 80s film from the freewheeling and fantastical 1970s to a grittier and more downbeat tone. This scene may feature the most color in the entire film. The Secretary of State and Commissioner Hauk try to figure out the best plan to rescue the President. Maggie opens fire with her pistol, but the Duke’s car crushes her between a derelict car. Unfortunately it’s not good enough as one bomb goes off snapping the cab in two, killing Cabbie, and then Brain steps on another one. The bridge is mined, but Brain has a supposed map of the locations of all the bombs so they can avoid them. Cabbie shows up just in time and the quintet pile into the cab and race towards the 69th St. They all head back to the World Trade Center where the glider is parked, but are intercepted by The Duke and his men. Snake is put into a one-on-one deathmatch with a hulking brute (Ox Baker), but manages to walk away victorious while Brain and Maggie rescue the President and kill Romero. Hauk is unable to contact Plissken due to his radio being broken when he escaped the Crazies. The next morning at a scheduled food drop by the USPF, the prisoners leave their demands for an exchange that evening on the 69th Street bridge–they’ll hand over the President, and the USPF will let them walk off the island. Snake finds the President in some abandoned railroad cars, but is captured before he can escape with him. When the Duke shows up looking for Brain, Cabbie quickly leaves, so the other three steal one of the Duke’s cars and head back to the Duke’s hideout before him. The President in his hi-tech escape pod, which doesn’t seem to actually allow him to escape anywhere. Plissken needs to come out with the President and his briefcase. The doctor places two microscopic charges in Plissken’s neck which will detonate if he tries to escape or after 24 hours, whichever comes first. The surly, eyepatch wearing, ex-special forces prisoner doesn’t give two hoots about the President, the Country, or it’s war, but Hauk convinces him to take the mission by offering him a pardon when it’s over. They opt for a rescue mission and bring in recently transferred prisoner, Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell). Hauk meets with Liberty Island Security Control chief Rehme (Tom Atkins) about possible plans of attack citing just 22 hours until the summit is over and the President’s life won’t matter. When Police Commissioner Bob Hauk (Lee Van Cleef) enters with a squad of USPF officers he is turned away by Romero (Frank Doubleday) holding the President’s severed finger, and threatening to kill him. His plane crashes into the heart of Manhattan. In 1997 Air Force One is hijacked by the National Liberation Front of America while on its way to the Hartford Summit where the President of the United States (Donald Pleasence) was to meet with China and Russia and present a cassette tape with information vital to the survival of the human race. A militaristic United States Police Force guards the walled prison on all sides. In a facist near-future, the crime rate in the United States rises 400% by 1988, and Manhattan Island in New York becomes the lone maximum security prison in the country. ![]()
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