'Escape From New York' Is A Movie Made For Times Like These

I've had a vision since childhood that the country could find itself in the dystopia laid out by director John Carpenter in his 1981 classic movie, 'Escape From New York,' starring Kurt Russell.

Judging from timelines and headlines lately, I'd say we're almost there.

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Watching masked and helmeted DHS agents battle leftist protesters stalking them evokes images of the movie's United States Police Force standing watch over a riotous penal colony that was once bustling Manhattan.

As a boy, I even bought the movie novelization written by John McQuay.

It explained how limited war with the then-Soviet Union and a crime crisis had driven some people criminally insane from biological warfare and societal collapse, hence turning the Big Apple into America's biggest prison.

Kurt Russell's portrayal of character 'Snake' Plissken fighting impossible odds in an alternate reality 1997 embodies my Generation X perfectly: cynical, combative and trying to conquer a possible no-win situation.

In 2026, in our reality, I'm not telling you it's time to don your favorite eye patch just yet.

I am telling you 'Escape From New York' is a movie made for times like these as seen online on our timelines

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