Escape from New York (1981) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!!

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Escape from New York (1981) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!!

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Escape from New York (1981)
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@TBRSchmitt 3 жыл бұрын

The legend Snake Plissken! Another great and atmospheric movie by John Carpenter! Thank you all for the support!

@rodgomez4424 3 жыл бұрын

Next.. Shadow Moses infiltration 6:04

@robertguy9553 3 жыл бұрын

Camp Camp. Dante Basco’s character is based on Snake too

@richardb6260 3 жыл бұрын

There's an extensive deleted scene that shows the Federal Reserve heist and Snake's capture by the police.

@pappajudas9267 3 жыл бұрын

The I heard you were dead thing might be a reference to an old John Wayne movie Big Jake.

@parker469a 3 жыл бұрын

@@windsorkid7069 A girl does not wear a dress that hot for you not to look. She's either hoping you're distracted enough by them to let her get away with whatever she's trying to pull or that you'll just give her whatever asks you for.

@adamworld8823 3 жыл бұрын

Big Trouble in Little China is a must watch starring Kurt Russell and made by John Carpenter

@shawn2508 3 жыл бұрын

Jack Burton is my favorite movie character of all time.

@adamoxen 3 жыл бұрын

They've watch that already

@johnmosley9376 3 жыл бұрын

Hard second on Big Trouble in Little China! It's SO GOOD!

@adamoxen 3 жыл бұрын

My Bad. I think that might have been another reaction channel that watched that, silly me😬😁

@hippoace 3 жыл бұрын

I had to write an essay review on the movie. i have no idea where to start lol

@jmlaw8888 3 жыл бұрын

Metal Gear Solid is indeed a massive homage to this film and Snake/Big Boss in particular so you are bang in the money there. Hideo Kojima loved this film.

@robertguy9553 3 жыл бұрын

Don’t sleep on Dante Basco in Camp Camp, playing a character based on snake too!

@oduinn7948 3 жыл бұрын

Hence Iroquois Pliskin, or Snake.

@charlesderosas5577 3 жыл бұрын

Even the plot was like metal gear where he rescues the president

@thomasbanks641 3 жыл бұрын

He even kept foxdie If you know, you know

@the98themperoroftheholybri33 3 жыл бұрын

Its an out and out copy, the guy who makes metal gear games has no original ideas of his own, think about it

@tchoupitoulos 3 жыл бұрын

Everyone who tells Snake, "I thought you were dead," dies.

@frankgesuele6298 3 жыл бұрын

Important safety tip👍

@LA_HA 3 жыл бұрын

I'll be right back...

@patty1h 3 жыл бұрын

Adrienne Barbeau (Maggie) was married to John Carpenter during this movie. She has also been in his film The Fog. Us old timers remember her from the 70's TV show "Maude".

@tchoupitoulos 3 жыл бұрын

And Swamp Thing. More trivia: She was the voice of the computer in "The Thing."

@thoriated 3 жыл бұрын

The only other woman in the movie, Season Hubley, the girl who got pulled through the floor, was Kurt Russel's wife at the time.

@Acme1970 3 жыл бұрын

Jamie Lee Curtis did the opening narration

@Warlocke000 3 жыл бұрын

Adrienne Barbeau was also in the first Cannonball Run movie.

@w415800 3 жыл бұрын

12:05 "Girl in Chock Full O'Nuts" is Season Hubley, she was married to Kurt Russel during this movie.

@jeeveseventynine9263 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite line is when Snake asks - The president of what?

@tchoupitoulos 3 жыл бұрын

mine too

@mrtin9128 3 жыл бұрын

classic

@shawn2508 2 жыл бұрын

"I don't give a fuck about your war or your President."

@Designer_TopG 5 ай бұрын

@@mrtin9128 " the president of what"....

@kencrowe1965 23 күн бұрын

100%

@damiangardiner147 3 жыл бұрын

Kurt Russell is on record as saying many times that of all the characters he’s portrayed Snake Plissken is his favourite of all. Also the Narrator at the beginning was an uncredited Jamie Lee Curtis. The girl that got dragged underground by the crazies (Season Hubley) was Kurt Russell’s partner and Maggie (Adrienne Barbeux) was John Carpenters partner.

@Astuga 3 жыл бұрын

Escape From New York Deleted Original Opening "Remastered" (Plus Alternate Takes) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eNl8h5Crt727lIU.html

@taoist32 3 жыл бұрын

It’s ok to call them wives.

@damiangardiner147 3 жыл бұрын

@@taoist32 lol. I don’t if they were actually married. But who knows what the hell to say these days, some idiot snowflake somewhere will always get offended for someone else.

@DerMoerpler 3 жыл бұрын

@@damiangardiner147 They were. And FYI, pulling the snowflake defense for something as trivial as this makes you sound ridiculous.

@damiangardiner147 3 жыл бұрын

@@DerMoerpler thanks for that Captain Obvious. Of course it’s ridiculous… so is pretty much everything nowadays

@mjkjelland13 3 жыл бұрын

"Soldier" starring Kurt Russell is perhaps one of the best under-rated movies. There are a bunch of Kurt Russell characters easter eggs and takes place in the same universe as Blade Runner.

@potterj09 2 жыл бұрын

I saw Soldier with a highschool friend in i think 96 or 97, that movie was badass.Similar to the Mazerunner universe.

@bobmcfadden1111 3 жыл бұрын

A fun watch that still stands up after all these years. The Duke was played by musician/actor Isaac Hayes who won an Oscar in 1972 for the theme song to the movie “Shaft” and he also voiced Chef on “South Park” for several years.

@MST3Killa 3 жыл бұрын

Isaac Hayes is a terrible actor hah. Honestly, he was always the weakest part of this movie to me. The Duke as a character felt like he might have been more intimidating had it not been played by someone who mumbled through their lines so much and actually had some emotion on his face.

@jean-paulaudette9246 3 жыл бұрын

WOOOT I was looking for who might comment this! Cant believe it took that long to find. I for one can't see Mister Hayes, without thinking of the "Shaft" theme song-- You DAAAAM right!

@AdamF89 3 жыл бұрын

Assault on Precinct 13 is personally my favorite Carpenter film. The grit and realism and the score and the cinematography

@scottjo63 3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget that music, Da da da da da dum, da da da da da dum, (lower), da da da da da dum, (higher), da da da da da dum.

@m.e.3862 3 жыл бұрын

Ghosts Mars is the sci-fi version. Not as good, but still a lot of fun for a Sunday afternoon ☺️

@RetroRobotRadio 3 жыл бұрын

Assault on Precinct 13 us essentially a zombie siege movie without zombies. Great film.

@SnappingTurtle801 3 жыл бұрын

@ Adam Freedman, the original. The remake was ok though.

@CannonRaw 3 жыл бұрын

@@SnappingTurtle801 remake is okay, just rewatched it the other day. Came out in 2005 and surprisingly how much our cellphones have been engrained in our culture.

@porflepopnecker4376 3 жыл бұрын

When this movie came out, Kurt Russell was still thought of as a goody-two-shoes Disney star. So it was quite a leap for him to suddenly come out as this Clint Eastwood-type action character, which made us want to see this movie even more despite our skepticism. Needless to say, he aced it and it paid off handsomely for him, giving him a whole new career and image. This movie was a blast to see in the theater when it was new, especially since it featured some of John Carpenter's coolest music yet. 12:00 -- The girl in "Chock Full O' Nuts" is Season Hubley, Kurt's wife at the time. The "I heard you were dead" running gag is from the John Wayne western "Big Jake." Harry Dean Stanton, who played Brain, was also Brett in "Alien." The Duke is played by soul superstar Isaac Hayes, who composed and performed the classic score for "Shaft." Cabbie is played by classic Hollywood star Ernest Borgnine.

@goldenager59 3 жыл бұрын

In his review of the movie, Roger Ebert noted that Russell was apparently "so eager to shed his Disney image that he goes whole hog, with a three-day beard, an eye patch, and a growl so hoarse he seems to be moaning half the time." 🤭 🙂

@thunderstruck5484 3 жыл бұрын

Also of course Isaac Hayes voiced Chef all those years on Southpark and Earnest Borgnine I was watching The Dirty Dozen again yesterday and he can literally play any role and emotion he was a real Hollywood gem , thanks

@m.e.3862 3 жыл бұрын

I remember when it came out and I was thinking "that's Kurt Russell? Dexter Reilly? As a tough guy?" I didn't think it'd work, but glad I was proved wrong!😁

@israelthmpsn 3 жыл бұрын

There it is!✌🏻👊🏻

@brettg274 3 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget Lee Van Cleef as Hauk, the actor from many Westerns including playing Angel Eyes “The Bad” in The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Also Donald Pleasance as the Presdient, from the Halloween Series and SEN in George Lucas’ first film, THX-1138.

@MrDeadstu 3 жыл бұрын

"The Warriors" (1979) directed by Walter Hill is another great alternative New York movie. It's a classic action/chase movie - also has a superb soundtrack. PS - Really enjoy your reactions (Escape From LA is really campy/cheesy and does not live up to this movie)

@namelessjedi2242 3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the Warriors too. Though I think Escape from LA is very fun and the original is more campy than people realize. Snake is an over the top gruff antihero, almost a parody.

@MST3Killa 3 жыл бұрын

@@namelessjedi2242 I've long wanted an origin story to Snake. He always talks about these missions that changed him like in this with Brain in Kansas City or Cleveland. Always though a pre-quel to Escape from New York & LA would be pretty cool. In a sense, what turned Snake into Snake.

@bbwng54 3 жыл бұрын

"Warriors- come out and play-ay!"

@t.j.payeur5331 3 жыл бұрын

Escape from LA is twice as good as this..totally different vibe.

@redroobarb4562 3 жыл бұрын

Love that film.

@memnarch129 3 жыл бұрын

To answer the Kojima question. Yes Snake Plisken WAS the inspiration for Solid Snake. In MGS 2 when Ryden finds him he uses the cover name "Iroquis Plisken".

@vertigo4567 3 жыл бұрын

and John Carpenter said that he actually met Kojima once and years later when john was asked, did you sue kojima, carpenter's response was "no, he seemed like a nice guy"

@fredfredburger5150 3 жыл бұрын

Prince of Darkness is a cult John Carpenter movie...some very memorable scenes. Also Snake Plissken was/is my idol, genuinely surprised to see you reacting to this movie!

@indridcold3762 3 жыл бұрын

I second Prince of Darkness.

@shreknet 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, they need to watch Prince of Darkness.

@Flesharrower 3 жыл бұрын

All John Carpenter movies are "cult" movies...

@vagueelaboration7175 3 жыл бұрын

A classic

@chadfalardeau5396 3 жыл бұрын

Prince of Darkness us one of the few atmospheric horror movies that actually scared me

@kennethbryant5573 3 жыл бұрын

I highly recommend Carpenter's "Assault on Precinct 13"(1976), "The Fog" (1980) "Christine"(1983) "Starman"(1984), "Big Trouble in Little China"(1986), "Prince of Darkness"(1987) and "In the Mouth of Madness"(1994). You can't go wrong with any of them along with the ones you've already reacted to and it just shows how great of a director he really is.

@johnw8578 3 жыл бұрын

I second that!

@DerMoerpler 3 жыл бұрын

John Carpenter from 1976 to 1988 had one of the best runs of any director in movie history. 10 movies in 13 years and literally not a single weak one among them. And he even did some TV movies in between because who needs sleep?

@josephamoraz7990 2 жыл бұрын

He needs to direct another movie ASAP

@shainewhite2781 3 жыл бұрын

4:58, Lee Van Cleef starred in the Man With No Name Trilogy. He passed away in 1989 from Lung Cancer at the age of 64.

@guitarman8462 3 жыл бұрын

He was also in " The good , the bad and the ugly "

@tylerhendrix3509 3 жыл бұрын

Speaking of spaghetti westerns, he was also Sartana

@Drforrester31 3 жыл бұрын

And of course he was the only occidental American ever to earn the title of "ninja"

@walboyfredo6025 4 ай бұрын

@@guitarman8462 " The good , the bad and the ugly " WAS PART of the the Man With No Name Trilogy "not also in".

@guitarman8462 4 ай бұрын

@@walboyfredo6025 he was also in : Escape From New York

@michaelbuhl4250 3 жыл бұрын

It was easier to imagine New York as a prison back in 1981. The city had been bankrupt in the '70s and the crime rates for the country as a whole, and NYC in particular, were very high. Muggings were a pretty common occurrence.

@athos1974 3 жыл бұрын

I was living in the Bronx in 1981. NYC had the worst year for murders in the city's history. Based proportionally on the population at the time, it is still the most violent year ever. One murder occured EVERY single day, for the entire year.

@MrRezRising 3 жыл бұрын

@@athos1974 You're too kind. At its height, we were up to 2500 a year, or about SIX a day, much more than just one a day, which is about where we are now (462 in 2020). And 2020 was a historic low year for crime. I almost miss the shi**y days of the 70s and 80s. 🤘🤘

@MrRezRising 3 жыл бұрын

@@tenchraven Sure, but solving isn't the same as committing. I've been in NYC since 1977, and I was just quoting stats from the City's records. I think it was 2600 reported murders in '77 or '78, but I could be off by a year or two. And man, living in the BRONX in '81, other than the birth of Hip Hop and the amazing grafitti, yeah, there was probably a murder a day just in his neighborhood. I grew up on Roosevelt Island. Other than filming 1990: The Bronx Warriors there (really, the Citicorp building is in the Bronx?!?🤦), it was a far cry from Forte Apache.

@LA_HA 3 жыл бұрын

@@MrRezRising Were most of those mob related?

@MrRezRising 3 жыл бұрын

@@LA_HA Nope.

@michaelpropmaster 3 жыл бұрын

You guys should watch The Poseidon Adventure from 1972 for another stellar performance from Ernest Borgnine who played Cabbie.

@ps4267 3 жыл бұрын

Another great Ernest Borgnine performance was in Emperor of the North. Just a side note he was the voice of Mermaid Man in SpongeBob

@Stevarooni 3 жыл бұрын

Or "Marty" in a very different genre.

@Paul_Waller 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite actors of his era

@billymuellerTikTok 3 жыл бұрын

and Super Fuzz

@hughdavidvisor1769 3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget The Wild Bunch.

@thunderstruck5484 3 жыл бұрын

Someday hopefully you’ll get around to “Starman “ one of Carpenters best! Thanks again

@oduinn7948 3 жыл бұрын

That the one with Jeff Bridges?

@thunderstruck5484 3 жыл бұрын

@@oduinn7948 yes and Karen Allen in her best role I think

@SueSnellLives 3 жыл бұрын

Epic. Do it

@jannaromine5908 3 жыл бұрын

Yes Starman!

@Rollotomassi099 3 жыл бұрын

Yes the love that flick... the romance movie of the bunch

@scottjo63 3 жыл бұрын

10:27 The late great Ernest Borgnine. You should check out some of his movies starting with Marty (1955), The Wild Bunch (1968), The Poseidon Adventure (1972), and a bunch of others way too many to name.

@tylerhendrix3509 3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget The Dirty Dozen

@InvidiousProductions 8 ай бұрын

McHale’s Navy 😉

@joshroyale7678 Ай бұрын

Ice Station Zebra

@tarzangief 3 жыл бұрын

So something that gets missed a lot, the green wireframe outline of the city near the beginning when he glides in? They didn't have the computer power to do that when this movie was made, they took a model of new york city and covered it in glow in the dark tape to get that effect

@thetechsite9619 3 жыл бұрын

Even better: James Cameron was the guy who did it.

@brainofmorbius 3 жыл бұрын

I would highly recommend Assault on Precinct 13 and The Fog as early John Carpenter classics

@scottythedawg 3 жыл бұрын

assault on precinct 13 is a must! not the remake though.

@llothar68 3 жыл бұрын

All before mouth of madness

@josepha5885 3 жыл бұрын

The Fog is underrated

@lindanicholson950 3 жыл бұрын

The Fog has Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis (and the girl from Halloween who spilled the butter and had to wash her shirt) and Janet Leigh (from Psycho). In this movie, the girl who Snake meets first who gets dragged underground is Season Hubley who is Kurt Russell's first wife.

@shainewhite2781 3 жыл бұрын

6:22, DUDE HE IS THE INSPIRATION FOR SOLID SNAKE!

@GF_Baltar 3 жыл бұрын

Snake: "I wanna meet this TBR Schmitt." Cabbie: "You can't meet TBR Schmitt! Are you crazy? Nobody gets to meet TBR. You meet him once and then you're dead!"

@tonyking7714 3 жыл бұрын

lol

@JW666 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah we all loved Cabbie! RIP Ernest Borgnine. The narrator in the beginning is Jamie Lee Curtis.

@wormskull2454 3 жыл бұрын

Hell yes! Ya'll should really watch Big Touble in Little China.

@jmlaw8888 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Classic action comedy romp.

@stsolomon618 3 жыл бұрын

Love that film

@BIG_BULIAN 3 жыл бұрын

Read my mind

@franciscocastillo2695 3 жыл бұрын

Damn it, i thought this reaction was about that movie, that being said, this movie is a classic too

@richardchairez683 3 жыл бұрын

John Carpenter wrote and preformed the theme song to most of his movies

@sreif78 3 жыл бұрын

Just in case no one said this earlier, this was actually filmed in New York and they were able to shut power off to several blocks at a time for filming. Something that is never happened again.

@jasonm8017 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen this about 40 times. Never gets old

@thunderstruck5484 3 жыл бұрын

Glad I’m not the only one!

@DerMoerpler 3 жыл бұрын

It says a lot about Carpenters directing talent that this is only my like 5th favorite movie of his and it's still awesome.

@inthebiscuits 3 жыл бұрын

Harry Dean Stanton (RIP) as Brain, loved that guy, I think my favorite role of his was in Repo Man.

@glennwelsh9784 3 жыл бұрын

You may also recognize him from his brief scene as the janitor with Mark Ruffalo in the first Avengers movie. "Well son, you've got a condition."

@Rocket1377 3 жыл бұрын

He also appears in the movie Alien as Brett.

@tylerhendrix3509 3 жыл бұрын

"The life of a repo man is always intense."

@fouslegore7183 3 жыл бұрын

And in "Christine" also by John Carpenter...

@tchoupitoulos 3 жыл бұрын

And Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders

@dread9030 3 жыл бұрын

"This is Snake. Colonel, I'm at the disposal facility." "Good work, Snake. Old age hasn't slowed you down one bit."

@Justin_80 3 жыл бұрын

The only thing that would make the movie better, is if Duke sang about his chocolate salty-balls.

@Jar0fMay0 3 жыл бұрын

And making love by the fire

@Tony-B23 3 жыл бұрын

NICE...was wondering how far down the comments I'd have to go before I found someone who said something. This is a pretty old movie though so maybe not an immediate recognition for some.

@charlesderosas5577 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: Jamie lee Curtis was the narrator in the beginning.

@ThePoorBoy 3 жыл бұрын

Didn't know that, and I've been watching this film for ages. Thanks!

@nightmaster5593 2 жыл бұрын

I never knew that! rad

@LeviAckerman-cb5ji 3 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid, I wanted a Snake Plissken action figure for my birthday. My Mom just gave me a He-man with an eye patch painted on. I have to say, it worked!

@spddracer 3 жыл бұрын

That's cool. Do you still have it?

@SueSnellLives 3 жыл бұрын

I love this I love your mom

@adgato75 3 жыл бұрын

You : Mom , I want Snake Plisken Mom : We have Snake Plisken at home Snake Plisken at home : It's me , He-Man

@LeviAckerman-cb5ji 3 жыл бұрын

@@spddracer It might still be at my Mom's house. lol

@Nakna_ankaN 3 жыл бұрын

I hope that you'll watch Cronenberg's The Fly soon. I remember it getting a lot of votes on a poll recently, it is a criminally underrated film and has Jeff Goldblum giving what is arguably the best performance of his career.

@remove_marko 3 жыл бұрын

Hell yes, The Fly, The Thing and The Blob are the best horror remakes ever made. The first two also probably have the best practical effects

@BigMike246 3 жыл бұрын

A little trivia: James Cameron was on the special effects crew.

@ThePoorBoy 3 жыл бұрын

YES! After learning that, it occurred to me that the look and feel of the first Terminator seems inspired by Escape from New York. It would make a lot of sense -- Cameron's head was buried in the work he was doing on Escape from New York not long before he developed Terminator as his own original idea.

@Xoferif 3 жыл бұрын

The moment where the girl in Choc Full O' Nuts gets pulled through the floor is very similar to a moment in Aliens, made by James Cameron five years later.

@ThePoorBoy 3 жыл бұрын

@@Xoferif Ah yes! I actually thought "Oh no, she's dying a Hudson death!" when I first saw Escape NYC some years back (I had seen Aliens many times prior).

@karlmoles6530 3 жыл бұрын

You may or may not react to them by I highly recommend The Fog and Assault On Precinct 13.

@tolkienismaster 3 жыл бұрын

Both are great!

@noisecrime 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah i'd love to see a reaction to Carpenters Assault On Precinct 13, one of his early works and very gritty, with some great characters and lines.

@starman6280 3 жыл бұрын

Love their reactions, but they really made me feel old when they didn't recognize Adrienne Barbeau, Ernest Borgnine, Isaac Hayes, Harry Dean Stanton, or Lee Van Cleef. Some of my favorite older Kurt Russell movies: The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, the Strongest Man in the World, Used Cars, Overboard, and Captain Ron.

@jackbedient 2 жыл бұрын

My guess is you’re 67 years old… I’m 51. That list of Kurt Russel flicks ages you my friend! Lol Let me know if I’m wrong… In the 1982 movie Swamp Thing there’s a scene when Adrienne Barbeau comes up from under the water and her wet shirt contours her breasts in a way that forever changed me at 11-years old into a man forever looking for those same breasts…

@davestang5454 Жыл бұрын

You forgot his great performances in "Big Trouble In Little China", "Miracle on Ice" and "Tombstone" as Wyatt Earp.

@folkblues4u 2 жыл бұрын

I love you two. One of the few reaction teams that aren't obnoxious, exaggerated, and obtuse. You guys edit with care to do tribute to the films theme, offer wonderful insight AFTER the film - rather than those who talk over 90% of the dialogue and miss most everything, and you always look for what the film does great - instead of trashing it for everything it isn't. You're the only pair I'll actually contribute patreon dollars to, because it's worth it! Cheers! 🙂

@offspringfan1288 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: James Cameron served as the visual effects supervisor for this film!! It was one of his early breaks in the industry before he launched his own career a few years later with The Terminator!

@TheRatsCast 3 жыл бұрын

Yes; this Snake is the inspiration for Solid Snake. You must remember; I grew up watching Russell on a bunch of teen Disney movie, like The Computer Wears Sneakers. So this was the first time seeing him as an adult action star. Best movie ever

@taoist32 3 жыл бұрын

Computer Wears Sneakers! 😂 Completely forgot about that movie. Glad he got out of the Disney type movies.

@15blackshirt 3 жыл бұрын

Tango and Cash shows Kurt Russell at his comedic best, other than Big Trouble in Little China

@jimtatro6550 3 жыл бұрын

“Snake Plissken, I heard you were dead.” 😂👍🔥 I have loved this since I saw it theatrically as a 14 year old. Kurt Russell rules!!

@ravenshotred 3 жыл бұрын

He absolutely was an influence for MGS. In MGS 2, Solid Snake goes by the name Iroquois Plisken!

@cinesthesia7 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorites! I actually have the boardgame for this one :) Fun Fact: The opening narration is Jamie Lee Curtis.

@paulp9274 3 жыл бұрын

I still have my copy of the boardgame as well, made by TSR (the original publishers of Dungeons and Dragons)

@shainewhite2781 3 жыл бұрын

3:25, there is an alternate opening scene that's available on the BLU Ray and Collectors Edition DVD that shows Snake and a friend named Tyler robbed the US Federal Reserve. As soon as they make their getaway, Tyler gets shot by the cops. Refusing to give up, Tyler is shot dead, while Snake feels saddened by his friends death.

@tchoupitoulos 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad they left that out. I always imagined that heist as being a much more explosive and shooty affair than it was portrayed in that clip.

@r.g.o3879 3 жыл бұрын

That's the Fresno Bob he mentions that brain betrayed along with Snake

@patrickstracener5329 3 жыл бұрын

Now that you've watched Kurt Russel with an eye patch, you've GOT to watch Kurt Russel with an eye patch. "Cap'n Ron" please.

@waterbeauty85 3 жыл бұрын

Love that movie! Now, whenever I work with students, I say "Motivation's important. Learned that in rehab."

@taoist32 3 жыл бұрын

Came out the same year Stargate did. Hilarious to watch him go from comedy to serious. Great actor.

@waterbeauty85 3 жыл бұрын

@@taoist32 I always remember Stan from "American Dad" saying the Kurt Russell "has worked steadily for over four decades! No lulls. NO LULLS!!"

@taoist32 3 жыл бұрын

@@waterbeauty85 haha. That’s the truth!

@esclad 3 жыл бұрын

Another great Kurt Russell movie IMHO is 'Overboard' (1987) with Goldie Hawn. A really great romcom :)

@waterbeauty85 3 жыл бұрын

You want to see a lovable Ernest Borgnine (Cabbie) tug at your heartstrings? Watch him in "Marty" (1955). His performance in that movie won him an Academy Award.

@p.mc.4449 3 жыл бұрын

You can see Cabbie in The Black Hole and a great 80's TV show called Airwolf. Would like to see your reaction to Tango and Cash with Kurt Russel.

@albertmeier2425 3 жыл бұрын

Ernst Borgnien. My favorite of his is McCale's Navy.

@tchoupitoulos 3 жыл бұрын

Ahem he also won Best Actor for "Marty." But that was in 1956. Guys been around forever and has done tons of good movies.

@screviews 3 жыл бұрын

Bring on Escape From LA.

@spddracer 3 жыл бұрын

Just as good but for.totally different reasons.

@SueSnellLives 3 жыл бұрын

@@spddracer if Adrienne Barbeau isn't in it, it can't possibly be as good 😎

@joshsleezetube 3 жыл бұрын

In the words of Hershe Las Palmas; “I LOVE LA”

@porflepopnecker4376 3 жыл бұрын

Oh gosh, please don't bring it on.

@pappajudas9267 3 жыл бұрын

If there was a cut of that movie that didn't have the surfing scene.

@misterkite 3 жыл бұрын

The glider scene is awesome. They couldn't afford a computer powerful enough to render the entire city.. so they just painted a "wireframe" on a model of the city and filmed it with a blacklight so it glows.

@alliel9970 3 жыл бұрын

Seeing this thumbnail gave me chills- when I was probably 7 or 8 (1982 or 1983), there was the first video rental store where I lived- no one owned a VHS player, you had to rent it along with the movies. We'd go in every once in a while to rent movies, and I would always see this movie on the shelf- the toppling statue of liberty head- and I would always beg my parents to rent it, even though I had no idea (and still have no idea) what this movie was about. I remember thinking as a kid, when I'm an adult I'm going to rent that movie.... and over the years I have thought about that but never knew what the movie was actually called! and then here it is, you seriously have no idea how crazy it was to see that almost 40 years later. I'll watch the reaction even though i've STILL never seen it haha! sorry for the rambling story, but that made my night :).

@boshooda 3 жыл бұрын

You two are great! You really really really cannot watch so many John Carpenter movies without watching Big Trouble in Little China.

@Fab4Forever 3 жыл бұрын

"The Fog" of course, guys. Carpenter´s film. He says, himself, it´s not one of his faves, but for us fans it´s a classic. We love it. One of his best soundtracks also.

@MrRezRising 3 жыл бұрын

40 years later, I can still recite the opening words to this film. Fyi, this was shot in St. Louis, not NYC. The only real shot of Manhattan was when you saw the Statue of Liberty in the beginning.

@davestang5454 Жыл бұрын

It's ridiculously expensive to shoot in Manhattan. Toronto is a common stand-in for NYC.

@MrRezRising Жыл бұрын

@@davestang5454 Agreed, but St. Louis had just had a fire that burned up six square blocks, leaving it looking very war-torn. Toronto, while today there are sections specifically made to look like NYC streets (to attract the film industry), in 1983, that wasn't the case as much as today. 🙂🤘

@SYLTales 3 жыл бұрын

The scene with the fight in the ring is interesting. Snake's opponent was played by Ox Baker, a big pro wrestler at the time. Baker didn't fully understand the concept of stunt fighting and didn't pull his punches. As a consequence, some of the footage where Snake is knocked to his knees is real. At some point, Kurt Russell got mad. While he was on the mat with Baker standing over him, Russell reached up and punched Baker in the groin. After that, Baker started doing more stunt fighting that didn't hurt Russell.

@ck_idgaf1680 3 жыл бұрын

27:36 Mad Max came first, 1979. Escape from New York was 1981. Though Carpenter said he came up with the concept after he made Assault on Precinct 13, 1976.

@Theomite 3 жыл бұрын

I never saw any MAD MAX inspiration to this. They're two very different films, they just use found objects and retask them.

@thunderstruck5484 3 жыл бұрын

There’s an old John Wayne movie “Big Jake “ where throughout the movie different people especially bad guys tell him “I heard you were dead “

@paulcochran1721 3 жыл бұрын

"The next person who says that I'm gonna shoot, so help me." Good movie!

@r.g.o3879 3 жыл бұрын

Towards the end John Wayne says "not hardly" then shoots Richard Boone

@thunderstruck5484 3 жыл бұрын

@@r.g.o3879 classic line! And Richard Boone what a great bad guy

@paulcochran1721 3 жыл бұрын

@@r.g.o3879 He had already been shot at that point.. and burnt.

@briankramme7295 3 жыл бұрын

The look your wife gave you when you mentioned mgs was priceless!!!

@Nakna_ankaN 3 жыл бұрын

Kurt Russell plays a character named Snake and he only has one eye, so he is literally a "one eyed snake". I wonder if that was intentional on Carpenter's part or just a funny coincidence?

@georgemorley1029 3 жыл бұрын

He also wears trousers.

@Nakna_ankaN 3 жыл бұрын

@@georgemorley1029 Good point, although I would assume that most people named Snake are "trouser snakes", unless they wear kilts or something. =)

@dc8088 3 жыл бұрын

Since I haven't seen it mentioned in the comments so far, I'll point out that Season Hubley (the woman in Chock Full O' Nuts who got dragged off by the sewer people), was married to Kurt Russell at that time. Also, Jamie Lee Curtis did the voice-over narration about Manhattan at the start of the film. Carpenter has a few regulars that show up in many of his films.

@UberWraith 3 жыл бұрын

Donald Pleasence (the President) was another of his regulars, he was Dr. Loomis in 'Halloween' (the first movie, which he directed, and all the others in the franchise) and the Priest in 'Prince of Darkness'.

@sunnyschramm9650 3 жыл бұрын

NEXT MUST BE "Big Trouble in little China" - its STILL the most entertaining asian fantasy action flick out there till today. Perfect Cast - Kurt Russel again - PURE LOVE !!! AND BTW: dont watch the sequel in "L.A." - its so bad!

@Carandini 3 жыл бұрын

Only good thing in Escape from LA is Kurt Russel himself. The rest of it is like a parody of the first film.

@chuckemory6004 3 жыл бұрын

John Carpenter & Kurt Russell = Big Trouble in Little China. One of my favorites! Thanks for this reaction. Still a great movie.

@johnw8578 3 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@joegiles7785 3 жыл бұрын

Snake Plissken was one of the inspirations for Solid Snake from the Metal Gear games, Solid Snake even uses the alias Iroquois Pliskin in reference to the hero of this movie. The sequel Escape from LA takes the crazy up to Bond Super Villain levels featuring directed EMP satellite weaponry and killer plastic surgeons. Have Fun!

@AmitRoy-kb6wt 3 жыл бұрын

Snake Plissken rules ! such a cool character and an inspiration for Solid Snake in Metal Gear Solid

@lampad4549 3 жыл бұрын

Hes basically a ripoff.

@Jonabob87 3 жыл бұрын

"Solid Snake...I'll show you later" - Things you can only get away with saying to your wife

@kenernestnation 3 жыл бұрын

The great Ernest Borgnine plays the taxi driver. You should check out the Poseidon Adventure, he and Gene Hackman were fantastic. James Cameron worked on some of the effects. Of course before he hit it big.

@paulcochran1721 3 жыл бұрын

The main security guy....😂 Lee Van Cleef .. the "Bad" in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"!

@Bryguy1986 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I played Metal Gear first before I had ever seen Escape from New York. When I saw the eye patch and his name being Snake Plissken I instantly knew Kojima was inspired by this.

@Acme1970 3 жыл бұрын

James Cameron worked on this film, he worked on the visual effects team and did some of the matte artwork like the background image of Manhattan island.

@ThePoorBoy 3 жыл бұрын

And as far as traditional matte work goes, it's incredible work that I believe he applied directly to the look and feel of the first Terminator!

@amitychief3061 3 жыл бұрын

This was a cool movie, thanks for reacting to this one! Another great movie filmed in New York to check out is "The Warriors".

@jackbedient 2 жыл бұрын

As a 50 year old who has seen this movie countless times since my youth, and very familiar and enamored with this flick, I found these reactions hilarious, and very interesting from a sociological view. The movie is a masterpiece. Kudos to dude for seeing the influence on Metal Gear’s Snake…

@noelienoelie8425 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, he is the inspiration for Solid snake. Kojimas favourite film. Also in mgs2 undercover snake calls himself Pliskin.

@plastique45 3 жыл бұрын

AHHHHHH YEEEEAAAAH I just saw the thumbnail and the epic Carpenter soundtrack started playing in my head!

@FretboardFundamentals 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you both so so much for wathing this. This was one of those movies I watched with my friends as teenagers back in the 80's and became an iconic movie for us.

@BeckyWuff 3 жыл бұрын

In GTA III you can drive a modified red taxi called 'Borgnine' because of Ernest Borgnine's role as 'Cabbie '.

@kennethbryant5573 3 жыл бұрын

"Elvis"(1979) was the first collaboration between Carpenter and Russell is a pretty good biographical movie about Elvis Presley.

@joerafferty3248 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you're enjoying the work of one of my favourite directors. Recommend you check out Assault on Precinct 13 as well.

@rabbitandcrow 3 жыл бұрын

You have no idea how excited I was to see this thumbnail.

@nastee10 3 жыл бұрын

My cousin's and I used to sneak into R-rated movies all the time when I was a kid. And I remember going to see this movie back in 81 when I was 11. Absolutely one of my all time favorites. I love the fact that you guys went in completely blind with no knowledge of what the plot was.

@SueSnellLives 3 жыл бұрын

Totally and SAME! I remember when we snuck into Stripes for the second time, and the theater manager literally took us by the collars of our shirts and herded us out of the theater lol

@RabidParakeetSweat2 3 жыл бұрын

Such a FUN film! Kurt Russell awesome.

@jasonbryant6202 3 жыл бұрын

You should definitely do Big Trouble in Little China. Keep up the good work.

@PedroCastillo_1980 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing film very classic Escape from New York written and directed by John Carpenter starring Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Harry Dean Stanton and music score by John Carpenter and Alan Howarth. Thank you so much TBR Schmitt great reaction just excellent☺👍👍👍👍

@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 3 жыл бұрын

“All the theater kids..”🤣🤣🤣

@andrewjacksonbr 3 жыл бұрын

If you liked this; watch “The Warriors”, John Carpenter’s “Big Trouble in Little China”, and “Dredd”. 🤘

@genetodd1643 3 жыл бұрын

That was fun. This is one of my favorite movies. Should try "Soldier" next. Maybe even "The 13th Warrior".

@shanenolan8252 3 жыл бұрын

The 13th warrior is vey underrated great idea

@bhurzumii4315 3 жыл бұрын

13th warrior is an excellent movie!

@andrewcook2625 3 жыл бұрын

13th warrior is such an under represented movie

@shanenolan8252 3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewcook2625 agreed Andrew

@RaisiaFan1919 3 жыл бұрын

Finally!!!! I've been trying to get reactors to watch this for years.

@robpegler6545 3 жыл бұрын

In the novelization by Mike McQuay, Hauk (the warden) had a son who was convicted and sent to Manhattan. As a personal favour he asks Snake to keep an eye out for any news of him, and tells him he can recognize him by a tattoo on his hand. In the scene where Snake's being chased by the Crazies and shoots a hand off one of them, he notices that it has the same tattoo. At the end of the book he takes pity on Hauk, and tells him that his son is doing alright on the island and he shouldn't worry about him. I don't think it really adds anything necessary to the story, but it was an interesting subplot that fleshed the characters out a little.

@thebaldcat6708 3 жыл бұрын

I suggest the 1985 horror movie reanimator for you guys to watch. I think it’s great and it has very good practical effects.

@johnw8578 3 жыл бұрын

Go down the HP Lovecraft rabbit hole!

@AMBatty 3 жыл бұрын

Great to see this, I had forgotten what a good cast this had. Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine and Harry Dean Stanton and not forgetting Donald Pleasance. If you like these kind of directors you should check out Sam Peckinpah. Borgy in The Wild Bunch. One of the craziest endings to a film.

@tchoupitoulos 3 жыл бұрын

A bit of noteworthy trivia: John Carpenter originally wanted Warren Oates to play Brain, but Oates health was deteriorating and he died that year.

@Madbandit77 2 жыл бұрын

@@tchoupitoulos Oates died in 1982 around the time he was working on "Blue Thunder".

@shainewhite2781 3 жыл бұрын

9:49, This was a real airplane that they chopped up and placed in the scene.

@rodneybrewer7246 3 жыл бұрын

I was 16 when this first came out in theaters & during the ending sequence everybody in the theater went crazy we were all on our feet cheering & screaming "right on dude" 🤟

@Jedicake 3 жыл бұрын

ESCAPE FROM NY IS SO DAMN GOOD

@wormskull2454 3 жыл бұрын

To answer your question, yes Snake Plisskin was totally the inspiration for Solid Snake.

@Rocket1377 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but his appearance, especially in the first 3 games, was based on Kyle Reese from the Terminator. They even used an image of Reese as template for the first games cover.

@landen3994 2 ай бұрын

The guy Snake fights in the ring was an actual wrestler named Ox Baker. Master of the Heart Punch.

@pimoen 3 жыл бұрын

Pirates used an eyepatch to have night vision in one eye so they could see when went from the bright sunlight of the Caribbean and into the dark insides of the ship

@bulgogi1212 3 жыл бұрын

So glad u did this! One of my favorite Carpenter films. If you want to close out the Carpenter/ Russell trilogy, I think you would enjoy "Big Trouble in Little China" for sure.

@shesemerald2011 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, Solid Snake was inspired by Plissken. The games creator said so many times. Good choice! 👍🏽🍻

@matthewganong1730 3 жыл бұрын

This film was made on an incredibly low budget. It’s quite interesting to research some behind-the-scenes stuff about how they stretched that budget out to make the film look much more expensive.