"Escape From New York" yaku aksié sing solid de John Carpenter, senajan kuwi ora ana telu tingkahan liyané Carpenter ("The Fog", "Halloween", "Assault on Precinct 13"). Kurt Russell dadi terkenal karo Snake Plisken, lan adil mung, senajan karakter kuwi mung salah siji versi Napoeleon Wilson in "Assault". Apa sing nggawé film ini ayo Carpenter's threep apocaliptic and broshtic. Itu film sing gedhé banget, lan kuwi ngganggumun saiki nggawa film Caruff's wicaksana kono sing dimaksud.