Escape from New York

Christopher John reviewed ''Escape from New York'' in ''[[Ares (magazine)|Ares Magazine]]'' #10 and commented that "It is solid summer entertainment of unusually high caliber. By not pretending to be more than it is, but by also not settling for any ''less'' than it could be, ''Escape'' becomes an exciting, fast-moving drama, the likes of which we haven't seen in years."<ref name="Ares">{{cite magazine | last=John | first=Christopher | title=Film & Television | magazine=[[Ares (magazine)|Ares Magazine]] | date=September 1981 | issue=10 | pages=12–13}}</ref>

Christopher John reviewed ''Escape from New York'' in ''[[Ares (magazine)|Ares Magazine]]'' #10 and commented that "It is solid summer entertainment of unusually high caliber. By not pretending to be more than it is, but by also not settling for any ''less'' than it could be, ''Escape'' becomes an exciting, fast-moving drama, the likes of which we haven't seen in years."<ref name="Ares">{{cite magazine | last=John | first=Christopher | title=Film & Television | magazine=[[Ares (magazine)|Ares Magazine]] | date=September 1981 | issue=10 | pages=12–13}}</ref>

On the [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], 86% of 72 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The website's consensus reads: "Featuring an atmospherically grimy futuristic metropolis, Escape from New York is a strange, entertaining jumble of thrilling action and oddball weirdness."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1006717_escape_from_new_york |title=Escape from New York |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] }}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose|76|12}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Escape from New York |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/escape-from-new-york |website=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref>

On the [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], 86% of 72 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The website's consensus reads: "Featuring an atmospherically grimy futuristic metropolis, Escape from New York is a strange, entertaining jumble of thrilling action and oddball weirdness."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1006717_escape_from_new_york |title=Escape from New York |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] }}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose|76|12}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Escape from New York |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/escape-from-new-york |website=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZktOAAAAIBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=CinemaScore&f=false |title=The Spokesman-Review |publisher=The Spokesman-Review |language=en}}</ref>

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