Nov 14: Escape from New York (1981) dir. John Carpenter

Another John Carpenter film to feature on the blog.

Set in the futuristic year of, er, 1997.

New York City is a walled maximum security prison. 

Here's the details of the film on John Carpenter's own website.

It also has a full film synopsis, which starts:

It is 1997 and a nearly destroyed New York City has become a walled prison for over 3 million convicted criminals who have lost, but survived, a brutal war against the United States Police Force. In this maximum security prison-city, escape has been made impossible – every bridge is mined and walled, the surrounding waters are filled with deadly electricity and the Statue of Liberty has become just another guard tower from which officers in infra-red goggles blast, on sight, any prisoners desperate enough to try to get out. Radar scanners revolve and helicopters circle the island of Manhattan endlessly. Other than the monthly food drops made by air into Central Park these outcasts are left completely on their own to prey on each other.

There is a stellar cast in the movie...