Escape from New York

1997 The entire island of Manhattan is one large maximum security prison. The Third World War has been going on for many years. The President is captured by a group of revolutionaries and imprisoned. War veteran Plissken must rescue the president from this zone of boundless cruelty, and he has very little time. If he does not save the president on time, he will die himself. He has been given a lethal drug and will receive the antidote upon his return.