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Escape From New York

Picking Nits

Escape From New York The Rewatchables

The unique fusion tape, terrorist flight attendants, Brain’s competence, escape pod, arena security, capsules, day–night timing, and Cabby trade are questioned.

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  • The president carries the only copy of a nuclear-fusion peace tape on a dangerous flight, with no backup.
  • Terrorist flight attendants apparently pass background checks and seize the aircraft.
  • Brain can make gasoline but struggles to locate an obvious tall-building landing point and delivers Snake into immediate capture.
  • The one-person escape pod leaves the president easy to seize and excludes Secret Service protection.
  • After the gladiator fight, guards inexplicably stop treating Snake as dangerous.
  • Romero is unfairly excluded from watching the fight.
  • The implanted charges dissolve and explode with implausible second-by-second precision.
  • The changing daylight seems inconsistent with the stated 24-hour mission.
  • Cabby’s casual hat-for-tape barter with Romero leaves the negotiation unexplained.