Sentences with phrase «president crash lands»

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But when the U.S. President (Donald Pleasence) crash - lands inside the walls, notorious outlaw Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) is implanted with an explosive device an given 24 hours to rescue the President, or die trying.

Air Force One was hijacked and the President (Carpenter mainstay Donald Pleasence) managed to escape in a pod that crash - landed in New York City, where he was promptly abducted by ne'er - do - wells called the Crazies — their name and «tude owing a debt to George Romero's hostile mutants of the same appellation, though Carpenter, a rebel spirit but not the Sid Vicious kind, seems to attribute their aggression to the spread of punk rather than to a viral contagion.

In fact, watching terrorists crash the President's plane into a New York City skyscraper can only evoke images of Sept. 11, 2001 when viewed today, and Plissken's landing atop one of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers is another scene that takes on new significance given America's real life history in the years that followed the film's release.

But when the US president (Donald Pleasence) crash - lands inside, only one man can bring him back: notorious outlaw and former Special Forces war hero Snake Plissken (Russell).

When Air Force One is hijacked by an American revolutionary outfit (this may be what the future looks like from 1981, but these yahoos look more like holdovers from the early seventies), the American President (Donald Pleasance) crash lands in the middle of no man's land and becomes a bargaining chip for the reigning king of the outlaws (Isaac Hayes), who runs the place like a gangland Godfather.

And of course, Kurt Russell is on hand to save the President when he crash lands in the high security prison of futuristic Manhattan.