I just watched John Carpenter's Escape from LA. I vaguely remember seeing escape from NY a couple of decades ago, many years before I played MGS. So I was completely surprised to see Solid Snake in action. Hideo Kojima must really love John Carpenter, Solid Snake is pretty much a carbon copy of Snake Plissken. He even found a voice actor to sound like him.
The movie itself was good action comedy. The cartoony special effects, 80's vibe and 90's vision of 2013 were great, if you're into old B movies. I love that we should have holodeck projection and perfect holograms nowadays, yet still use big analog push buttons and 14" crt tubes. Instead of cell phones we all have universal 9 button remotes with 1" program discs that can do anything with a 3 number code. Yet beneath all the silly stuff it still poses interesting questions about freedom.
One of the better B-movies I have seen lately. 5.5 on imdb seems a bit harsh. Underrated imo. I lean closer to a 7.
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