Release date: 24 September 1981 (UK)
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Kurt Russell, Adrienne Barbeau, Lee Van Cleef, Harry Dean Stanton, Donald Pleasence, Frank Doubleday, Ernest Borgnine, Isaac Hayes, Season Hubley, Tom Atkins
Sequel: Escape from L.A.
Distributed by: Embassy Pictures
Budget/Box office: $6M / 25.2M (US)

ImDb = 7.1/10 RT = 86%/100%

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Gruff Snake Plissken, an ex-soldier turned convict, is sent to Manhattan, now a maximum security prison, to rescue the stranded US President.

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Release date: 23 August 2013 (UK)

Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber

Starring: Jason Sedickis • Jennifer Aniston • Emma Roberts • Will Poulter • Ed Helms • Nick Offerman • Molly Quinn • Kathryn Hann •

Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures

Box office: $270 million

Produced by: Chris Bender; Vincent Newman; Tucker Tooley; Happy Walters

Production companies: New Line Cinema;

ImDb = 7/10 RT = 44%/100%

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David, a drug dealer, plans to go to Mexico to pick up a shipment of Marijuana. He hires a stripper, Rose, and two teenagers to pose as his family and cross the border without arousing suspicion.

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Release date: 24 January 1986 (UK)
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Starring: Sylvester Stallone • Dolph Longren • Talia Shire • Carl Weathers • Bridget Nielsen • Burt Young • Tony Burton •
Music by: Vince DiCola
Screenplay: Sylvester Stallone
Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists

Financials: $28m / $300m

Awards: Golden Raspberry • Marshall Trophy • Golden Screen Award • Golden Trailer Award •

ImDb = 6.9/10 RT = 40%/100%

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Rocking agrees to accompany Apollo into the ring one last time in an exhibition boxing match against the unknown Russian Ivan Drago.

Drago though is far too strong for Creed, and kills him in the 2nd round. Rocky blames himself, and is determined to defeat Drago.

With the help of Duke and Paulie, he travels to Russia to take on Drago.

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