Best Science Fiction Film Round 2a: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (8) vs Escape from New York (25)

[Chris]

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Release Date: June 4, 1982
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Cast: William Shatner, Ricardo Montalbán, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley
Plot: With the assistance of the Enterprise crew, Admiral Kirk must stop an old nemesis, Khan Noonien Singh, from using the life-generating Genesis Device as the ultimate weapon.



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Escape from New York
Release Date: July 10, 1981 (United States)
Director: John Carpenter
Cast: Kurt Russel, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence
Plot: In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.
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[Grimoire Lenin]

KHAAAAAN!

 

[Kim Jong Umb]

Snake Pliskin all the way

 

[Chris]

Yeah still going Khan here as well

 

[Kim Jong Umb]

Yeah still going Khan here as well

 

[CakeWalker]

Escape From New York is the greatest film of all time

 

[Lady Redfield]

Star Trek 2

I am sad this is tied.

 

[Marty McFourth]

Star Trek 2

I am sad this is tied.

I could never fully get in to Star Trek myself. Escape from NY was a really entertaining movie, plus one of my favourite performances from an actor.

 

[Keith]

Escape from New York is good, but its still only mid-tier Carpenter for me (still better than 80% of other films). Wrath of Khan might be the best Trek film ever and everything I want from a Trek film.